Laguna Art Museum Branches Out with Jay DeFeo : Trees The exhibition will be on view starting Sept . 21
Laguna Playhouse Production of ‘ Tartuffe ’ Keeps Comedy Rolling
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“ Our Town , Our Paper ” lagunabeachindy . com MAY 3 , 2024 | Volume XXI , Issue 18
Rotary ’ s 17th Annual Grapes for Grads Raises a Glass to Student Success
Above left : Laguna Beach Rotarians Jeff Redeker ( left ) and Dave Cler ( right ) take a break from hosting the popular Grapes for Grads event at the Festival of Arts grounds last Sunday , April 27 . Top right : LCAD students take part in artist demos . Bottom right : Local author Pamela Knudsen stands with the silent auction gift basket she donated to Grapes for Grads . Clara Beard / LB Indy
By Clara Beard | LB Indy
The 17th annual Grapes for Grads , hosted by the Rotary Club of Laguna Beach this past Sunday , April 27 , at the Festival of Arts grounds , was packed with food from local restaurants , musical entertainment by the popular Lake Forest party band Typical Gypsys , art demonstrations by Laguna College of Art + Design and Laguna Beach High
Laguna Art Museum Branches Out with Jay DeFeo : Trees The exhibition will be on view starting Sept . 21
By LB Indy Staff
Laguna Art Museum will present Jay DeFeo : Trees showcasing the works of California artist Jay DeFeo ( 1929-1989 ). Set to be on view from Sept . 21 through Jan . 12 , 2025 , this is the first exhibition dedicated to the artist ’ s fascination with trees and exploration of the natural world . Jay DeFeo : Trees encompasses two bodies of work : drawings from the Tree series made in the 1950s , and photographs of trees created during the 1970s .
Curated by LAM Curatorial Fellow Rochelle Steiner , Jay DeFeo : Trees will offer a rare glimpse into the artist ’ s drawings produced between 1953 and 1954 in her Berkeley studio , following extensive travels in Europe and North Africa . These drawings ,
School art students , a silent auction and , of course , plenty of wine tastings - all for a good cause .
The annual event generates scholarships for Laguna Beach High School ’ s graduating seniors planning to attend college and for Laguna College of Art + Design students . All the money raised from the event goes toward the scholarships . infused with nature ’ s inspiration , demonstrate DeFeo ’ s unique blend of representation and abstraction , marking a pivotal period in her artistic journey . Among the nine extant works from the Tree series are two pieces from Laguna Art Museum ’ s collection .
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Laguna Playhouse Production of ‘ Tartuffe ’ Keeps Comedy Rolling
By Eric Marchese | Special to the LB Indy
Great comedy is immortal , like “ Tartuffe ,” Molière ’ s masterpiece . Even more than 350 years since it was first staged , it still tickles the funny bone . It makes us laugh , but also provokes thought about issues like religious faith , materialism , and the many guises of hypocrisy .
We relate to “ Tartuffe .” It ’ s accessible – maybe because Molière understood human nature . So we ’ re laughing at human folly , at the kinds of peccadilloes and failings as commonplace in the 17th century as they are today .
Laguna Playhouse ’ s production , directed by Richard Baird , taps Richard Wilbur ’ s 1963 English verse translation , a stellar version which preserves the original ’ s use of Alexandrine verse in rhyming couplets . Wilbur translated 10 Molière plays in all , and his facility with the playwright ’ s style and language is evident in the fluidity of Laguna ’ s staging .
Career con artist Tartuffe ( Bruce Turk ) has hoodwinked wealthy yet gullible Orgon ( Bo Foxworth ) into believing he ’ s a humble , virtuous servant of the church .
With the backing of his mother ,
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