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Coachella Valley Arts Organizations Announce Plans for Upcoming Season
Helen Lundeberg’s acrylic on canvas painting Greys with Orange (1979) from the artist’s Palm Springs Art Museum online exhibition, on view at psmuseum.org. Courtesy Palm Springs Art Museum/Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Alan Leslie. As the fall season starts coming into view, Coachella Valley arts organizations have begun announcing plans to present their programs with stringent…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – July 2020
Filmmaker Greg Bassenian’s documentary “Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea” is slated to screen at the American Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Sept. 25-29, in Palm Springs. Photograph by Steven Biller. COVID-19 Problem for the arts: Insurers won’t cover virus cancellations (Reuters)Most insurers, if not all, are adding…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Guidelines and Resources for the Arts
As Coachella Valley arts and culture organizations recalibrate their upcoming season to curb the spread of COVID-19, we’re dedicating this edition of This Month in the Arts to sharing resources to help you safely reopen venues, host events, identify emergency financial assistance, and navigate other pandemic-related concerns. First, we encourage arts venues and event promoters…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – June 2020
Watts-based artist Mister Alek from Watts spray painted a mural in memory of George Floyd on Indian Canyon Drive just north of Amado Road. Photograph courtesy Palm Springs Public Arts Commission. COVID RESPONSE Your Coachella Valley culture fix is here (Palm Springs Life)During the COVID-19 shutdown, Coachella Valley artists and arts organizations are reaching…
Read MoreCalifornia Desert Chorale Performs Virtually and Wins CDAC Grant to ‘Keep Art Alive’
Forced for the first time in its 27-year history to cancel its spring concert, the California Desert Chorale gave a virtual performance of “Anthem,” from Chess, by Benny Anderson, Tim Rice, and Bjorn Ulvaeus and arranged by John Purifoy. “The technical aspects of putting this together were challenging for many in the chorale, as we…
Read MoreDETC’s ‘Sheltering Stories’ Wins Grant to ‘Keep Art Alive’
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, couples are seeing a lot more of each other, singles are video dating, seniors are learning to communicate on Facetime and Zoom … and the Desert Ensemble Theatre Company (DETC) is turning it all into “Sheltering Stories,” an hourlong, web-based show of monologues, dialogues, and song. Written by company members and…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – May 2020
The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument welcomes amateur and professional photographers to participate in a photo contest to mark its 20th anniversary. Photograph by Tom Brewster/courtesy Palm Springs Life and Friends of the Desert Mountains COVID-19 Arts organizations invited to apply for COVID-19 relief funds (WESTAF)The Western States Arts Federation’s WESTAF…
Read MoreCece Cruz Hosts ‘Quarantine Creations’ to ‘Keep Art Alive’
On a mission “to heal others through their art experience,” artist, healer, and instructor Cece Cruz of Indio is hosting paint parties on Instagram and Facebook Live until Gov. Gavin Newsom lifts California’s stay-at-home order. She launched the free program, which she calls Quarantine Creations With Cece, in late March to offer a positive creative…
Read MoreSurreal Photograph Earns Dean Mayo Grant to ‘Keep Art Alive’
In the hours before California’s stay-at-home order went into effect, Indio–based photographer Dean Mayo was shooting at Bombay Beach, the tiny town on the east coast of the Salton Sea, where he captured A Time Gone By, a surreal scene with a swing set in the water. “It jumped out at me because this was at…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – April 2020
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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