Nancy L. Steinmeyer's environmental art exhibit “First We Scream Then We Act,” is on display at Santa Monica Airport Park on Friday, April 24, 2009. The public art exhibit is designed to increase awareness and promote solutions to global warming.

Greg Lebon (left) and Kent Trollen from Sand Sculptures International build a sand castle at the Annenberg Community Beach House  on Friday, April 24, 2009.

(top) Santa Monica College student, Zigmyal Wangchuk, 19, and SMC Emeritus art teacher Ruth Sanpietro contribute a plastic bottle to the environmental art piece at SMC during EcoPalooza Festival on Tuesday 21, 2009.(middle) Santa Monica College Board of Trustees' Chair Louise Jaffe and (above) SMC President Dr. Chui Tsang contribute a plastic bottle to the environmental art piece during the EcoPalooza Festival.

(1) Actors form the Ruskin Group, Chris Teterton and Christine Swaniky, perform a "Café Play" during the third annual Santa Monica Airport Art Walk on March 28, 2009. (2) SMC Teacher Assistant (TA) Derrick Isono, 54, removes his sculpture from the Raku Kiln. (3) John Destler, 77, works on his vessel at SMC during the Artwalk. (4) Visitors admire SMC student's ceramic art pieces. The Santa Monica Airport Art Walk was presented by Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division, Santa Monica Airport and Santa Monica College.

(top) Lexi Brown, owner of The Happy Lion art gallery, gives a final touch at her booth during ART LA 2009 on Saturday, January 24, 2009, at the historic Barker Hangar. (above) Erica Redling, owner of Redling Fine Art, talks with  employee John Ryan during the art show. ART LA 2009, the New Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair, attracted over 8,000 collectors, curators, artists and contemporary art lovers from around the globe. ART LA is one of the most significant annual cultural events in greater Los Angeles. ART LA 2009 presented 60 of the top international and Los Angeles-based galleries and new programming, including special artist exhibitions and crossover events linking art with music, film, architecture and design. Special exhibitions were devoted to experimental collaborations, painting, sculpture, photography and film. ART LA provided a platform for exhibitors to display their work to an international audience. ART LA supports the Los Angeles community by hosting a number of city-wide events throughout the duration of the fair.

(top) Photographer, Gilbert "Gil" Garcetti, 67, former LA County D. A., discusses his book, "Water is Key" during The Senior Arts Foundation's Arts & Community Forum 'Gil Garcetti: My Story, Act II' at the Main Library on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. (above)  Garcetti signs his book during the forum. Garcetti has always been an avid urban photographer. During his time as District Attorney he would carry a small camera with him at all times. After leaving the DA's office, Garcetti focused on art photography, initially producing two collections on the Walt Disney Concert Hall: Iron: Erecting the Walt Disney Concert Hall, focusing on the ironworkers who constructed the landmark, and Frozen Music, focusing on the finished building itself. Photos from these works were featured in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. His most recent exhibition, Dance in Cuba: Photographs by Gil Garcetti, was featured at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History in Spring 2006.

(top) Guest admire the photographs at Santa Monica College’s Emeritus Gallery on Thursday January 22, 2009, during the opening reception for "Gil Garcetti 2nd Act.” (above) Santa Monica College Emeritus Associate Dean, Maggie Hall (right) listens as Gil Garcetti (left) explains to  guests that he has been a photographer longer than  an attorney. Gil Garcetti spent 32 years in the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, including eight years as the elected District Attorney managing the largest local prosecutorial office in the United States. Since leaving that office in 2000, he has found his passion in life with photography, particularly urban photography. Garcetti has produced five photographic books, including a couple on the Walt Disney Concert Hall that have received wide critical acclaim. He has had several solo exhibitions at galleries, museums and other institutions across the country and abroad.

The National Danish Performance Team performs to an all-school assembly at John Adams Middle School (JAMS) on Thursday, Jan 15, 2008. The show included high-energy gymnastics & dance, breath-taking acrobatics, and unique Danish artistry from a group of 14 women and 14 men aged between 20-28. This is the first U.S. stop on a 10-month, 18-country world-wide tour for the Danish Team.