Carolers sang Christmas songs just as Santa arrived with his helper. Three Sawdust artists, Suzanne Graham, Patsee Ober and Sue Thompson, discussed their displayed art with attendees who sipped wine and feasted on delectable appetizers. It was another fun night at the Hotel Laguna’s Art Start for Art Walk!
Seven local nonprofit organizations working to provide a variety of needed services to the community will open their doors on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 9 to 11 a.m. during the 2023 Social Safety Net Tour. Organized by the city’s Housing and Human Services Committee, the two-hour event invites community members to tour facilities, ask questions, and learn from staff members how they can use, refer, or support these crucial local nonprofits that serve social service needs.
As the Laguna Beach festival season approaches, religious leaders from multiple congregations recently gathered for their annual Blessing of the Artists.
Abridged by pandemic last year, a more familiar Sawdust Art Festival reopens in Laguna Beach
Artist Jesse Bartels, who works with mixed ceramic tiles, welcomes guests Friday to the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
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With the benefit of an outdoor marketplace, the Sawdust Art Festival didn’t shut down last summer, but the pandemic limited it to weekends.
This year’s event, which opened Friday, feels more like it once did, especially with the nearby Festival of the Arts and Pageant of the Masters reopening as well.
“I’ve been here 38 summers, I think, and to me, it just feels like home again,” artist Ora Sterling said. “It’s like we had a little forced vacation, and I was excited to get my booth set up, and opening day, as soon as I heard the music playing, it was like, ‘Oh, we’re back!’ It felt good. It felt really good.”