The Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach is pleased to announce Artists on Artists, a new series at the foaSOUTH Gallery. Hosted the first Thursday of each month beginning November 4th at 6pm, Artists on Artists pairs a local, established artist with artist Kate Cohen for a lively, intimate one-on-one discussion about art and the creative process.
“The inspiration comes from Actors on Actors on PBS SoCal,” shared Kate Cohen, long-time Festival of Arts exhibitor and featured artist of the ‘Explanation of the Doodle’ exhibit currently at foaSOUTH Gallery. “Each month I will invite an artist to join me in an engaging dialogue to offer listeners an inside look into the creative process of what it takes to be a visual artist.”
Free to attend and open to the public, Cohen plans to have open and candid conversations with each artist. She will ask questions such as: Do you listen to music when creating your work, what books are you currently reading, and what is something that no one knows about you?
On November 4th, the series will kick off with mixed media artist Bruce Burr. Burr’s irrepressible sense of humor shines through his life and pieces. Grounded in metaphor and drama, Burr started his career by working with Yves Saint Laurent in Paris. Today Burr is best known for his Vogue-inspired print series, where each print considers the “view from behind” of a Vogue Magazine cover. His painting demonstrates an interest in an orderly, detailed worked grounded in history, while also crafting art from aspects of his past experiences. Audiences can expect the unexpected when it comes to a discussion with Burr who is smart, witty and a bit subversive.
Following Burr, artist Katlin Evans will join Cohen for Artists on Artists on December 2nd Currently teaching Drawing and 2D Design at California State University Long Beach and California State University Fullerton, Evans refers to her work as “abstraction rooted in realism.” The forms depicted are both recognizable and not, fading in and out of clarity. She shared, “My use of multiplicity and repetition pushes the work to dance between logic and illogical notions of thought and feeling through the isolation of fragmented forms in an unrealistic space.”
Closing out the series, Cohen will invite ceramics artist Mike Tauber to foaSOUTH on January 6th. Tauber’s tile works not only exhibit advance illustration, but also a painterly appearance through his signature use of blended glazes rarely seen in this medium. Cohen will put Tauber in the hot seat as she digs deep into the process for his award-winning Golden State landscapes and explores the thought process of Tauber’s series of classic cars, which was added to his landscape series in 2020.
Experience Artists on Artists at foaSOUTH Gallery in-person or livestreamed on the Festival of Arts Facebook page at 6pm during the below dates:
- November 4 at 6pm – Bruce Burr, mixed media
- December 2 at 6pm – Katlin Sara Evans, charcoal
- January 6 at 6pm – Mike Tauber, ceramics
In alignment with the CDC’s recent recommendations, mask wearing at foaSOUTH Gallery is encouraged indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Mask wearing outdoors is optional. The CDC advises individuals who are not fully vaccinated to continue wearing a facial covering.
foaSOUTH Gallery is located in Active Culture at 1006 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, CA 92651 and open daily from 9am to 8pm. The Festival of Arts showcases art exhibits at foaSOUTH Gallery year around, currently featured is Kate Cohen: Explanation of the Doodle. The Festival of Arts is a non-profit organization whose proceeds support the arts in and about Laguna Beach. For more information call (949) 494-1145 or go to www.LagunaFestivalofArts.org.