Artists Dave Quikand tests out his wearable art piece, 'Solar Koi' at Palisades Park on Monday, July 14, 2008, in preparations for Saturdays all night art show, GLOW.  The GLOW event will feature an array of live art exhibitions, entertainment, and music, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. July 19, and glowing through the night until 7 a.m.  This unique event is free to the public and will introduce a new way of participating in, and experiencing art.  GLOW is presented by the City of Santa Monica in partnership with Bayside District Corporation, Pier Restoration Corporation and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Artists from ReDiscover, Mary Beth Trautwein 43, (right) and Shiva Mandell, 32, (left) assemble their art installation, "Camera Projecta" on Monday, July 12, 2008, during a rehearsal at the Santa Monica Senior Center in preparations for Saturdays all night art show, GLOW. Situated in the building that houses the famous Camera Obscura on Palisades Park, this project invites the public to enter into the artmaking process. Using reclaimed materials obtained through the non-profit organization reDiscover, visitors will be able to engage in visual storytelling through the manipulation  of various materials, all placed on the flatbed screens of opaque projectors. The images created at ten projector stations will be broadcast onto the large windows facing west and north, acting as a kind of reverse Camera Obscura.
The GLOW event will feature an array of live art exhibitions, entertainment, and music, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. July 19, and glowing through the night until 7 a.m.  This unique event is free to the public and will introduce a new way of participating in, and experiencing art.  GLOW is presented by the City of Santa Monica in partnership with Bayside District Corporation, Pier Restoration Corporation and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Hellboy appears to climb out of a manhole on the Venice Beach Boardwalk on Saturday, June 28, 2008. The painted manhole is a promotion for the  comic book  film 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'  which will be released on Friday, July 11, 2008. The film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and is a sequel to the 2004 film Hellboy, which del Toro also directed. Ron Perlman reprises his role as the title character.

Three year-old Emma dances with puppets to the soundtrack “It ain’t what you make, it’s what makes you do it,” at  Santa Monica Museum of Art's   'The Puppet Show' on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Bergamot Station. The multi-puppet installation is by artist Dennis Oppenheim and titled 'Theme for a Major Hit, 1974' (motor driven marionettes, wood, cloth, felt, soundtrack, tape player, and external speakers soundtrack). The marionettes dance for 2 minutes and rest for 8 minutes all day long.  ~  International in scope, the exhibition brings together works by 28 contemporary artists who explore the imagery of puppets in sculpture, film, video, time-based media, animation, and 2D work. The Puppet Show installation includes works by participating artists as well as a collection of historic puppets, who are housed in Puppet Storage—the exhibition's simultaneous entry and “backstage” or unconsciousness. Some works in the show involve puppets as figures (marionettes, shadow puppets, ventriloquist dummies). In others, artists perform as puppeteers. Others still evoke such topics associated with puppetry (manipulation, miniaturization, and control). The Puppet Show is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. It is co-curated by Ingrid Schaffner, ICA Senior curator, and Carin Kuoni, Director. The exhibition runs through August 9th at Bergamot Station.

Two arms and legs hang at  Santa Monica Museum of Art   as part of the 'The Puppet Show' exhibition on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The art installation is by artist Kicki Smith and is titled, 'Nuit' (1992) Plaster, wood, Cheesecloth and string. The Puppet Show installation includes works by participating artists as well as a collection of historic puppets, who are housed in Puppet Storage—the exhibition's simultaneous entry and “backstage” or unconsciousness. The Puppet Show is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. It is co-curated by Ingrid Schaffner, ICA Senior curator, and Carin Kuoni, Director. The exhibition runs through August 9th at Bergamot Station.

Nick Sim and his sister Ashera of Gemstone Material Interiors,  manage their booth during the International Gem & Jewelry Show at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Friday, June 13, 2008.