Mountain Center resident and artist Dore Capitani was honored and a bit overwhelmed when his beautiful blue intricately cut steel sphere, “Betty,” was installed on the famous El Paseo in Palm Desert.

At the newly opened Farley’s Art Supply in Fern Valley, renowned photographer Les Walker (right) is helped by Jacquee Swerdferger to build a homemade light box during his class on photographing artwork, a part of the Art Alliance’s Artist Series, on Saturday.