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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 Jan. 4; the main event will be the dedication by Mayor Toni Iseman of Gerard Stripling’s “Toward the Within” sculpture at Memorial Point in Heisler Park, at 5 p.m. A reception will follow at Diane DeBilzan Gallery from 6 to 9 p.m.

*Laguna Art Museum

307 Cliff Drive

(949) 494-8971

www.lagunaartmuseum.org

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The museum’s current exhibitions are as follows:

  • “The OsCene 2006” — Contemporary Art and Culture in OC

  • “Millard Sheets in Mexico, 1932-1942.”

  • “When Angels Fly: Art & Creativity for Healing Inc.”

  • “California Art from the Permanent Collection: Part II, 1930s to 1950s.”

  • “Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s.”

    • LAGUNA CANYON

    GALLERIES

    Brooks Gallery

    3251 Laguna Canyon Rd.

    (949) 448-0259

    Featuring oil paintings by Fitz Maurice, sculpture, furniture and unique pieces from New Mexico.

    *Laguna College of Art and Design

    2222 Laguna Canyon Rd.

    (949) 376-6000

    www.lagunacollege.edu

    Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission free.

  • February: The Society of Illustrators’ Traveling Exhibition: “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby.” Illustrators depict themselves between birth and puberty.

    • Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn.

    3251 Laguna Canyon Rd. F3

    (949) 376-3635

    www.lpapa.org

    *[seven-degrees] gallery

    891 Laguna Canyon Rd.

    (949) 376-1555

    www.seven-degrees.com

  • January: Winter Wonderland installation and featured resident artists.

    • NORTH COAST

    HIGHWAY GALLERIES

    *Peter Blake Gallery

    326 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 376-9994

    www.artscenecal.com/pblake.html.

    A source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.

  • January: “Grey Scale,” contemporary abstract group show with artists James Hayward, Tony Delap, Lita Albuquerque and more.

    • California Art Gallery

    305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A

    (949) 494-7270

    Deborah Carman Gallery

    305 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 464-9709

    Featuring the art and sculpture of Debby Carman, including paintings, graphics and ceramic animals and decorative sculptures.

    *Gallery McCollum

    206 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-4027

    www.gallerymccollum.com

  • Specializing in original landscape paintings of Italy and France, tropical and local scenes. Featuring Caroline Zimmermann, Patrick Tobin, David Solomon and Michael Obermeyer.

    • *Sue Greenwood Fine Art

    330 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 494-0669

    www.gcgallery.com

    (Formerly Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery)

  • Through February: New work by Bennet Bean, Sally Chiu, Gloria Gaddis and Scott Yeskel.

    • *J. Kamin Fine Art

    353 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 494-5076

  • Russian impressionism 1940s-80s, contemporary American impressionists Jacqueline Kamin and Stacy Kamin.

    • *Laguna North Gallery

    376 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 494-4324

  • January: Oils by Patti Cliffton; watercolors by Yuko Blake.

    • *Lu Martin Galleries

    372 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 494-8074

  • January: Music by Ken Rokicki during Art Walk.

    • *Marion Meyer Contemporary Art

    354 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-5442

    www.marionmeyer gallery.com

  • January: Winter Group Show with Quim Bove, Candice Eisenfeld, Paula Schoen, Sylvia Torres, Chiyomi Taneike Longo and Andrew Douglas.

    • *Quorum Art Gallery

    374 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 494-4422

  • A cooperative gallery featuring the works of 12 artists, including works by Sharyn Evert including oils of children, seascapes, landscapes and historical buildings. Iris Adam is known for her colorful, Asian influenced watercolors.

    • Rohrer Fine Art

    346 N. Coast Highway

    (800) 949-5211

  • Featuring works by old masters and contemporary artists.

  • Through Jan. 27: Seiju Toda, the “Heian” collection, and 12 contemporary bamboo artists.

    • *Sandstone Gallery

    384A N. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-6775

    www.sandstonegallery.com

  • January: Featuring Jeri Kissler-Painter’s “The Old and The New,” with mixed-media collage by Kathy Cartier.

    • Schaar Galleries Ltd.

    484 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-7289

    www.schaar galleries .com.

  • 20th anniversary celebration, featuring new works by artists Robert Schaar, Joe Jaqua, Betty Billups, Ingeborg Kroeninger, paper sculptor Leo Monahan and sculptor Foot Young.

    • *Studio 7 Gallery

    384B N. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-1080

  • Through March: Plein-air oil painting demonstrations by Laguna artists in residence and live music by guitarist Ed Krajec during Art Walk.

    • Whitney Gallery

    350 N. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-4322

    www.marcwhitney.com

  • Featuring paintings by Marc Whitney, figures, interiors, landscapes and still life. Also Giovanni Casadei, Sara Webber, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Andrea Krupp and David Shevlino.

    • Len Wood’s Indian Territory, Inc.

    305-D N. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-5747

    DOWNTOWN LAGUNA GALLERIES

    *Azali on Forest Fine Art Gallery

    (formerly Forest Ave. Fine Art)

    220 Forest Ave.

    (949) 376-4244

    www.azali.com

  • New gallery, featuring art from South Africa, Russia and Europe.

    • BC Space Gallery

    235 Forest Ave.

    (949) 497-1880

    *The Crystal Image

    225 Forest Ave.

    (949) 497-3399

    www.thecrystalimage.com

    A natural arts gallery, 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 reservation.

  • January: Live music during Art Walk.

    • *Dawson Cole Fine Art

    326 Glenneyre St.

    (949) 497-4988

    www.dawsoncolefineart.com

  • Through March: Group exhibitions.

    • *Diane DeBilzan Gallery

    224 Forest Ave.

    (949) 494-5757

    www.dianedebilzan gallery.com

  • January: Work by William DeBilzan, Louis Longi, Troy Poeschl and Gerard Basil Stripling.

  • Jan. 4, 6 to 9 p.m.: Art Walk reception for Gerard Basil Stripling, whose “Toward the Within” sculpture will be dedicated at 5 p.m. by Mayor Toni Iseman at Memorial Point in Heisler Park.

    • *Endangered Planet Gallery

    384 Forest Ave., Suite 13

    (949) 497-5690

    www.endangeredplanet.org

  • December: Highlights of 2006 shows, with works by Chris Gutzeit, June Phelps, Terrell, and Karl Momen.

  • Through February: Dieter Tremp’s figurative abstract “Organic Compositions” emphasize the organic relationships between the human figure and our planet. Artist reception during Art Walk in January.

    • Fingerhut Gallery

    210A Forest Ave.

    (949) 376-6410

    Artwork by current and 20th Century masters.

    *The Trey Fleming Experience

    303 Broadway St.

    (949) 233-3034

  • January: New art classes and Trey’s crayon masterpieces

    • *Kush Fine Art

    357 S. Coast Highway

    (949) 376-8017

    www.kushlaguna.com

  • January: Vladimir Kush releases his new book, “Journey to the End of Time.”

    • *Laguna Fine Art

    264 Forest Ave.

    (949) 494-8900

    www.lagunafineart.com

  • “Five Centuries of Masters:” Renoir, Pissaro, Matisse, Picasso, Miro, Rembrandt, Chagall and others.

    • Wells Fargo Bank

    260 Ocean Ave.

    (949) 494-1145

  • “Three Amigos,” featuring Gregg Stone, Sergio Rebia and Werc, through Jan. 15.

    • Wentworth Gallery

    305 Forest Ave.

    (949) 376-3878

  • Peter Max retrospective.

    • SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

    Art Edge Gallery

    761 S. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-7520

    www.artedgegallery.com

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

    *Bluebird Gallery

    1540 S. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-5377

    Specializing in California impressionist paintings, featuring works of George Gallo, William Dorsey, Elaine Hughes, Joseph Aaron, Felice Hrovart and Martin Weekly.

    *La Bottega Dell’Acquaforte

    1590 S. Coast Highway

    (949) 497-6690

  • Original etchings, aquatints, dry points and mezzotints by internationally recognized Italian artists.

    • *Larry Christy Studio Gallery

    1496 S. Coast Highway

    (949) 463-4414

  • Featuring large-field color abstract acrylics on canvas. Works matted on watercolor paper include seascapes, landscapes and figurative. Also pen charcoal and still-life drawings.

    • *Contemporary Chinese Fine Art

    1099 S. Coast Highway

    (949) 376-6799

    Presenting original paintings by native Chinese artists.

  • January: Traditional watercolors of artist-professor Zhou Ping-Guang.

    • *Coolsville -- Roark’s Studio Gallery

    1143 S. Coast Highway

    (949) 376-2048

    www.coolsville.com

  • Through March: Roark’s latest paper studies series as an ongoing new medium of his most popular pieces.

    • *Cove Gallery

    1294 S. Coast Highway., Ste. B

    (949) 494-1878

    All new works, from plein air to representational.

  • January: Guest artist Dominique Alcorn of Oceanside exhibits his large realism scenes of animals and seascapes.

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