Laguna Art Museum

The current showings are spectacular! Get to know William Mortensen’s: Photography & Seduction. This showing is quite incredible and learn Mortensen’s keen eye on early photography with a twist of photo manipulation. Something very few artists achieved. A once Laguna resident has left an astonishing history behind. You will be emerged in his beautiful work. Don’t slip away without watching a 34min video by talented artist Rebeca Mendez’s The Sea Around Us. Take a beautiful journey on a 360 view of under water marvel. Beautiful shot and must not be missed while you visit the museum.

This is my second time to check out Kahuna Art Museum. I enjoyed the show this time… but there’s no impression for my first visit. This time, they have a graduate exhibition from LCAD which is pretty good. And Francis portrait exhibition is great as well. The basement, they have Jean Lowe’s show which is my favorite, it is so fun and amazing to check it out.

Lovely gallery space. They have a great permanent collection of Laguna artists I wish they had more of their artworks on display. $12 entry. Closed Wednesday.

Fantastic local art museum. It has multiple floors and larger than it appears from outside. There is a cute gift shop filled with local artists work. They have wide variety of curated art exhibits. I particularly like the Matthew Rolston, Art People: The Pageant (sic of the Masters) and a Fanciful World: Jessie Arm Botke. Membership is really inexpensive and I believe comes with guest pass among other perks, like members only invites for special talks, exhibit openings, etc...

Hidden Gem !!!
While most people visit Laguna for the beach and good food, one must realize that Laguna is also an artist haven.
This is a small three level museum with a carefully curated collection that features Laguna’s art vibe. The main floor features permanent collection, the upper level currently features black and white photographs and the lower level pays tribute to the Pageant of the Masters.
Plan to spend 30 - 45 minutes.
I should thank the Docent, Mr. Robert Powers who was awesome in providing insights about the exhibits.