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Linda Pack Wins ‘Keep Art Alive’ Grant for ‘Whitewater’ Painting

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Linda Pack painted Whitewater from a photograph during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order.   La Quinta–based artist Linda Pack photographed this scene along her hiking path at Whitewater Preserve. She wanted to return to capture more inspiration, but instead she stayed safe at home and painted Whitewater (shown above), a 3-by-4-foot acrylic on canvas, and earned a […]

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Vocalist Brianna Finnell Wins ‘Keep Art Alive’ Grant

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“Let there be peace, and let it begin with me,” Brianna Finnell sings from her La Quinta sequester. She posted her two-and-a-half-minute video performance and earned a $500 to Keep Art Alive — a grant from the California Desert Arts Council (CDAC) offering relief to working visual and performing artists whose livelihood has been impacted by […]

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Coachella Valley Arts News – April 2020

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Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, who was scheduled to appear at the Palm Springs Photo Festival (postponed to Sept. 20–25), shot a series called “Palm Springs” to reveal the “cracks in the perfect world.” Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York COVID-19 $50K in grants available to local artists, arts organizations (Cactus Hugs)The fund, established by CDAC and […]

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New Fund Encourages Artists, Musicians, and Others to ‘Keep Art Alive’ Amid Crisis

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Arts and culture in the Coachella Valley are taking a hard hit from the COVID-19 crisis. Music and theater performances, museum and gallery exhibitions, film screenings, and other events have been canceled or postponed, arts institutions shuttered, and jobs lost. Like everyone else, California Desert Arts Council (CDAC) is grappling with how best to serve […]

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Yes, There’s Financial Relief for Artists and Arts Organizations

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You might have plenty of ideas to stay visible to your audience while ordered to stay at home (here are some we like), but you still face a grim reality: There’s little to no revenue. In a national survey by Americans for the Arts, 91 percent of responding arts organizations indicated that they have cancelled […]

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Why Support the Arts in a Time of Crisis?

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Devastating. Unprecedented. Dire. This is how local arts leaders describe the current state of affairs as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) shutters museums, galleries, theaters, and performance venues across the Coachella Valley. They’ve canceled events, refunded patrons, sent home talent and back-of-the-house staff, and begun strategizing for their survival. The hurt, including lost economic impact, has […]

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Coachella Valley Arts News – March 2020

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Glass artist Lino Tagliapietra, featured this month at the Palm Springs Art Museum, is revered for his graceful forms, exquisite colors, and masterful technique. Photograph courtesy Palm Springs Art Museum   ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Aluminaire draws closer to a Palm Springs home (Palm Springs Life) A decision is expected soon on a location for the modernist […]

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Coachella Valley Arts News – January 2020

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Cahuilla artist Gerald Clarke includes “branded books” in his debut exhibition, Gerald Clarke: Falling Rock, opening January 18 at Palm Springs Art Museum. Photograph courtesy Palm Springs Art Museum.   ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Modern masterpiece will go to auction (The Desert Sun) A replica of the 1952 Paul Rudolph–designed Walker Guest House that has been on […]

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Coachella Valley Arts News – December 2019

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Installation view of Reach for the Sky: Tradition + Inspiration, at Sunnylands Center and Gardens through June 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.   ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Museum exhibition surveys influential designs of Alexander Girard (Palm Springs Life) Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe at Palm Springs Art Museum includes the legendary designer’s textile […]

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Coachella Valley Arts News – November 2019

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Towering sculptures created by Francis Kéré for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are being installed in Indio’s Dr. Carreon Park. Photograph by Lance Gerber/courtesy City of Indio   ART Ed Ruscha, Neville Wakefield on Desert X in Saudi Arabia (KCRW) As Desert X prepares to mount an exhibition in AlUla, in the northwestern […]

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