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Here is a list of events and performances for the 2009 Art-A-Fair show.

Sunday
07/05/2009
1-4PM
 Satin Blue
 Blues
Sunday
07/05/2009
6-9PM
 Sway
 Country
Saturday
07/11/2009
1-4PM
 Heart n Soul
 R&B, Dance
Saturday
07/11/2009
6-9PM
 Surftones
 Surf, 60's
Sunday
07/12/2009
12-3PM
 Sounds of Paradise
 Steel Drum
Sunday
07/12/2009
4-7PM
 Rideshare
 Smooth Jazz
Saturday
07/18/2009
1-4PM
 2 AZZ 1
 Upbeat Jazz & Vocal
Saturday
07/18/2009
6-9PM
 Shades of Blue
 Blues
Sunday
07/19/2009
12-3PM
 Jazz Attack
 Variety/Jazz
Sunday
07/19/2009
4-7PM
 Timberline
 Bluegrass
Saturday
07/25/2009
1-4PM
 Sway
 Country
Saturday
07/25/2009
6-9PM
 Drexx Cannon
 R&B, Dance
Sunday
07/26/2009
12-3PM
 Swingsensations
 Dixieland
Sunday
07/26/2009
4-7PM
 Don Covell
 Guitar & Singer
Saturday
08/01/2009
1-3PM
 Laguna Beach Concert Band
 Big Band
Saturday
08/01/2009
6-9PM
 Rideshare
 Smooth Jazz
Sunday
08/02/2009
12-3PM
 The Girls
 Classic Pop
Sunday
08/02/2009
4-7PM
 Paul McIntire
 Eclectic Violin
Saturday
08/08/2009
1-4PM
 Sound FX
 Pop, Dance
Saturday
08/08/2009
6-9PM
 Al Politano Trio
 Jazz Guitar Trio
Sunday
08/09/2009
12-3PM
 Satin Blue
 Blues
Sunday
08/09/2009
4-7PM
 Sebastian Sidi
 Smokin' Piano
Saturday
08/15/2009
1-4PM
 Heart n' Soul
 R&B, Dance
Saturday
08/15/2009
6-9PM
 Shades Of Blues
 Blues
Sunday
08/16/2009
12-3PM
 Sounds of Paradise
 Steel Drum
Sunday
08/16/2009
4-7PM
 Timberline
 Bluegrass
Saturday
08/22/2009
1-4PM
 2 AZZ 1
 Upbeat Jazz & Vocal
Saturday
08/22/2009
6-9PM
 Drexx Cannon
 R&B, Dance
Sunday
08/23/2009
12-3PM
 Upstream
 Reggea
Sunday
08/23/2009
4-7PM
 Fuzzi Logic
 Jazz
Saturday
08/29/2008
1-4PM
 Swingsenations
Closing Night Party
 Dixieland
Saturday
08/29/2008
5-9PM
 Renaissance
Closing Night Party
 Doo Wop & 50's
Sunday
08/30/2008
2-5PM
 Redd Street
 R&B

Special Presentation
Toyokuni Honda
Sumi-e performance at the Art-A-Fair

Performance Dates:
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Performance Schedule
4.30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Lotus infused Martini specials at the Tivoli Too! Bar.
6 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Festival Courtyard: Sumi-e workshop with Toyokuni Honda for children and adults. Learn the secrets of this 2,000-year-old Japanese art form from the master himself.
6.45 p.m. - 7.15 p.m.
Festival courtyard: Sumi-e's performance on stage with Japanese rhythmical instruments. Toyokuni Honda will paint on a 6'x12' canvas. During his performance Mr. Honda will explain his creation to the audience. Mr. Honda has chosen an ocean theme in honor of Laguna Beach's location.
7.15 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Festival Courtyard: Mr. Honda will be available for questions and explaining some of his art work, which will be on exhibit.
A little bit of history...
The 2000 year-old art form of Japanese brush painting is spiritually rooted in Zen Buddhism. Sumi-e's earliest practitioners were highly disciplined monks trained in the art of concentration, clarity, and simplicity. These early Zen Masters dedicated themselves to the art form with spiritual intensity through long years of serious reflection and strict discipline. Respect for Sumi-e's demands shaped their aesthetic direction.

The monks adhered to a rigorous schedule of meditation in preparation for painting. Entering a deep contemplative state was at the core of the creative process: preparing the ink stone, grinding the sumi ink, loading the brush (fude), releasing the brush stroke on rice paper or silk scroll. Mastering the nuances of the black sumi ink was more difficult than painting with color and required consummate skill.

Throughout its long and venerable history, Sumi-e has been held in high esteem and became a powerful way to inculcate the values of Bushido, the Samurai Code of Conduct. For the swordsman, composure on the brink of battle had its artistic parallel in the calm and tranquility essential before the fearless release of a brush stroke. Embodying the honorable ancient warrior codes, Sumi-e was a metaphor for the ephemeral world of the courageous Samurai swordsman.

Today, becoming a Master Sumi-e artist requires the same investment of effort and time in rigorous training and discipline.

About Toyokuni Honda
Born in Tokyo in 1945
Exhibits in Japan, Europe and China

Awards:

  • Bologna International Picture Book Biennale, Bologna, Italy
  • Grand Price "Prix Icare" award for "Peach Boy" Lanninon, France
  • Award of Excellence Tsingdao International Wood block Print Biennale, Tsigdao, China
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