“TEN : Orange County” Group Exhibition closes at AR4T Gallery in Laguna Beach this Sunday.

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“TEN : Orange County” Group Exhibition closes at AR4T Gallery in Laguna Beach this Sunday.

Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow, a gallery that we have been following in Laguna Beach, who showcases contemporary art from various regions, with a focus on artists connected to the action sports culture, has a show that we highly recommend seeing before it closes this Sunday, March 22nd. The show is called  “Ten : Orange County”. It is a group show…

Expression Session 2 at AR4T Gallery

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Expression Session 2 at AR4T Gallery

Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow is currently showing Expression Session 2, a group exhibition with works spanning two generations of surf culture, featuring seven of its most influential artists. Will Pennartz, founder and owner of The Surf Gallery (2001-2010) and guest curator, selected the works on exhibition consisting of paintings, photographs, prints and posters by John Severson, Mike Salisbury, Rick…

“Boxes of Death 4” Opening at AR4T Gallery

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“Boxes of Death 4” Opening at AR4T Gallery

“Boxes of Death 4” is a large traveling group show of coffin art that has been making its way closer and closer to southern California since April. On Aug. 17, 2013 its final resting place (couldn’t resist!) is AR4T Gallery in Laguna Beach, California. The show opens with a party on Aug. 17 from 6…

Dennis McNett’s Solo Show and the Importance of Making Art with Kids

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Dennis McNett’s Solo Show and the Importance of Making Art with Kids

Making and sharing art with the next generation of artists is important to Brooklyn printmaker/ woodcarver Dennis McNett, which is why, when he spent a week in Laguna Beach for his solo show this month–which opened July 6, 2013 at AR4T Gallery — he took a break from making art to hold a workshop at…

CARTWHEEL Interview: Sticky Shaw and Lauren Buckingham Over on “Birds” at Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow Gallery

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CARTWHEEL Interview: Sticky Shaw and Lauren Buckingham Over on “Birds” at Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow Gallery

In the first show of the new year at Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow Gallery in Laguna Beach, artist Sticky Shaw curates a four-artist exhibition titled “Birds” with artwork by Shaw, Karlee Mackie, Lauren Buckingham Over, and Katherine Clarke Langlands. The Birds theme proves an interesting exploration in masculinity vs. femininity with this output of one…

Elephants & Asses at AR4T Gallery

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Elephants & Asses at AR4T Gallery

“Elephants & Asses” at AR4T Gallery is the perfect excursion in the days before, or the hours after, casting one’s vote Nov. 6. With most of the show poking at the storm of media during election season, “Elephants & Asses” is a cacophony of 27 minds releasing an intense amount of tension that sounds like:…

Reporting from Laguna Beach: Spangled and Spankin’ New

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Reporting from Laguna Beach: Spangled and Spankin’ New

Laguna Beach is producing more diverse and vigorous shows than ever, and this month proves it. Within a few blocks of one another, close enough by foot to enjoy a warm fall evening, three art exhibitions opened last weekend.  Like walking from Tomorrowland through Sleeping Beauty’s Castle past Fantasyland to the Haunted Mansion and then…

“Heaven’s on Fire” at AR4T Gallery

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“Heaven’s on Fire” at AR4T Gallery

Heaven’s on Fire at AR4T Gallery, Sept. 8, 2012: Objects borne out of rock and roll’s indeterminate firestorm are on display this month as part of a music-themed show at AR4T Gallery in Laguna Beach. These include a Swarovski-crystal encrusted mohawk skull, a purple haze guitar with orange strings and a record player retrofitted with LED lights.

The Garage at AR4T Gallery

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The Garage at AR4T Gallery

The Garage at AR4T Gallery: Laguna Beach, Aug. 2-25, 2012 – Coming off the heels of a existential femininity show last month, the timing could not have been better to swing the pendulum the other way at AR4T Gallery and introduce a machismo-fueled, oily rag-devoted, ode to the realm of man: The Garage. Seattle artist…