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The City of Laguna Beach is well known as a unique beach community and artist's colony with seven miles of City beaches running along its nine square miles. The resident population enjoys the ambiance provided by the sandy beaches, canyons and coastal hills. During the summer, several million visitors are drawn to the resort environment for its picturesque beaches, art festivals and the Pageant of the Masters. Laguna's village scale shopping district, blufftop walkways and tram system create a pedestrian environment and scale which is unique in Southern California.

MFA ’13 Exhibition

Presented by Laguna Art Museum and Laguna College of Art and Design at Laguna Art Museum

May 5-May 19, 2013

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Laguna Art Museum hosts Laguna College of Art + Design‘s graduate MFA in Painting and Drawing exhibition in spring 2013. The exhibition is on display in the museum’s lower level galleries, and admission is free for the duration of the exhibition.

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