Laguna Beach, CA – Visit the Wells Fargo Bank in Laguna Beach now through November 15th and find out who the Festival of Arts jury selected as this past summer’s top scorers out of 146 exhibitors. Come and meet these artists during a special reception at Wells Fargo Bank on Saturday, November 6th from 11 am – 2 pm, free and open to the public. The Festival of Arts Gallery is located on the third floor of Wells Fargo Bank.
The Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show is a prestigious, highly competitive, regional juried fine art show featuring original artwork by southern Orange County’s finest artists. Seven jurors evaluate artists in the Festival of Arts three separate times during the course of the summer. The 2010 jurors were Jacques Garnier, Barbara Hendricks, Fred Hope, Bill Hudson, Bernie Jones, Mia Moore, Jon Seeman and Donita Lloyd (alternate juror). The final scores are released in September and approximately 30% of the 146 artists are juried out of the show.
2010 “Top Scorers” featured in this exhibit include Scott Albert (watercolors), Ken Auster (oils), Sandra Jones Campbell (acrylics), the collaborative team of Stephanie Cunningham and Betty Haight (mixed media), Roger Folk (watercolors), Dirk Hagner (printmaking), Robin Hall (oils), the collaborative team of Michael Hermann and Gina Lunn (glass), Kathy Jones (oils), Todd Kenyon (oils), Mark Kerckoff (oils), Tom Lamb (photography), Anne Moore (printmaking), Mia Moore (mixed media), Scott Moore (oils), Casey Parlette (sculpture), Troy Poeschl (mixed media), April Raber (oils), Michael Situ (oils), Ralph Tarzian (sculpture), Marcus Thesing (glass) and Vinita Voogd (printmaking).
“It's a pleasure to the senses when viewing this exciting group of artists whose personal expressions exemplify the quality that is synonymous with the Festival of Arts,” said Curator Pat Sparkuhl.
The 2011 Festival of Arts will run in July and August. For more information on applying to the 2011 Festival of Arts show, please call (949) 464-4234 or go online at LagunaFestivalofArts.org. This free exhibit is part of an ongoing series of shows that the Festival of Arts is having at Wells Fargo this year. The Wells Fargo building is at 260 Ocean Avenue, Laguna Beach and is open to the public Monday through Friday 9 a.m. — 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. — 2 p.m. The Festival of Arts is a non-profit organization whose proceeds go to support the arts in and about Laguna Beach.
Date: Exhibit Runs Now through November 15
Reception to be Held on November 6 from 11am -2pm
Location: The Festival of Arts Gallery is located on the third floor of Wells Fargo Bank.
