After a yearlong shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Festival of Arts Fine Art Show has finally opened its doors. From July 5 to September 3, 2021 guests will experience the artworks of over 100 of Orange County’s top artists, live music, art activities, as well as exhibitions of local student artwork, and a variety of special events. The Festival of Arts is sponsored by Volvo, KOST Radio 103.5, Fidelity Investments, and The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel.
The Festival of Arts Fine Art Show is one of the oldest fine arts shows in the country and offers avid art collectors and festivalgoers an outstanding variety of fine art to browse and purchase. Since opening in 1932, thousands of artists have shown and sold their artwork at the Festival, with many exhibiting artists’ work featured in the private collections of leading art collectors, celebrities, and museums around the world. Many celebrities, including Bryan Cranston, Joe Mantegna, Mira Sorvino, and others, have artwork from the Festival of Arts in their collections.
The 2021 Fine Art Show will showcase the 100+ artists who were juried into the 2020 art exhibit, but unable to display their work last summer. For a full list of the 2021 participating artists, please visit www.foapom.com/exhibitor-gallery.
In addition to featuring work from top artists in Southern California, the 2021 Fine Art Show will have art demonstrations, live music performances on select nights sponsored by Yamaha, opportunities to meet the artists, and more. The calendar includes guided art tours presented by PBS SoCal, special events, and weekly series including Concerts on the Green and Art, Jazz, Wine, and Chocolate, sponsored by Charles Schwab and Cambria Estate Winery. The Festival and Pageant’s annual fundraising event, the Celebrity Benefit Concert and Pageant, sponsored by Volvo, KOST Radio 103.5, and Yamaha, will take place on August 28, 2021, and feature a performance by living jazz legend Poncho Sanchez followed by a special showing of the 2021 Pageant of the Masters “Made in America: Trailblazing Artists and Their Stories.”
The Junior Art Exhibit, sponsored in part by the FOA Foundation, California First Leasing Corporation, and Mark Porterfield of Laguna Beach, will also return this summer and has come to be regarded as one of the highlights of the show. Since 1947, the Junior Art Exhibit not only showcases art from new generations of young Orange County students but is also a vivid testimonial to the value and importance of continuing arts education in our school systems.
The Festival of Arts Fine Art Show opens July 5 and welcome patrons daily through September 3 with general admission tickets starting at $10 per person. Operation hours are weekdays from 4 pm to 11:30 pm and weekends from 10 am to 11:30 pm. Protocols will be in place to ensure a safe reopening of the art show in compliance with government and public health guidelines. See website for details.
The Pageant of the Masters, running in conjunction with the Fine Arts Show, is from July 7 to September 3, 2021. To stay up to date on all things Festival of Arts, follow the Festival on social media at @FestivalPageant, and visit www.foapom.com.