Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters

Arts and Pageant of the Masters, Festival of

July-September

This festival features a display of art works in arty Laguna Beach, Calif., along with breathtaking tableaux vivants —living pictures that recreate master art works. Since the 1940s, artists have created the tableaux to reproduce paintings by such varied masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Henri Matisse, and Winslow Homer. They don't stop there; they also transform delicate pieces of jewelry, sculptures, antique artifacts, and even scenes from postage stamps into life-sized works of art. The tableaux, presented for 90 minutes each evening, are created by some 300 models who have used 1,000 yards of fabric and 100 gallons of makeup. Example of a tableau: three gilded men and two gilded styrofoam horses appear in a setting that reproduces a five-inch Scythian gold comb.

CONTACTS:
Festival of the Arts / Pageant of the Masters
650 Laguna Canyon Rd.
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
800-487-3378 or 949-494-1145; fax: 949-376-1143
www.foapom.com

SOURCES:
GdUSFest-1984, p. 18