| Coffee and Conversations with Artists
7/21/2010
Contact: Sharbie Higuchi
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
949-464-4282
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Coffee and Conversations with Artists
Thursday, July 29th from 10-11am
Laguna Beach, CA – Get inside the minds of your favorite Festival artists and join in on a fascinating discussion at Coffee and Conversations with Artists Thursday, July 29th from 10-11am. The topic will be "Collage, Assemblage and the Found Object." Hedy Buzan will lead a discussion with Mia Moore, Betty Haight, John Warren, Gerard Basil Stripling and Carolyn Machado on mixed media processes. Artists will discuss an overview of the historical sources of mixed media, which influenced many of the modern art movements and how this impacts the artists’ own work.
Admission is free to Coffee and Conversations with the purchase of The Festival of Arts ticket ($7). Festival admission prices are $7 for general admission and $4 for seniors and students. All general admission tickets to The Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show are season passes giving unlimited admission to the Festival of Arts all summer long. Patrons are encouraged to visit the Festival again and again to enjoy all the art, activities and events offered. Laguna Beach residents and Military personnel with ID receive free admission, as do children under the age of 12. Tickets for Pageant of the Masters are $15-$100 (depending on seat location and night of the week). Pageant of the Masters ticket holders can present their stub at The Festival of Arts front gate for free admission all summer long. The Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show runs from July 5th through August 31st (closed August 28th at 2pm for a fundraising event).
The Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters are sponsored in part by Acura, Fidelity Investments, KOST Radio 103.5, the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, the Orange County Register and COX Communications. The Festival of Arts is a non-profit organization that produces The Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show and the Pageant of the Masters. For general information, call 949-494-1145 or visit the website at www.LagunaFestivalofArts.org. The event is located at 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, California. Proceeds support the arts and art education in and about Laguna Beach.
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Editor’s Note: Photo provided as an attachment.
Cutline for Photo: Artists and patrons enjoy the Coffee and Conversations discussion on the Festival grounds.
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