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| Event Highlights For tickets to the Collectors’ Soirée and Sale, please visit Laguna Art Museum's online store Sunday, October 10 Paint Out at Treasure Island Park, South Laguna (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.) 50 artists from across the country invited to participate in the week-long Invitational will create study paintings for the event’s feature Trust Your Plein Sight. These are 8?10? study paintings available for sale at $300 each. The buyer has to trust their instincts, because only after the purchase will the artist’s name revealed. These pieces will be on display at Laguna Art Museum during the week, and will go on sale the evening of the Collectors’ Soirée and Sale. Monday, October 11 – Friday, October 15 The public is encouraged to view the painters in and around Laguna Beach during the week as they create the very paintings which will be available for purchase at Laguna Art Museum. By Friday morning the artists will choose three paintings from among the works they completed during the week to be offered at the Collectors’ Soirée and Sale Saturday evening. Saturday, October 16 Quick Draw in Heisler Park (9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.) Silent Auction (11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) at the Museum On Saturday morning, all 50 artists will participate in a Quick Draw held in Heisler Park, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and immediately adjacent to the Museum. Under the gaze of hundreds of onlookers, artists will have just two hours to complete a work of art. The works are then moved to the Museum and immediately auctioned. Over 500 people attended this auction in 2009. This is a great chance for the public to see all of the master painters in action, select their favorite artist, watch the paintings being created, and then immediately purchase the paintings in the auction. Collectors’ Soirée and Sale (6:00 p.m.) Over 200 guests attend the Collectors’ Soirée and Sale annually at Laguna Art Museum. Attendees at this event have the first chance to view and to purchase, in advance of the general public, the art works created throughout the week including the $300 Trust Your Plein Sight paintings. This is a great chance for collectors and artists to meet and mingle over cocktails, delicious food provided by Las Brisas, and live music. Awards presented that evening include Artist’s Choice, Collector’s Choice, SouthwestArt Quick Draw and the Edward H. Boseker Award. For tickets to the Collectors’ Soirée and Sale, please visit Laguna Art Museum's online store Sunday, October 17 Public Art Show and Sale (11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.) The Museum is free to visitors who have the opportunity to view and purchase paintings by the participating artists. The painters replaced works that sold during the Collectors’ Soirée with other paintings. Hundreds of plein air aficionados attended this public exhibition and sale. In 2009, the Museum welcomed over 650 guests. |
Participating Artists (Click artist names to visit their websites) Richard Abraham Daniel Aldana Michael Alten Ebrahim Amin Ken Auster Gavin Brooks Roger Dale Brown John Burton Marcia Burtt Nancy Bush Saim Caglayan Larry Cannon Jill Carver David Damm Rick Delanty Joe Forkan Debra Groesser Carolyn Hesse-Low Hai-Ou Hou John Kilduff Thomas Kitts Paul Kratter Jim Lamb Greg LaRock Joan LaRue Calvin Liang Ronaldo Macedo Doug Martin Kirk McBride Jennifer McChristian Larry Moore Niles Nordquist Michael Obermeyer Walter Porter Jesse Powell Camille Przewodek April Raber Ray Roberts Greg Scheibel Julia Seelos Jeff Sewell Randall Sexton Kevin Short Michael Situ W. Jason Situ Bryan Mark Taylor Robert Watts Jim Wodark Jeff Yeomans |
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