SACRAMENTO, CA.- The California Arts Council, Office of Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Side Bar Cafe will sponsor A Creative Merger: Lawyers and Artists, a visual art display at the Department of Justice building at 1300 I Street, Sacramento, CA.

"I was impressed by the show since I first heard about it," said Johnson. "The work is wonderful, and demonstrates that art resides in people of all professions, including those who may be better known for logic and reason than creativity."

"It is an honor to co-host this powerful exhibit and display the talent of our legal community," Lockyer said. "Creative expression stimulates freedom of thought, appreciation for diversity and opens new windows onto the world in which we live. The collected works of these fine artists - and lawyers - achieve these worthwhile objectives with style and beauty."

A Creative Merger includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and mixed-media pieces chosen from entries juried by Charles Miller, curator and former owner of the Himovitz Gallery. The show is also sponsored by Sacramento County Public Law Library and California Lawyers for the Arts, a public benefit organization that supports and provides legal assistance to California artists. A Creative Merger was first displayed at the Sacramento County Public Law Library in April and includes pieces by artists who work in the legal field, or artwork with a legal or political theme.