We’re so excited to be celebrating the LPAPA Gallery’s first year! On August 19, 2021, through the support of our Members, Supporters, Donors, Patrons, and Collectors, LPAPA reached a milestone in its 25+ year history with the opening of its first independent gallery in Laguna Beach. You can read a wonderful 2021 archived story in Stu News by Marrie Stone by clicking here.

We invite you to celebrate our 1st LPAPA Gallery Birthday! Come by the Gallery for goodies and special 10% savings today through Monday August 22nd! Just say “happy birthday” and we’ll apply a 10% discount to your full purchase (excludes shipping fees)!

Plus, enter a drawing to win a special original framed 6″ x 8″ original watercolor by LPAPA Signature Artist Barbara Tapp (image below)! Visit the gallery to enter the drawing or call the LPAPA Gallery at (949) 376-3635 and say “Happy Birthday, Enter Me in the Drawing”! No purchase necessary and you don’t need to be present to win… we’ll be drawing the winner at 5:00 pm PDT on Monday August 22nd! The winner will be notified and can pick up the painting at the LPAPA Gallery on or after Thursday August 25th or arrange for shipping (sorry, shipping fees not included with the prize).

Can’t make it to the LPAPA Gallery this weekend? You can still join the celebration! If there’s a painting you’ve had your eye on, call the gallery and we’ll apply the 10% discount to your purchase. You can also save on purchases through the online LPAPA Shop! Just apply coupon code 1STBDAY at checkout!

The LPAPA Gallery is located at 414 N. Coast Highway, on Gallery Row between Jasmine and Myrtle Street, in Laguna Beach. We’re open Thursday through Monday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, with extended hours (6-9 pm) the First Thursday of each month for Artwalk Laguna Beach! The gallery is also available by appointment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, or alternative hours by calling us at (949) 376-3635 or by email at info@lpapa.org.

Love what we do? Want to show your support with a happy birthday donation? As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit art organization every dollar means a lot to us, and we put all donations to work for our members and community! Click here to make a donation to support LPAPA and it’s Gallery!

Thank you for your support!

Thank you for being part of the Laguna Plein Air legacy!

We’re pleased to share and congratulate LPAPA Signature Artist Richard Lindenberg for being selected as the Featured Artist for the 65th Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival (September 17-18, 2022).

For 65 years, the community gathers under the redwood trees in Old Mill Park to celebrate art and the beauty that surrounds us.  This year, Richard Lindenberg has been selected as the festivals featured artist. His image “Pond Walk” graces the poster and all peripheral assets. 

The Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival has been the soul of Mill Valley since 1957. From the earliest days when a small group of artists exhibited their works in downtown store windows, through the years that the Festival was held in Lytton Square until they moved to the glorious redwood grove in Old Mill Park, the Festival has always been an annual moment we share – it marks the years in our lives, it brings us together.

Strolling through Old Mill Park among old growth redwoods we see art forms and visions we have never seen before. Our eyes and ears open to new art and ideas at every turn of the Festival – from the story tellers and puppeteers, to the main stage acts, to face painting, to the fine arts and crafts themselves.

Although the art comes from near and far, the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival offers a warm, local, non-commercial experience and welcomes all ages and people.

See Poster above.  Visit Richard at the Festival in booth #63 or at www.richardlindenberg.com.

In addition, LPAPA Artist Member Mark Monsarrat will be an exhibiting artist at the festival.

We’re pleased to share and congratulate LPAPA Signature Artist Michael Situ for receiving the “Shirl Smithson Founders’ Award of Excellence” in the Master Signature category for his painting “Laguna Sunset” at 31st National Juried Oil Painters of America Exhibition at the Steamboat Art Museum June 3 – August 27, 2022, in Steamboat Spring, Colorado.

Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to the LPAPA artists who received awards in the 2022 Just Plein Fun competition presented annually by the Huse Skelly Gallery…

In addition, Lisa Mozzini-McDill and Mark Shasha received Honorable Mention Awards, and Ryan Jensen received a Randy Higbee Award.

LPAPA Signature Artist & Founding Member John Cosby was the top Awards judge, and Toni Kellenberg, LPAPA’s President, was the Brush Off Award Judge.