Art Matters

T

I host Laguna Beach Mayor, Mark Orgill and his campaign manager, Carissa Dale. We cover a lot of topics important to our community from environmental issues, housing, and cultural heritage. Mayor Orgill has worked 24/7 to not only keep our community safe but is also a huge evironmental steward and knows how to communicate with other agencies that impact what we do here in Laguna Beach. Lets give Mark another 4 years to complete the great work he has already begun.
Vote for Mark, Sue and Alex and vote NO on measure E....

My speacil guest today are George Gilliam, founder of Creative Identity, Connor Parker, the director of Creative Identity here in Laguna Beach, and the wonerdful Theresa Prelitz who's daughter attends the program. Creative Identity is an art and music program for folks with disabilities so they can express themselves through guided art and music classes giving them a sense of achievement and learning new skills through creative expression. Art is the great unifier for all humans and this program is about pure joy and love and gives meaning to so many who are often over looked by society.

John and I talk about the upcoming Laguna Beach centenial and how art and culture will be a big part of it inclisive of what John is calling "FORCE OF NATURE". Stay tuned folks. 2027 is going to be a very special year here in town.

Our great mayor, Mark Orgill joins me in the studio here at KXFM Laguna Beach to have a chat about the Laguna Beach Community Land Trust and the artists studios that are now under their purview. That is about 72 artists studios that will be preserved for artists here in the art colony in perpetuity! GREAT!!!! Thank you CLT and our great city council  and city manager for making it happen. There is a lot more to come so stay tuned. We also chat about the Stewardship program and a number of other subjects that all residents and most visitors care deeply about.

Artist Jason Hanck joins me in the studio to talk about what it takes to be a creative and how to re-energize artists around the idea the creative output knows no bounds. All artists need to step outside their comfort zones and let that creative spirit fly. It's not always about economics! We also talk about living in a city that believes that art can be a building block to community building and how supporting their creatives brings a soul and vitality that makes a town or city vibrant.

I host artist, Rowan Foley Naseri in the studio. We chat about her traveling to Laguna Beach to attend the Laguna College of Art and Design, LCAD. Rowan has embarked recently on a new series of large scale paintings that set her work apart from most of what we see from the more traditional work done by her peers. You can see her work at : www.rowanfineart.com

I host Marlene and Debb who are working on a special global project called, "The inside out photo project" that was the brain child of French artist, JR. Marlene has brought this golbal event to Laguna Beach. It is a seriers of black and white portraits of our local artists as a way of not only celebrating them but also bringing awareness to Laguna Beach of the importance of our local creatives.

Steve and I take a look back at the beginnings of the western swing band , Buck Naked and the Chapped Cheeks. A lot of memories there for us and those that remember the only western swing band to ever come out of Laguna Beach.

I host Jason Hanck. He is a fine artist and member of the Sawdust Festival Board. We talk about the 60 year history of the "Dust" and some of the changes going on there. We also talk about the future of artists in the art colony. Stay tuned folks. Change is happening and it's going to be good!