THE ARTS
Contributing Essayist
Dream Scenario (Blue Door Magazine, Jan 8, 2022)
The Silence of Sacred Space (Blue Door Magazine, Mar 11, 2021)
Through a Refracted Looking Glass (contained in Hansen, Robert, dreaming backwards (2021)
Where Photography and Poetry Intersect (contained in Garnier, Jacques, Hymns to the Silence (2021))
Stu News Laguna
Winners announced in LPAPA’s 21st annual Best of Plein Air (Mar 21, 2025)
The wonderful world of animation: Process + Production now on display at the LCAD Gallery (Mar 14, 2025)
The Remarkable Mister Holmes, an “over-the-top” musical mystery comedy, arrives on the Laguna Playhouse stage (Mar 7, 2025)
The shape of things: Amanda Fish perfects the art of the still life (Feb 28, 2025)
SPEAK – a colorful exhibition honoring Black History Month – on display at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (Feb 20, 2025)
Photographer Rick Graves captures emotion in motion (Feb 14, 2025)
Two opportunities to celebrate Valentine’s Day (Feb 7, 2025)
Celebrating Black History Month in 2025’s America at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (Jan 30, 2025)
Jean Stern Presents: Historic Artists of Laguna Beach 1890-1930 (Jan 24, 2025)
Kandis Chappell stars in Eleanor now onstage at the Laguna Playhouse (Jan 17, 2025)
One of the world’s most influential climate leaders to speak at the Laguna Art Museum this Saturday (Jan 9, 2025)
A year in review of Laguna’s visual arts (Jan 3, 2025)
A year in review: Laguna’s performing arts and arts education (Dec 27, 2024)
Alternate Histories now on display at the LCAD Gallery (Dec 19, 2024)
Sally Struthers and Darcy Rose Byrnes return to the Playhouse stage for Rapunzel and Her Holiday Wish (Dec 12, 2024)
She Loves Me: Broadway magic lights up No Square Theatre’s stage (Dec 6, 2024)
LCAD’s Creativity Flow Speaker Series at Rivian sparks new conversations & opportunities (Nov 29, 2024)
The magic behind Coast Film & Music Festival’s escalating success (Hint: It’s the stories) (Nov 22, 2024)
Entwined by Charles Gadeken now on display at City Hall (Nov 15, 2024)
Festival of Arts Annual Meeting highlighted the uniqueness of this longstanding organization (Nov 8, 2024)
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge speaks to modern-day issues (Nov 1, 2024)
Third Street Writers shared their Secrets & Sins, an annual Halloween reading, at LCAD Gallery last Thursday (Oct 29, 2024)
Luminaries of Light: Pioneers of the California Light & Space Movement now on display at The Honarkar Foundation (Oct 24, 2024)
More than meets the eye: Fred Tomaselli’s Second Nature on display at LAM (Oct 11, 2024)
Laughing Matters: Lagunatics roasts our coast for the 31st year (Oct 4, 2024)
If these trees could talk: Jay DeFeo’s Trees on exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum (Sep 27, 2024)
Laguna Beach Arts Alliance hosted City Council Candidates’ Forum to discuss the arts (Sep 20, 2024)
John Humble’s Sunday Afternoon: A pre-pandemic study of industrial solitude in a post-pandemic world (Sep 13, 2024)
Life in Translation: Andrew Myers on display at the Honarkar Foundation (Sep 5, 2024)
Art Inscribed: Twenty-two writers responded to 19 artists at this year’s Third Street Writers/Festival of Arts event (Aug 29, 2024)
Denise Di Novi’s Portal exhibition holds space for grief (Aug 22, 2024)
Orange County students honored at FOA Junior Art Awards (Aug 15, 2024)
Cue the orchestra: The intersection of art, fashion and music at the Pageant of the Masters (Aug 8, 2024)
Crossing the aisle: Three FOA newcomers arrive from Laguna’s other art festivals (Aug 1, 2024)
A relatable romance for the ages: Camelot now on stage at the Laguna Playhouse (Jul 25, 2024)
An Attempted Murder by Jack Champion now on display at City Hall (Jul 18, 2024)
The 301 faces of Joan Quinn on display at the Laguna Art Museum (Jul 12, 2024)
A family affair: Why the Sawdust Festival feels like coming home (Jul 5, 2024)
Joe Goode: Select Works | 1970s – 2000s on display at The Honarkar Foundation (Jun 27, 2024)
The 17th Annual Fête de la Musique once again showcased the spirited talent of our town (Jun 21, 2024)
Spirit Possession: Celebration of Ghanaian Faces, African Culture & Heritage at LBCAC (Jun 14, 2024)
LCAD MFA Work on Display: Reflections of Resilience at LAM and Emerging Masters at LCAD Gallery (Part II) (Jun 7, 2024)
The Playhouse’s Holmes & Watson delivers a suspense story that keeps audiences guessing (May 31, 2024)
Circus Bella prepares to WOW Laguna in 4th annual show on June 8 (May 24, 2024)
Reflections of Resilience, work by LCAD MFA students, on display at the Laguna Art Museum (Part I) (Apr 26, 2024)
Molière’s Tartuffe delivers a modern-day message amid plenty of laughs at the Laguna Playhouse (Apr 19, 2024)
Artists pay homage to Earth Month in Climate exhibition at LBCAC (Apr 4, 2024)
Gallery Q celebrates Beach Cities this spring at the Susi Q Senior Center (Mar 29, 2024)
The artful magic of Tony DeLap now on display at The Honarkar Foundation (Mar 22, 2024)
Lucid dreaming and the alchemical magic behind Adam Neeley’s designs (Mar 15, 2024)
Elizabeth Healey hopes her Dream Big watchdog will inspire positive change (Mar 8, 2024)
FOA artists celebrate the myths, mysteries and magic of women this March (Mar 1, 2024)
The art of the hustle: Michael Savas’ LCAD exhibition showcases the diverse range of a working artist (Feb 23, 2024)
Art conservationist Susan Brown reveals the secrets behind her skills at LOCA Art Talk next week (Feb 16, 2024)
Don’t Touch Me – Celebrate Valentine’s Day No Square-style on Saturday, Feb. 10 (Feb 9, 2024)
Laguna Playhouse’s Youth Conservatory Program sets students up for success, on stage and off (Feb 2, 2024)
Ain’t Misbehavin’ brings the music of Fats Waller to life at the Laguna Playhouse (Jan 26, 2024)
The state of the arts at LAM (Jan 19, 2023)
The Pageant of the Masters’ annual casting call drew an impressive crowd, but more volunteers are still needed (Jan 12, 2023)
Andre Woodward’s Burghers of Cali presents a spirited portrait of the noble lives (and deaths) of trees (Jan 5, 2023)
No Square Theatre hosts a reading and talk-back discussion of Raveena Khetarpal’s musical Sonder (Dec 29, 2023)
A Cinderella story for the modern age – Now through December 29 at the Laguna Playhouse (Dec 15, 2023)
Laguna College of Art + Design Permanent Collection Exhibition on display at the LCAD Gallery through January 21 (Dec 12, 2023)
Sawdust Festival’s 33rd Annual Winter Fantasy brings hope and joy this season (Nov 24, 2023)
A milestone moment: Coast Film & Music Festival founders reflect on the last five years and what they still aspire to accomplish (Nov 17, 2023)
Rising Inversion leaves Main Beach, but Cristopher Cichocki’s Primordial Water remains at the LCAD Gallery through November 26 (Nov 9, 2023)
Laguna, We Need to Talk: A panel discussion on how we can (and should) support our local artists (Nov 3, 2023)
The Angel Next Door offers a comedic escape from a dark world (Oct 27, 2023)
Laguna Art Museum celebrates 50 years of Self Help Graphics & Art and its influence on the Chicano and Latinx community (Oct 13, 2023)
A conversation with LCAD President Steven Brittan about the state of the college and what lies ahead (Oct 6, 2023)
The Shape of Things aims to challenge No Square Theatre audiences (Sep 29, 2023)
The Rainmaker reminds us how far women have come, and what unites them across time (Sep 22, 2023)
Two new murals brighten up our town (Sep 15, 2023)
Third Street Writers respond: Art Inscribed returns to FOA (Sep 8, 2023)
John Wayne Airport exhibition, the largest public showing of the Festival of Arts’ Permanent Collection, now through November 1 (Aug 31, 2023)
The hidden beauty of Hilary: A cooperative spirit overtook Laguna’s art festivals (Aug 25, 2023)
Experiencing the Pageant as a local: What this year’s 90th anniversary show can teach us about ourselves and our town (Aug 18, 2023)
Inquire Within debuts at City Hall, challenging us to reconsider our relationship with plastics (Aug 11, 2023)
I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce: a conversation with Ronnie Marmo at the Laguna Playhouse (Aug 4, 2023)
Nostalgic nights at the Laguna Playhouse: music, magic & the art and history of ventriloquism (Aug 4, 2023)
A glimpse back in time - Joseph Kleitsch: Abroad and At Home at the Laguna Art Museum (Jul 28, 2023)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical hits the No Square Theatre stage next week (Jul 21, 2023)
A celebration of nature: Explore this year’s Sawdust Art Festival through the lens of our natural world (Jul 7, 2023)
“We Need to Talk” already has our town talking. And that’s the point. (Jun 29, 2023)
Record crowds — and even the sun — came out for this year’s 16th Annual Fete de la Musique (Jun 23, 2023)
Festival of Arts welcomes new artists across a spectrum of backgrounds, ages and mediums (Jun 16, 2023)
Jean Stern Presents: the Art and History of California’s Missions (Jun 9, 2023)
Becoming the Giant: Street art icon Shepard Fairey discusses three decades of dissent (May 5, 2023)
Revamped 15th Annual LBAA Art Star Awards ceremony a resounding success (May 1, 2023)
The Realistic Joneses at the Laguna Playhouse: A conversation with Faline England (Apr 28, 2023)
The Realistic Joneses at the Laguna Playhouse: A conversation with Joe Spano (Apr 28, 2023)
A study in contrasts: A thought-provoking artistic dialogue on display at LAM (Apr 20, 2023)
You be the judge: The Trial of Ayn Rand happens on Tax Day, April 18, at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (Apr 14, 2023)
Local author Randy Kraft’s Off Season offers readers an intimate glimpse inside a post-divorce relationship (Apr 6, 2023)
Shadow Investigations: Taylor Dean Harrison’s Polymery lights up City Hall (Mar 28, 2023)
Lagunatics celebrates “30 years of Yucks” with an anniversary show that’s hilarious, nostalgic and quintessentially Laguna (Mar 16, 2023)
Award-winning musical Once arrives at the Laguna Playhouse (Mar 6, 2023)
Laguna Dance Festival transported a sold-out crowd last weekend (Mar 1, 2023)
Beauty under tension: Four ways of seeing is on display at foaSouth’s photography exhibit (Feb 23, 2023)
No Square Theatre’s “Wisdom of the Masters” series brings Broadway talent to town (Feb 21, 2023)
Susan Tibbles’ Peep Show offers glimpses into our national psyche (Feb 16, 2023)
LPAPA’s “Younger Generation Plein Air Project” resumes after going dark during the pandemic (Feb 2, 2023)
The Big One: The life and legacy of Laguna artist Robert Young (Jan 26, 2023)
The wait is over: No Square Theatre presents Waiting in the Wings by writer and performer Jeffrey A. Johns (Jan 20, 2023)
90th anniversary Pageant of the Masters’ casting call drew candidates from across the southland (January 13, 2023)
The waning days of William Mortensen at the Laguna Art Museum (January 6, 2023)
A Year in Review for some of the visual arts’ organizations in town (December 29, 2022)
A Year in Review: the 2022 performing arts scene in Laguna Beach (December 29, 2022)
Cultivating cross-racial conversations through music: The Black Legacy Project’s impact on Laguna Beach (December 16, 2022)
Santa Hates Me: A filthy and irreverent holiday show presented by Bare Bones Theatre at the LBCAC on December 20 (December 16, 2022)
Behind the curtain with the Wizard & his creator in The Wonderful Winter of Oz, now on stage at the Laguna Playhouse (December 9, 2022)
Design at Work: LCAD alumni showcase their innovative and elegant designs at the LCAD Gallery through January 22, 2023 (December 9, 2022)
Auntie Scrooge - a hilarious and irreverent twist on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol - appears one night only at No Square Theater (December 1, 2022)
Ninety years of excellence: Selections from the FOA Permanent Collection on display at City Hall (December 1, 2022)
The Great American West as seen through the eyes of the East: Jove Wang’s work now on display at the LPAPA Gallery (November 17, 2022)
Fourth Annual Coast Film & Music Festival highlights that “special sauce” that makes Laguna unique (November 17, 2022)
Natural Flow: Community Art Project (CAP) invited six artists to respond to the natural world and the results are inspired (November 11, 2022)
Laguna’s former Mayor Paul Freeman takes the stage in Lojo Simon’s L’Dor v’Dor, Part II at the LBCAC on November 15 (November 11, 2022)
Third Street Writers set a seasonal mood at the LCAD Gallery last week (November 3, 2022)
Love Among the Ruins: Everything Old is New Again (November 3, 2022)
A perfect union: Gallery Q celebrates Art & Nature with works by nearly four dozen artists (October 27, 2022)
People & Places offers a peek inside the Festival of Arts’ Permanent Collection at foaSouth (October 21, 2022)
A conversation with Jeff Sewell, who took “Best in Show” at the LPAPA Invitational (October 13, 2022)
Artists John Brosio and Perin Mahler chronicle Parallel Disasters at the LCAD Gallery (October 13, 2022)
Glass artist John Barber demonstrates his pyrographic technique at the annual LOCA brunch on October 2 (September 23, 2022)
Kim’s Convenience makes its California debut at the Laguna Playhouse (September 23, 2022)
Laguna Beach Arts Alliance hosted City Council Candidate Forum to discuss the arts (September 15, 2022)
Laguna Art Museum wants to know: Is William Mortensen hiding in plain sight? (September 15, 2022)
Artists and designers Paul Frank and Kim Baise to teach two intimate workshops at the Laguna Art Museum this month (September 8, 2022)
The Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (LBCAC) hosts “The Gathering” this week to celebrate our town’s storied hippie culture (September 8, 2022)
Former Cirque du Soleil star offers beginning ballet and contemporary dance classes for adults at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (September 2, 2022)
Everyone played a starring role in this year’s Wonderful World Soirée (September 2, 2022)
Winners announced in LPAPA’s annual From Dusk to Dawn juried nocturne art show (August 25, 2022)
Revelation & Ruin: Mixed-media collage artist Eric Stoner’s LCAD exhibition opens September 1 (August 25, 2022)
No Square Theatre’s Footloose wowed a whole new crowd this month (August 18, 2022)
Art Inscribed: The ekphrastic energy between two of our town’s talented artistic organizations (August 18, 2022)
Blast back to the ‘80s and pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John with Xanadu, now on stage at the Laguna Playhouse (August 12, 2022)
Clara’s World: Discover the colorful inner life of a young painter who speaks through her art (August 12, 2022)
Summer is the season to discover your inner-artist — five unusual workshops you won’t want to miss (July 22, 2022)
Laguna Beach Live! introduces Opera Laguna with tenor Arnold Livingston Geis and soprano Oriana Falla (July 22, 2022)
Laguna Dance Festival to host some of contemporary dance and classic ballet’s biggest names this August (July 15, 2022)
Travel around our Wonderful World with the Pageant of the Masters (July 15, 2022)
Laguna Art-A-Fair opens with 118 booths of original art, live music and daily classes for adults & kids (July 9, 2022)
Francis De Erdely’s Striking Figures strikes a resonant chord at the Laguna Art Museum (July 1, 2022)
Sawdust Art Festival’s 56th summer kicked off early with old favorites and new beginnings (July 1, 2022)
Laguna Beach Sister Cities celebrates 15 years of Fête de la Musique (June 24, 2022)
Guided by Art: The Laguna Beach Poetry Trail offers visitors and locals alike a new way to explore our town (June 24, 2022)
Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (LBCAC) hosts the town’s first Juneteenth celebration this Sunday (June 17, 2022)
Creating into the mystery — three new Festival mixed media artists explore complicated territory (June 17, 2022)
“Outside Insights”: Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) showcases the work and techniques of renowned artist Kathleen Dunphy (June 10, 2022)
A glimpse behind the scenes of Laguna’s public art program (June 10, 2022)
The Festival of Arts celebrates the contributions of its Asian American artists (June 2, 2022)
A Chorus Line delivers a timeless message to today’s audience — the value of work (June 2, 2022)
Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods premieres at No Square Theatre next week (May 26, 2022)
Bare Bones Theatre presents the provocative and challenging play The Christians at the Laguna Bech Cultural Arts Center (May 26, 2022)
Artist of the Year Lojo Simon shares her life on the page and stage (May 5, 2022)
Best Mom movie screening and improv show hits the Laguna Playhouse Mother’s Day weekend (May 5, 2022)
Photographer Tom Lamb: Creating in a dream state (April 28, 2022)
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!: A peek behind the curtain (April 28, 2022)
Sculptor Gerard Basil Stripling’s Work and Soul: Two Decades of Practice on display at the Laguna Art Museum (April 21, 2022)
All the Adams in the World: A one-woman show about one mother’s journey with autism presented by Bare Bones Theater (April 21, 2022)
A lifetime of achievement: Bree Burgess Rosen honored at this year’s Art Star Awards (April 14, 2022)
Festival of Arts photographer Ron Azevedo reflects on a decade of work in Ukraine (April 7, 2022)
POW!: Jean Lowe’s Your Place in the Multiverse aims to make audiences laugh while hitting them with some hard truths about American culture (April 7, 2022)
A reality-bending tour inside the surrealistic mind of muralist Timothy Robert Smith (March 18, 2022)
Scott Moore’s wonderful, whimsical world (March 18, 2022)
Glass and metal artist Barbara Bond delivers this month’s LOCA Talk (March 10, 2022)
World folk musician Trevor Green takes the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center stage on Saturday, March 19 (March 10, 2022)
Alexis J. Roston brings Ella Fitzgerald to life on the Laguna Playhouse Stage (March 3, 2022)
Reggae musician Antoinette Rootsdawtah celebrates The Rise of the Divine Feminine at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, March 12 (March 3, 2022)
Women’s History Month Film Festival kicks off next week at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (February 24, 2022)
A conversation with the musicians: You’ve Got a Friend debuts at the Laguna Playhouse (February 24, 2022)
Art in action: Allyson Allen’s Piece-ful Protest exhibition proves its point - there’s plenty more work to be done (February 17, 2022)
Bare Bones Theatre presents Lojo Simon’s L’Dor v’Dor at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (February 17, 2022)
2020 — Three Artists Respond to a Historic Year: A conversation with Jorg Dubin, Carrie Zeller and Tom Lamb at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (February 10, 2022)
“Artifacts and Fictions”: Dagmar Chaplin’s exhibition opens at foaSouth (February 10, 2022)
“Visual Futurist” Syd Mead’s exhibition debuts at LCAD (February 3, 2022)
Director Steve Steiner and two lead actors share what’s cooking at The Spitfire Grill and what it took to serve it up (February 3, 2022)
Audience tested — Bard approved: Shakespeare’s Fool debuts at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (January 27, 2022)
Uncovering the mysteries behind the museum: A conversation with Executive Director Julie Perlin Lee (January 27, 2022)
A tribute to Wayne Thibaud: The Laguna Art Museum celebrates the life of one of its treasured artists (January 21, 2022)
Rolling with the pandemic’s punches: The Pageant of the Masters’ casting call looked a little different this year, but nearly 550 turned out (January 20, 2022)
Artist and community art leader Kathy Jones delivers the next LOCA Art Talk at the LCAD Gallery (January 13, 2022)
Ceramicist Mike Tauber joined Kate Cohen for this month’s Artists on Artists conversation at foaSouth (January 13, 2022)
The inspirational backstory behind the making of Jerry Segura, Laguna’s one-man band (December 31, 2021)
Headliner James Clay Garrison will rock the stage at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center on February 5 (December 31, 2021)
Lagunatics Remaskered: No Square Theatre’s cast and crew share what it took to stage this year’s production (December 17, 2021)
Inside the studio: Katlin Evans appeared at the second Artists on Artists series at foaSouth (December 17, 2021)
Backstage with Robin Hood and Maid Marion (December 10, 2021)
“The Poetics of Space”: A conversation at the intersection of art and architecture (December 10, 2021)
The art of curation: A conversation with the co-curators of Laguna Art Museum’s Permanent Collection Exhibition Sky Space Time Change (November 19, 2021)
Cracking the creativity conundrum: chalk artist David Zinn on ephemeral art, the power of pareidolia and finding freedom in limitations (November 12, 2021)
Behind the canvas: Artists on Artists series kicks off at foaSouth (November 12, 2021)
The art of “Slow Looking”: A conversation with author & art critic Peter Clothier (November 4, 2021)
Secrets and Sins: Third Street Writers returned to tell them (November 4, 2021)
The Nellie Gail Moulton Exhibition at LCAD Gallery reveals the artistic talent behind one of Orange County’s most renowned matriarchs (October 22, 2021)
When teachers become students (October 22, 2021)
Lessons from the masters: Last week’s 23rd Annual LPAPA Invitational flooded our town with talent … and a lot of insightful wisdom (October 14, 2021)
“Opera Reimagined”: backstage with Laguna Tenor Rick Weber (October 14, 2021)
How discovering the doodle saved Kate Cohen (October 8, 2021)
Circus Bella wowed the crowd with kindness (October 1, 2021)
Wayne Thiebaud’s Clowns: A fitting finale to a long career (September 23, 2021)
Behind the curtain with Circus Bella (September 16, 2021)
An industrial revolutionary: Chakaia Booker’s radical sculptures reshape history (September 9, 2021)
The Festival of Arts’ notorious trickster returns to mark the end of the summer season (September 9, 2021)
Hollywood celebrities gather on the Festival grounds for the Pageant’s final weekend to celebrate the arts (September 2, 2021)
Behind the scenes at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center (September 2, 2021)
LPAPA finds a new home in one of Laguna's historic locations (August 27, 2021)
Inspiring the next generation: the profound impact of the Festival of Arts’ Junior Art Exhibit (August 19, 2021)
Honoring tradition in the 21st century: How the Sawdust Festival has kept its bohemian roots alive for 55 years (August 12, 2021)
This Year the Pageant Celebrates its Modern-Day Monuments Men and the Visionary Woman Who Leads Them (August 3, 2021)
A Cultural Cornucopia: Laguna’s Local Festivals Attract a Broad Spectrum of International Artists (July 29, 2021)
With Hymns to the Silence, Jacques Garnier captures the sublime (Jul 22, 2021)
A Year in Review: How four Festival artists responded to the tumult of 2020 (Jul 20, 2021)
No Square Theatre’s brush with Broadway (Jul 16, 2021)