by Noella Noelophile®
(Graphic courtesy of Museum of Make Believe, and used with permission.)
Watching dreams come true for gifted artists, is one of life’s most magical experiences.
On Thursday, April 25th, in Laguna Beach, you’ll get a chance to experience that magic.
At 5:30 that afternoon, Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce invites you to the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony as the Museum of Make Believe hosts their inaugural exhibit, “Ghost Stories and Fairy Tales”, in their brand-new, 1,000-square-foot creative space!
And it’s going to be enchanting.
(Royalty-free image by Hishametto from Pixabay.)
Since 2020, artists Amy and Geoff Mitchell have been celebrating imagination and creativity.
As co-founders of Museum of Make Believe, they’ve hosted a number of immersive and interactive pop-up events. They’ve made art accessible, with workshops, parties, puppetry, and even an original radio drama, “Strange Secrets of Starlight Park”!
All along, their vision has been to bring their magic to a permanent location.
Now, they’re seeing that vision become a reality.
(Image courtesy of Museum of Make Believe, and used with permission.)
For this inaugural exhibit, Museum of Make Believe has created a magical woodland.
Think twinkling fireflies, mystical trees and a handpainted cobblestone path. Throughout them will be a variety of paintings, miniatures and sculptures–each of which tells its own story.
(Royalty-free image by Ga_Webz from Pixabay.)
“The Museum of Make Believe is a nonprofit organization…dedicated to preserving the timeless art of storytelling,” said Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Erin Slattery in a recent press release.
“This new immersive Ghost Stories & Fairy Tales exhibit offers guests a way to step back into nostalgia and experience an older kind of magic.”
For the Grand Opening, the magic will include free admission, make-your-own puppets for the smallest magic practitioners in attendance, refreshments on the patio, door prize drawings and a fundraiser raffle.
Can’t make it to Laguna on the 25th, but you’d like to explore the enchantment at a later date? Tickets are available at this link!