Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts & Pageant of the Masters souvenir programs collection, 1955-2015

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Summary

Abstract:
A small collection of 22 programs from the Laguna Beach, California Festival of the Arts and the Pageant of the Masters.
Extent:
20 Volumes 1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[material from collection]. Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts & Pageant of the Masters souvenir programs collection. 2015-001. Dennis and Leslie Power Library, Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

A small collection of 22 programs from the Laguna Beach, California Festival of the Arts and the Pageant of the Masters.

Of particular interest is the earliest program in the collection for the 20th Pageant of the Masters 1955.

Biographical / historical:

The Pageant of the Masters is an annual festival held by the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach, California, United States.

The event is known for its tableaux vivants or "living pictures" in which classical and contemporary works of art are recreated by real people who are made to look nearly identical to the originals through the clever application of costumes, makeup, headdresses, lighting, props, and backdrops.

The first Festival of Arts was produced in 1932, and the first presentation of the Pageant was done in 1933. Since then, the two events have been held each summer, apart from a four-year interruption caused by World War II & in 2020 caused by COVID-19 pandemic.

The pageant hosts more than a quarter million people each year.-- from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pageant_of_the_Masters

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[material from collection]. Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts & Pageant of the Masters souvenir programs collection. 2015-001. Dennis and Leslie Power Library, Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA.

Location of this collection:
2222 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651, US
Contact:
(949) 376-6000
rboyd@lcad.edu
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