ARTCETERA

June 15, 2007 12 AM PT

ART WALK

Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on the first Thursday of each month for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Free shuttle service starts from the Laguna Art Museum and Bluebird Center at 6:15 p.m. and runs until 8:45 p.m. Information: www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com or (949) 683-6871. (*Denotes galleries that participate in the First Thursday Art Walk.) The next Art Walk will be July 5.

Special pre-Art Walk event 5 p.m. July 5: Dedication and reception for public art at the new public parking facility and maintenance yard at 1900 Laguna Canyon Road. Free admittance for residents to three summer festivals during Art Walk.

*Laguna Art Museum

307 Cliff Drive

(949) 494-8971

www.lagunaartmuseum.org

The museum’s current exhibitions are as follows:

Ongoing:

“California Art from the Permanent Collection: Part II, 1930s to 1950s.”

Upcoming:

“Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin’s Transcendence,” June 24 to Sept. 30.

LAGUNA CANYON

GALLERIES

Brooks Gallery

3251 Laguna Canyon Road

(949) 448-0259

Featuring oil paintings by Fitz Maurice, sculpture, furniture and unique pieces from New Mexico.

*Laguna College of Art and Design

2222 Laguna Canyon Road

(949) 376-6000

www.lagunacollege.edu

Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission free.

Senior Fine Arts Exhibition at Gallery 7, 891 Laguna Canyon Road.

Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn.

3251 Laguna Canyon Road F3

(949) 376-3635

www.lpapa.org

Gallery hours: Tuesday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 1 to 5 p.m.

*[seven-degrees] gallery

891 Laguna Canyon Road

(949) 376-1555

www.seven-degrees.com

Up Close and Personal -- A mixed media show featuring artists from the Sawdust Art Festival.

NORTH COAST

HIGHWAY GALLERIES

*Peter Blake Gallery

326 No. Coast Highway

(949) 376-9994

www.artscenecal.com/

PBlake.html

A source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.

June: New abstract works by Tony Berlant.

California Art Gallery

305 No. Coast Highway, Suite A

(949) 494-7270

Deborah Carman Gallery

305 No. Coast Highway

(949) 464-9709

Featuring the art and sculpture of Debby Carman, including paintings, graphics and ceramic animals and decorative sculptures.

*Gallery McCollum

206 No. Coast Highway

(949) 497-4027

www.gallerymccollum.com

Specializing in original landscape paintings of Italy and France, tropical and local scenes. Featuring Caroline Zimmermann, Patrick Tobin, David Solomon and Michael Obermeyer.

“Warm Breezes” group summer show. Works by Patrick Tobin, Michael Obermeyer, Jeff Sewell, Michael Logan, Caroline Zimmerman and Richard Merchan.

*Sue Greenwood Fine Art

(Formerly Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery)

330 No. Coast Highway

(949) 494-0669

www.gcgallery.com

June: Phoebe Brunner, Deborah Davidson.

*Laguna North Gallery

376 No. Coast Highway

(949) 494-4324

June: Watercolors by Hedy Codner and oils by April Raber.

*Lu Martin Galleries

372 No. Coast Highway

(949) 494-8074

June: Featured artist Greg Martin’s contemporary abstracts.

*Marion Meyer Contemporary Art

354 No. Coast Highway

(949) 497-5442

www.marionmeyer

gallery.com

June: Continuing Constance Edwards Scopelitis’ exhibition, and introducing Benjamin Harrah. Also featuring Paula Schoen, Candice Eisenfeld and Enrico Armas.

*Quorum Art Gallery

374 No. Coast Highway

(949) 494-4422

Multi-media artist Wally Schauer is the featured member this season. Along with landscapes and florals in oil, she expresses herself in acrylic and complex collages.

Rohrer Fine Art

346 No. Coast Highway

(800) 949-5211

Featuring works by old masters and contemporary artists.

Collaborations exhibition, featuring embroideries by Robert Glenn Ketchum.

*Sandstone Gallery

384A No. Coast Highway

(949) 497-6775

www.sandstonegallery.com

June: Featuring “Abstract Reality” by Judith Anton with contemporary landscapes by Shane Townley and Annie Dunne.

Schaar Galleries Ltd.

484 No. Coast Highway

(949) 497-7289

www.schaargalleries.com

Twentieth anniversary celebration featuring new works by artists Robert Schaar, Joe Jaqua, Betty Billups, Ingeborg Kroeninger, paper sculptor Leo Monahan and sculptor Foot Young.

*Studio 7 Gallery

384B No. Coast Highway

(949) 497-1080

Plein air oil painting demonstrations by Laguna artists in residence and live music by guitarist Ed Krajec during Art Walk.

*Whitney Gallery

350 No. Coast Highway

(949) 497-4322

www.marcwhitney.com

Featuring paintings by Marc Whitney, figures, interiors, landscapes and still life. Also Giovanni Casadei, Sara Webber, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Andrea Krupp and David Shevlino.

June: Living Art - Presented by YOGAWORKS: “Shadings,” reflecting levels of experience and expression.

Len Wood’s Indian Territory, Inc.

305-D No. Coast Highway

(949) 497-5747

www.indianterritory.com

Navajo rugs, baskets, turquoise jewelry and beadwork. Next door: 19th, 20th, and 21st century Western and Indian art. Paintings, sculpture and bronze works.

Fine art now located directly north of the main gallery.

DOWNTOWN LAGUNA GALLERIES

*Azali on Forest Fine Art Gallery

220 Forest Ave.

(949) 376-4244

www.azali.com

New gallery featuring art from South Africa, Russia and Europe. Styles range from impressionism to contemporary, including a variety of mediums.

BC Space Gallery

235 Forest Ave.

(949) 497-1880

*The Crystal Image

225 Forest Ave.

(949) 497-3399

www.thecrystalimage.com

A natural arts gallery, featuring some of the biggest pieces in the world, world class gem art and museum quality home dÃ©cor, as well as fossils, minerals, meteorites, gem and mineral jewelry.

Sunday mornings, 11 a.m. “Romancing the Stones Tour,” free. Call for reservation.

*Dawson Cole Fine Art

326 Glenneyre St.

(949) 497-4988

www.dawsoncolefineart.com

Through June: “Moments of Splendor -- Celebrating Beauty and the Joy of Dance.” Select sculpture, paintings and drawings by Richard MacDonald.

*Diane DeBilzan Gallery

224 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-5757

www.dianedebilzangallery.com

Through June: Featuring work by contemporary artists: William DeBilzan, Troy Poeschl, Gerard Basil Stripling, Louis Longi and Andrew Myers.

*Endangered Planet Gallery

384 Forest Ave., Suite 13

(949) 497-5690

www.endangeredplanet.org

Through June: Keef Ward: “Re:Cycle.” New work from this San Francisco artist.

Fingerhut Gallery

210A Forest Ave.

(949) 376-6410

Artwork by current and 20th Century masters.

*Kush Fine Art

357 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-8017

www.kushlaguna.com

Featuring the original oils, limited edition giclee on canvas and sculptures of Vladimir Kush as well as eight other international artists. Kush will also release his newest book, “Journey To The End Of Time,” and four new works of art.

*Laguna Fine Art

264 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-8900

www.lagunafineart.com

“Five Centuries of Masters:” Renoir, Pissaro, Matisse, Picasso, Miro, Rembrandt, Chagall and others.

Wells Fargo Bank

260 Ocean Ave.

(949) 494-1145

Wentworth Gallery

305 Forest Ave.

(949) 376-3878

SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

Amin Fine Art

688 So. Coast Highway

(949) 715-9089

www.aminart.com

Art Edge Gallery

761 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-7520

www.artedgegallery.com

Featuring a wide range of original art by national and international artists, including contemporary Chinese watercolor and oil paintings.

*Bluebird Gallery

1540 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-5377

Specializing in California impressionist paintings, featuring works of George Gallo, William Dorsey, Elaine Hughes, Joseph Aaron, Felice Hrovart and Martin Weekly.

*La Bottega Dell’Acquaforte

1590 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-6690

Original etchings, aquatints, dry points and mezzotints by internationally recognized Italian artists.

*Larry Christy Studio Gallery

1496 So. Coast Highway

(949) 463-4414

Featuring large-field color abstract acrylics on canvas. Works matted on watercolor paper include seascapes, landscapes and figurative. Also pen charcoal and still-life drawings.

*Coolsville -- Roark’s Studio Gallery

1143 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-2048

www.coolsville.com

Through June: Roark’s spring line of 2.5-dimensional wall sculptures (“dimensional canvases”), showcasing party scenes, landscapes, still life and more.

*Cove Gallery

1294 So. Coast Highway., Ste. B

(949) 494-1878

All new works from plein air to representational.

June: Murrieta artist Karen Samson’s realistic watercolors.

Emanuel Dale Photographic Arts

1276F So. Coast Highway

(949) 573-0704

www.emanueldale.com

“The Atlantic Coast and Beyond.”

Lydia Delgado Watercolors

577 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-2833

www.delgadowatercolor.com

Watercolor paintings including landscapes, traditional and tropical florals.

*DeRu’s Fine Arts

1590 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-3785

June: “Impressionist Landscapes: California and Beyond.” Paintings by early California impressionists William Wendt, John Frost, Edgar Payne and others.

Diana Ferrone Gallery

1951 So. Coast Highway

(949) 715-1842

www.dianaferrone.com

Original works by established and emerging contemporary artists from around the globe.

Original artwork by Kathy Buist.

*Matt Hamilton Gallery

1590 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-0400

Through June: Showing American contemporary art; currently featuring Luc Leestemaker’s recent works.

Kuhnert’s Art Gallery

1493 Glenneyre St.

(949) 494-0676

www.kuhnertsartgallery.com

www.manfredkuhnert.com

Featuring original paintings by Manfred Kuhnert.

Lang Fine Art

The Art Center

1450 So. Coast Highway

(949) 494-1397

*Mandarin Fine Art Gallery

1294C So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-9608

www.mandarinfineart.com

Features original contemporary paintings from China and Tibet.

June: Shanghai artist Li Zengguo’s expressionist and fantasy oil paintings.

*William Merrill Gallery

611 So. Coast Highway

(949) 464-0067

June: Group exhibition featuring new works by painter James Shilaimon.

*Miranda Galleries

417 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-4491

www.mirandagalleries.com

Through June: Group shows.

*Fil Mottola Gallery

1492 So. Coast Highway No. 8

(949) 497-1050

American and European Academician artists; featured artist Fil Mottola.

Pacific Edge Gallery

540 So. Coast Highway, No. 112

(949) 494-0491

Twentieth anniversary exhibition Saturday through June 29, featuring Maria Bertran and Tom Swimm.

Vladimir Prodanovich Gallery

950 Glenneyre St.

(949) 494-8813

Pure Color Gallery

570 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-1129

Noon to 5 p.m. daily

*purelagunabeach gallery

1590 So. Coast Highway

(949) 315-5015

www.purelagunabeach.com

Gallery and studio featuring contemporary oil paintings on canvas and prints by owner Todd Kenyon.

*The Redfern Gallery

1540 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-3356

www.redferngallery.com

June: Edgar Payne (1883-1947) paintings from the High Sierras to the Southwest to Europe.

*Sherwood Gallery, Inc.

460 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-2668

www.sherwoodgallery.com

Contemporary art featuring paintings, wall sculpture, ceramics, glass, indoor/outdoor sculpture.

*Situ Art Gallery

1294-A So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-6703

www.situartgallery.com

A new gallery featuring oil paintings by Mian Situ, Ray Roberts, Ruo Li, Carole Cooke, Bi Wei and Dan Goozee.

June: Representative realism figure and landscape paintings.

*Vladimir Sokolov Gallery

1540 So. Coast Highway

(949) 494-3633

New abstract expressionism and mixed media paintings by Vladimir Sokolov; acrylic paintings by Alexander Sokolov and laminated acrylic sculpture by Vasa.

*Studio Arts Gallery

At the Old Pottery Place

1200 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-1619

www.studioartslaguna.com

Featuring a select group of Laguna Beach fine artists, plus visiting guest artists in a range of media. Glassblowing demonstrations at the courtyard furnace.

June: Featuring glass artist Michael Hermann.

Surf Gallery

911 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-9155

*Townley Fine Art

1294-D So. Coast Highway

(949) 715-1860

www.townleyfineart.com

Skip Roma and Brian Allan “Metal Mania.”

*The Vintage Poster

1476 So. Coast Highway

(949) 376-7422