Brian Allan exhibit reception Saturday Laguna Beach...

Brian Allan exhibit reception Saturday

Laguna Beach artist Brian Allan will have his work on exhibit at

Spa Josephine with an artist reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. The

exhibit will run through Sept. 30 with 25% of all sales donated to

the Laguna College of Art and Design Student Scholarship Fund.

Auction to support Sawdust benefit fund

The Sawdust Art Festival’s 19th annual Benevolence Fund Art

Auction will be from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The purpose of the

Benevolence Fund is to help artists in Laguna Beach should they face

hardship. Any full time working Laguna Beach artist can apply. For

information call artist/organizer John Eagle at (949) 293-1322.

Sawdust Art Festival is at 935 Laguna Canyon Road.

Blues Offenders

to play at festival

The Blues Offenders will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the

Festival of Arts.Special events are scheduled throughout the summer.

Thursdays offer wine tasting and jazz, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sundays from

2 to 4 p.m. is the time for the Sunday Afternoon Blues Festival.

Laguna Culinary Arts also has cooking demonstrations from 1 to 2 p.m.

every Sunday.

The Festival of Arts offers a season pass for $7 for adults and $5

for seniors and students. Laguna Beach residents and children under

12 receive free admission every day. For more information, call (949)

494-1145 or online at o7www.lagunafestivalofarts.com. f7The

Festival of Arts is at 650 Laguna Canyon Road.

‘Unclothed’ at

the Sawdust

Olivia Batchelder, a 17-year-Sawdust Art Festival and volunteer

display coordinator has assembled a display of artwork on the theme

“The Unclothed Human Figure” in three glass display cases facing

Frontage Road, along the building facade of the Sawdust Art Festival.

The current exhibition is based on artwork featuring nudity, drawn

from the exhibitors in the 2005 art festival.