welcome to the 2025-2026 season

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Vintage movie poster for 'On the Beach' with bold red and yellow colors, featuring portraits of actors Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins, and a large brushstroke design.
Book cover for 'Greed' by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, featuring a large, detailed hand with long, sharp fingernails reaching downward in a starry black background.

our season art

We partnered with Shimmerleaf Illustration in a close collaboration that began with a small set of silent film posters from the years when Laguna Beach was coming into its own as an artists’ colony. The references include Greed (1924), Between Friends (1924), and The Dance of Death (1919). This era overlaps with the founding of Laguna Playhouse in 1920 and the rise of plein air painting along our coves, so the visual language feels native to Laguna’s early cultural life. Shimmerleaf has honored the spirit of those vintage lithographs while giving them a fresh clarity. We are proud to share this art as part of our season and our story.

The image features two logos side by side. On the left is the 'FOA Foundation' logo, with the letters 'FOA' in bold, colorful font (blue, green, purple), and the word 'FOUNDATION' in gray capital letters underneath. On the right is the circular logo of the City of Laguna Beach, California, depicting a beach scene with a yellow sandy shore, blue ocean waves, green hills, and a town in the background, with the text 'CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH CALIFORNIA' around the circle.

We are proud grant recipients of the Festival of Arts Foundation and Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Funding. Funds for our programming are provided by the lodging establishments and the City of Laguna Beach

We are also proud members of the organizations below.

In the Press

2024

With the help of 12 incredible volunteers, 4 wonderful local business partnerships, and 3 unforgettable concerts that reached approximately 600 audience members, we proudly supported over 50 amazing artists—over half of them women—all while remaining 100% volunteer-run and artist-focused.

Festival of Arts
Ghosts of Laguna Workshop
Bel Canto Christmas
Decorative flower stand with two sunflowers and the text "The Flower Stand Laguna Beach".

Our season sponsors

Logo for The Drake Laguna Beach featuring stylized text and decorative elements.
Logo for One Capital Management, LLC with black, orange, and gray text and design elements.
Logo with a red and yellow color scheme, featuring the text 'West Coast Event Production' arranged in a circle around a central compass design with the letters 'W', 'C', 'E', and 'P'.
Logo for Northern Trust, featuring a stylized anchor with a circular top and a curved bottom, next to the words Northern Trust in bold uppercase letters.
Balcony overlooking the ocean with lounge chairs, an umbrella, and a view of the sky and buildings in the distance at Laguna Surf Lodge by SCP Hotels.