LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—For many artists juried into the famed Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts for its 2021 summer-long exhibition, emerging from the 15-month pandemic shutdowns is an opportunity to reunite and reconnect with fellow artists, friends and clientele. Making up for the lost year, it will also be a time to forge relationships and engage new patrons as they visit the legendary open-air festival grounds. Founded in 1932, the Festival of Arts Fine Art Show has garnered a critically-acclaimed reputation as one of the finest outdoor art exhibitions in the nation. This year, the pageant format has been modified to showcase 120 artists, down from 2019’s show that included 140 artisans. “In my opinion, the new venue layout is better, it’s less cramped and overall I think it provides better representation of the artists, similar to the way it was when the festival started,” fine jewelry designer, Troels Larsen, …