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Arts & Culture Itinerary – January 2020
Learn about midcentury modern buildings and their architects on a walking tour along the main thoroughfare in Palm Springs, every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Photo courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society/Palm Springs Life Start the New Year with a festival. January serves them up big: the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Rancho Mirage Writers Festival,…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – November 2019
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…
Read MoreArts News Digest – October 2019
The 14th annual fall edition of the Joshua Tree Music Festival runs Oct. 10–13 and features the North Mississippi All Stars, The California Honeydrops, Ocho Ojos, Desert Rhythm Project, and many others. Photograph courtesy Joshua Tree Music Festival. ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN 50 ways to celebrate modernism (CV Independent) The schedule for Modernism Week Fall…
Read MoreArts News Digest – September 2019
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum in Desert Hot Springs offers tours and educational programs to teach the public about its namesake, the desert pioneer, adventurer, and artist Cabot Yerxa. ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN Art, architecture distinguished midcentury bank (The Desert Sun) The Security First National Bank, which opened in Palm Springs in 1959, devoted considerable resources to making an…
Read MoreItineraries for Culture Lovers: September 2019
You can hardly notice, but fall is near, which means so are the busier schedules and, larger crowds of “the season.” This is your chance to take in a month of arts and culture at a pace and with the space you want. It might still be hot outside, but there’s a bright constellation of…
Read MoreArts News Digest – August 2019
Palm Springs Art Museum transformed the E. Stewart Williams–designed Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan into its new Architecture and Design Center, an especially popular venue during Modernism Week in February and the event’s fall preview October 17–20. Photo: Julius Shulman/Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN Get ready to mod (Palm Springs Life)…
Read MoreArts News Digest – May 2019
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN Palm Springs hosts preservation conference (Palm Springs Life) Cindy Heitzman, executive director of the California Preservation Foundation, discuss the organization’s high-priority issues as well as the popularity of Modernism Week in Palm Springs. 10 things to notice while touring the Walker Guest House (Palm Springs Life) In 1952, Paul Rudolph designed a…
Read MoreItineraries for Culture Lovers: May 2019
The “season” in the desert seems to grow longer every year, and this one is no exception. In May, Greater Palm Springs has an abundance of music festivals, theater productions, film screenings, and art exhibitions. Here are our recommendations for an artful month ahead. Above: The Joshua Tree Music Festival runs May 16–19 with an…
Read MoreMaking the Transition from 2D to Public Art – Cat Chiu Phillips
Artists, students, educators, and creative leaders gathered on Earth Day, April 22, 2019 at College of the Desert to celebrate the art installation Power Plants by COD alumna, artist and educator Cat Chiu Phillips. The installation is made possible by an ArtsTank Greater Palm Springs grant from California Desert Arts Council and presented in partnership…
Read MoreArts News Digest – April 2019
A levitation performance by artist Josephine Wister Faure was among scores of compelling installations at the Bombay Beach Biennale. Photograph by Steven Biller. FILM Lili Rodriguez discusses new role as Palm Springs film fest artistic director (The Desert Sun) Palm Springs International Film Festival recently announced that Lili Rodriguez, who has been in charge of…
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