ARTCETERA

ART WALK

Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on Thursday for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Free shuttle service starts from the Laguna Art Museum at 6:15 and runs until 9. Information: www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com or (949) 683-6871. (*Denotes galleries that participate in the First Thursday Art Walk.) The next Art Walk will be March 2.

*LAGUNA ART MUSEUM

307 Cliff Drive. Information: (949) 494-8971 or www.lagunaartmuseum.org.

* “Conceptual Photography from the Collection,” through Feb. 26.

* “Ruby Osorio: Story of a Girl (Who Awakes Far, Far and Away),” to Feb. 19.

* “A Broken Beauty: Figuration, Narrative and the Transcendent in North American Art,” through Feb. 26.

* “Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s,” indefinitely in the Stein-Brief Gallery. .

LAGUNA CANYON

GALLERIES

*Laguna College of Art and Design

2222 Laguna Canyon Rd.

(949) 376-6000

www.lagunacollege.edu

* Feb. 12 through March 15: “The Design Process,” an eclectic gathering of design firms. Reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16.

DOWNTOWN LAGUNA GALLERIES

*The Crystal Image

225 Forest Ave.

(949) 497-3399

www.thecrystalimage.com

Natural art galleries featuring some of the biggest pieces in the world, world class gem art and museum-quality home décor, as well as fossils, minerals, meteorites, gem and mineral jewelry.

* Sunday mornings, 11 a.m. “Romancing the Stones Tour,” free. Call for reservations.

*Laguna Fine Art

264 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-8900

www.lagunafineart.com

Through March: Renoir, Pissaro, Matisse, Picasso, Miro, Rembrandt, Chagall and other works of the masters.

*Richard MacDonald / Dawson Cole Fine Art

326 Glenneyre St.

(949) 497-4988

www.richardmacdonald.com

SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

Art Edge Gallery

(949) 497-7520

761 S. Coast Highway

www.artedgegallery.com

Featuring a wide range of original art by national and international artists; including contemporary Chinese watercolor and oil paintings.

*La Bottega Dell’Acquaforte

(949) 497-6690

1590 S. Coast Highway

* Through March: A large variety of original etchings, aquatints, dry points and mezzotints by Italian artists.

*Cove Gallery

(949) 494-1878

1294 S. Coast Highway, Ste. B

All new works from plein air to representational.

* February: New works by 15 artists of varied media.

*Contemporary

Chinese Fine Art

(949) 376-6799

1099 S. Coast Highway

Presenting a selection of original paintings by native Chinese artists who blend the techniques of the old European masters with the elements of Chinese culture, the gallery presents the works of 28 artists.

* February: “Portrait to China” exhibit. Music for Art Walk.

*Coolsville

(949) 376-2048

1143 S. Coast Highway

www.coolsville.com

* Through March: Showcasing works of local artist Roark Gourley, in his “2.5” dimensional style. Videography and live performance pieces during Art Walk nights.

*DeRu’s Fine Arts

(949) 376-3785

1590 S. Coast Highway