Dinner Party FUNdraiser & Miniature Auction 2018 - Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

The Laguna Plein Air Painter Association invites you to join us on Thursday June 14th at Seven-Degrees in Laguna Beach for LPAPA’s 4th Annual “Dinner Party & Miniature Auction FUNdraiser”. This special evening has become an annual plein air art lover’s favorite!

Guests will enjoy a selection of wines with a sumptuous gourmet buffet specially prepared by the Seven-Degrees culinary experts. No-host cocktail selections will also be available.

Our special guest, Mr. Jean Stern, Associate Director of The University of California, Irvine Institute and Museum for California Art, will indulge us with fascinating tidbits of Laguna’s artistic legacy and share the history of a special miniature masterpiece by Arthur Rozaire from the Stern’s private collection.

LPAPA will bring Laguna’s past into the present with a lively live auction of framed miniature original 4″ x 4″ paintings created by some of your favorite Laguna Plein Air Invitational Artists: Suzie Baker, Zufar Bikbov, Carl Bretzke, Rick J. Delanty, Jennifer Diehl, Aimee Erickson, Andy Evansen, Debra Joy Groesser, Joseph Gyurcsak, Stephanie Hartshorn, Jane Hunt, Charlie Hunter, Richard Lindenberg, Daniel Marshall, Jim McVicker, Clark Mitchell, Michael Obermeyer, Rita Pacheco, Jason Sacran, Anthony Salvo, Michael Situ, J. Ken Spencer and Michele Usibelli.

LPAPA’s FUNdraiser celebrates the legacy that established Laguna Beach as an art colony. Now famous early plein air artists — William Wendt, Edgar Payne, Frank Cuprien, Anna Hills and others — founded the first Laguna Beach Art Association, and opened the first Laguna art gallery, in 1918. To raise the money needed to open the gallery and support the association, the artists hosted art parties and painted special miniatures for their patrons.

LPAPA has resurrected this tradition to further its Mission and support its Education and Invitational Programs. LPAPA’s mission honors 100 years of plein air painting history and tradition in Laguna! This is your exclusive opportunity to add a little gem of a miniature to your collection and help LPAPA write another chapter in preserving Laguna’s plein air painting heritage!

Celebrate the Legacy, Be part of the Tradition!

Tickets $125/per person (Members receive emailed Discount Code!)
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Can’t make it? Want in on the auction action? Contact LPAPA’s Executive Director to arrange for a bidder representative! Phone (949) 376-3635 or Email info@lpapa.org

Winter Scene by Arthur Rozire c. 1905 — Winter Scene by Arthur Rozire (1879-1922), 4″ x 6″ c. 1905

Sunset by Elizabeth Borglum (1848-1922), 3.75″ x 8.5″ oil

Nocturne by William Wendt (1865-1946) — Early Moonrise by William Wendt (1865-1946), 3.8″ x 6″ c. 1922

Post header image: 4″ x 4″ miniature watercolor by LPAPA Artist Member Daniel Marshall

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