Best Art Photos for 2025

Santa Monica College (SMC) Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Mark Bassett during the first Children’s Concert rehearsal with SMC dancers on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, at SMC Performing Arts Center Room 110 at BroadStage in Santa Monica, Calif. Bassett rehearses weekly with the orchestra on Tuesday nights. (Elizabeth Bacher | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) dancer Pigeon Lee-Spera (front), during tech rehearsal with the SMC Orchestra, as the queen in “A Child’s Dream at the Symphony” at BroadStage on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Elizabeth Bacher | The Corsair)

Michele Harrison (cq) poses for the camera at Club Row on the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, October 30, 2025. Many people showed up in costumes for Halloween, but just a simple cowboy hat is enough. (Juliana Frame | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) student Kara Alexys participated in the Master of Dance Jazz workshop with Malia Baker at the Main Campus in Santa Monica, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Masie Najafi | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) student Mar Marroquin during master jazz dance class represented by Mailia Maker at the Main Campus at Santa Monica College (SMC)in Santa Monica, Calif., on Thursday, Nov.20. (Masie Najafi| The Corsair)

Fauzia Hassan, a nurse at the Student Health Services Center at Santa Monica College (SMC), sits at a booth in the Cayton Center during the National Homeless Awareness Month Resource Fair, organized by Basic Needs, to offer blood pressure readings, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Santa Monica, Calif. (Nathan Hanson | The Corsair)

Crowd gather on a rainy night to see the Oscar-nominated documentary “To Kill a Tiger” at the Center for Media and Design Auditorium at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, Calif on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. The film inspired the StandWithHer movement, which aims to end gender-based violence. (Fai Fong | The Corsair)

Fashion designer and author Betsey Johnson, 83, of Malibu, waves goodbye after a book signing hosted by the Santa Monica College fashion department in Santa Monica, Calif., on Monday November 17, 2025. Johnson signed copies of her 2020 memoir, “Betsey: A Memoir,” after sharing stories from her career and answering questions from students and faculty. (Gregg Hawthorne | The Corsair)

The Oscar-nominated documentary “To Kill a Tiger” screens before an audience on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 at the Center for Media and Design Auditorium at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, Calif. The film inspired the StandWithHer movement, which aims to end gender-based violence. (Fai Fong | The Corsair)