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Workshop: How to Get Your Audience to ‘Love, Like, Follow’ You on Social Media

Sixty-six Coachella Valley creative professionals learned market-tested tactics for connecting and engaging with their social media audiences Sept. 12 at Love, Like, Follow, a workshop presented by California Desert Arts Council welcomed at UCR Palm Desert. Experts Stefanie Paquette and Katy Carrier of The Social Bar, a boutique communication and creative content agency in Palm […]

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Arts News Digest – September 2018

DANCE Choreography festival returns to McCallum Theatre (Uken Report) This one-of-a-kind festival, scheduled for Nov. 10 and Sunday Nov. 11, promotes dance as an art form by creating a venue for emerging and established choreographers and developing new dance audiences. IDEAS & ISSUES Should artists be fundraisers? (Barry’s Blog) A popular blogger suggests that arts […]

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Arts News Digest – August 2018

Coachella Valley-based artist Cristopher Cichocki has a solo show at Lancaster’s Museum of Art and History through September 30.   INNOVATION YV Arts opens in Yucca Valley (Palm Springs Life) It has a large gallery with moveable walls, a dance studio, rehearsal space, and outdoor sites for sculpture and installations. Coming soon are a kitchen […]

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Arts News Digest – July 2018

New work by Coachella artist Carlos Ramirez, who  opened his first solo exhibition, The Killing of a Ghost, earlier this year at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New Jersey.   ART & DESIGN Catching up with Carlos Ramirez (Coachella Magazine) After many years of collaborating as part of The Date Farmers, artist Carlos Ramirez is forging […]

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CDAC Ends Fiscal Year, Celebrates Achievements, Looks Forward

As the California Desert Arts Council 2017/18 fiscal year comes to a close, we take the opportunity to share some of our successes. Our organization did a lot of good work in FY 2017-18, and our Annual Report, due out on completion of the CDAC annual independent audit, covers our initiatives under our four pillars: […]

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Workshop: The Secret Sauce for Your Social Media

You can spot the posts of your favorite Instagrammers and Facebookers even before you look to see who posted them. Your eye goes right to them. And that’s no accident. It’s good branding. On-brand and on-message posts attract and inspire you to click through, leave a comment, learn more, or even buy now. They also […]

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Arts Tank Greater Palm Springs: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What is Arts Tank Greater Palm Springs and who’s behind it? Arts Tank Greater Palm Springs is a Shark Tank-like program that invites creative people and organizations to pitch big-impact ideas to win valuable support. The nonprofit California Desert Arts Council (CDAC) created Arts Tank to stimulate innovation in the arts and encourage publicly accessible […]

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Arts News Digest – June 2018

Photo: Giant baby sculptures by Czech artist David Černý have captured the imagination of residents and visitors in downtown Palm Springs. Courtesy/Hohmann Fine Art   ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN Modernism Week raised $1.5 million for local organizations, neighborhoods (The Desert Sun) Event chairman William Kopelk tells The Desert Sun: “We are elated that Modernism Week continues […]

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18 Coachella Valley Leaders Join CDAC Advisory Committee

Eighteen leaders representing a cross-section of stakeholders have joined California Desert Arts Council’s new Advisory Committee to help steer policy and programming to grow and sustain the creative economy and attract cultural tourism to the Coachella Valley region, the organization announced today. “To achieve great outcomes, you need smart, talented, and passionate people around the […]

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Arts News Digest – May 2018

Photo: Supernova, created by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, was one of the iconic artworks at Coachella 2018. (Photo courtesy Goldenvoice)   ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN Albert Frey’s Aluminaire House to take its rightful place in Palm Springs (Palm Springs Life) The house arrived in Palm Springs in February 2017 as a highlight of Modernism Week, […]

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