Laguna Beach Arts Alliance Names Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the 13th Annual Art Star Awards
Laguna Beach, CA – Artist Scott Moore will be the recipient of 2019 LBAA (Laguna Beach Arts Alliance) Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented during the 13th Annual Art Star Awards on April 7, 2019.
Scott Moore grew up in Bellflower, California, playing baseball, delivering newspapers and drawing in his spare time. His father, Carl, was a watercolorist and graphic designer for an advertising agency in Los Angeles. Working with art materials brought home by his father, Scott developed a skill for drawing. Scott was an illustrator for the United States Marine Corps at the age of 20, graphic designer at age 22, and full time artist/painter by the time he was 29. He was stationed in Hawaii during his stint as Official Artist for the United States Marine Corp where he designed publicity posters, created illustrations and graphics for servicemen’s books and made décor for Marine Corp balls held at Hilton Hotels. Scott also did graphic design for the Festival of Arts.
Scott painted traditional watercolors up until 1985, receiving numerous awards on a national level. Around that time, while showing at the Festival of Arts, he not only added oil painting to his skills, but began transitioning into the world of surrealism. He has been featured in numerous publications. Scott has been a Festival of Arts exhibitor for 39 years and a Sawdust Art Festival Exhibitor for 30 years.
“With artistic creativity, technical skill and a clever sense of humor, Scott boldly ventured into the world of surrealism from traditional art. His art has a mystical quality that captures viewers and draws them into the scene itself to enjoy a rare adventure in art.” said Wayne Baglin Laguna Beach Festival of Arts and Arts Alliance Director.
As a past president of the Festival of Arts, and while on the board in 2002, Scott helped create a 40-year lease with the city of Laguna Beach. Scott is currently the president of the FOA Foundation, a non-profit organization created in 1989 by the Festival of Arts. The FOA Foundation has awarded over $2.7 million in grants to the art related non-profit organizations in and around the community of Laguna Beach. Scott and his wife Carol have resided in Laguna Beach for the past 39 years. He is currently the vice-president of the Festival of Arts.
“I am very honored to receive this award from the Laguna Beach Arts Alliance. The members of the Laguna Beach Arts Alliance make up the cultural glue of this amazing arts community, and it makes me proud to be chosen by such a prestigious organization,” said Scott Moore.
To purchase tickets to attend the 13th Annual Art Star Awards, please contact: info@lagunabeacharts.org. Tickets are $100 each and include dinner as well as all the festivities.
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The Laguna Beach Arts Alliance was established in 2002 as the result of an exciting partnership among more than 20 Laguna Beach organizations. The mission is to serve as an advocate for the arts, promote collaboration and networking among the arts organizations of Laguna Beach, and to serve as a united voice for the arts in the city. Members of the Arts Alliance include City of Laguna Beach Arts Commission, Blue Water Green Earth, Community Art Project, Festival of Arts, First Thursdays Art Walk, KX 93.5 Radio, Laguna Art-A-Fair Festival, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach Craft Guild, Laguna Beach Live!, Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Concert Band, Laguna Dance Festival, LOCA Arts Education, Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Lagunatunes Community Chorus, No Square Theatre, Sawdust Art Festival, [seven-degrees], and Visit Laguna Beach.