A watercolor class is about to begin. Students line up their canvases to participate in one of the many art classes offered at this year’s Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach.

Perched on a bench nearby, Varsha Patel is sculpting a small, intricate owl from clay.

“It’s going to be a yarn holder,” she says.

Asked about other clay pieces, she demurs. “I’m really a printmaker. This is just a hobby,” she says, pointing to her booth filled with colorful prints.

The much anticipated annual Festival of Arts offers the works of more than 120 artists in mediums ranging from drawing and painting to photography and printmaking, ceramics, glassworks and jewelry to handmade furniture and engaging multimedia pieces. It’s no exaggeration to say that in the array of inventively arranged booths, there is s

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