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# Art Walk ready for take off
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/art-walk-ready-for-take-off/
- Published: 2007-03-09T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:36:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*By Hamp Simmons The Art Palette*

THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT ART WALK IS ONLY THE FIRST OF THE TERRIFIC outdoor productions that will be presented by Santa Monica's Cultural Affairs Division this spring and summer. Mark your calendars now for the Santa Monica Festival that will take place on Sunday, May 20 in Clover Park. The Festival gives us a chance to boast about our City's magnificent environment and abundant culture while we spend the day with friends and family.

This year's talent line-up includes Hula Halau O Kamuela Elua performing Hawaiian music and dance; Leon Mobley & Da Lion, a West African music and dance company; Bollywood Step Dance which will bring us Bollywood spectacular; Rhythm Roots Allstars and their funky electro-brazilian, dancehall afrobeats;and Los Super Elegantes a cross cultural, electronic, mariachi punk-pop melange that will have you dancing in the grass.

Once upon a time, the pioneers of modern aviation such as Howard Hughes, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart leapt into the air from this historic site. Where engineers once constructed models and blueprints and technicians hammered these designs into great flying machines, artists now take off into new worlds and fabricate works which carry no passengers or freight, but take flight with our imaginations and dreams. The City’s Cultural Affairs Division and the Santa Monica Airport, as well as all the venues participating, invite you to discover this hidden cultural resource and its unique creative atmosphere.

The Art Walk is intended to provide a unique opportunity to view the current work of local artists and explore the spaces where their magic comes to fruition. And while the walk is not an art sale, many of the artists participating do have works for sale so feel free to ask them about purchasing one of their creations.

Here are the venues that will be open on Saturday for your visit. You won't want to miss a single one!

Private artist studios can be found throughout the buildings of the Santa Monica Airport. Each open studio will have a sign displaying the Santa Monica Airport Art Walk Studio logo. At 2900 Airport Avenue you can see the studios of artists such as Rachel Lachowicz, Renee Petropoulous, Brian Moss and Trine Wejp-Olsen. More studios can be found at 3000 Aiport Avenue where artists including Tia Tuenge, Christropher Cassanova, Meg Cranston and Shelly Dale Corwin can be found. In the T-Hangars at 3100 Airport Avenue, you'll visit with Joan Vaupen, Gus Harper, Ellwood T. Risk and others.

Originally built by Bill Lear of Lear Jet fame, visitors will find individual artist studios located at the Barker Hangar. Some of the artists keeping studios in this historic building are Felicia Martinez, Luchita Mullican and C.J. Strawn.

HAMP SIMMONS is the cultural affairs coordinator for the City of Santa Monica. Send comments or suggestions for the Palette to

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 9, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030907.pdf?ref=smdp.com)