Art Studios open for holiday shopping Artists...

Art Studios open for holiday shopping

Artists John Barber, Olivia Batchelder, Sue Callaway, Gavin Heath,

Jason and Nicole McQuaid, Sian and Troy Poeschl, Marsh Scott and

David Sullenger will open their studios in Laguna from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. Saturday for holiday shopping.

Artwork will include silk clothing, accessories, blown glass,

glass jewelry, fused glass, paintings, wood and sculpture. For

information, call (949) 497-4942.

Playhouse Youth Theatre holds holiday musical

The Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre will perform the world premiere

of the musical “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,” today,

Saturday and Sunday. The musical is based on the book by “The Wizard

of Oz” creator L. Frank Baum. “The Life and Adventures of Santa

Claus,” is about how Santa discovered his true calling.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $19 for adults 14 and

older and $16 for children ages 5 to 13. Children under 5 are not

admitted. Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road. For information,

call (949) 497-2787 or online at https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com.

LAM will hold youth Winter Camp

Laguna Art Museum’s Learning Lab will start its season and have

its first Kids Winter Camp Monday through Thursday in collaboration

with Laguna Community Outreach Artist, featuring “Holiday Around the

World,” to explore a variety of art media and cultural diversity in

holiday celebrations.

Ages 6 to 12 welcome. Cost is $130 for nonmembers and $115 for

members. Laguna Art Museum is at 307 Cliff Drive. For information,

call (949) 494-8971.

[seven-degrees] displays winter wonderland

[seven-degrees] gallery is displaying its annual holiday Winter

Wonderland installation through mid January. The gallery has been

transformed into a winter scene with deep blue lights, multi-media

projections, elaborate chandeliers, ornaments and decorative lighting

fixtures.

The gallery will also feature the three dimensional work of

resident artist Willie O’Leary, who has created a series of unusual

hanging lamps and large ornaments to enhance the wonderland

installation. [seven-degrees] is at 891 Laguna Canyon Road. For

information, call (949) 376-1555.

Pageant of the Masters tickets now on sale

Tickets to the Pageant of the Masters, which sells out every

summer, went on sale Dec. 1. This year’s pageant “On the Road -- A

Crash Course in Art and Popular Culture” will run at 8:30 p.m. July 7

through Sept. 1 with a gala benefit performance Aug. 27. Tickets are

$15 to $80 and $50 to $300 to the gala. For tickets or information,

call (949) 494-1145 or online at https://www.pageanttickets.com.

Festival of Arts poster exhibit at Wells Fargo

A retrospective of Festival of Arts event posters from the past 20

years is on exhibit through Jan. 7 at Wells Fargo Bank on the second

floor, 260 Ocean Ave. Admission is free. Poster prints can be

purchased for $10 to $15 and are available online at

www.lagunafestivalofarts.org. For information, call (949) 464-4282.

Plein Air works on display in exhibit and sale

Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. will have a juried exhibit and

sale “Artists Indoors” through Jan. 3 at the plein air painters

studio, 3251 Laguna Canyon Road. “Artists Indoors” is Laguna Plein

Air painters first exhibit of 65 artists’ interior work. For

information, call (949) 376-3635.