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Coachella Valley Arts Organizations Announce Plans for Upcoming Season

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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 […]

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Coachella Valley Arts News – June 2020

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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 […]

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Jeff Frost’s ‘Ghosts of the Future’ Wins CDAC Grant to ‘Keep Art Alive’

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A year ago, Jeff Frost was the toast of the desert. His time-lapse film California on Fire had screened at Palm Springs Art Museum, and he was lining up additional dates at other museums in Southern Californian and beyond. A trained firefighter, the artist spent five years documenting 70 fires, amassing 350,000 photographs and some […]

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Coachella Valley Arts News – May 2020

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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 […]

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Ryan Campbell Returns to His Studio to ‘Keep Art Alive’

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Ryan Campbell’s run as artist-in-residence at Palm Springs Art Museum was abruptly cut short when the institution shuttered until October due to the spread of COVID-19. The tours, talks, and workshops he had planned were canceled, and his other projects and sales were put on hold. He’s now back in his Cathedral City studio, adding […]

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Painter of Cacti Adds Flowers in Effort to ‘Keep Art Alive’

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There’s a good reason the cactus prevails as the subject in paintings by Zachary James Fleming-Boyles: “I’m fascinated by the ease at which they could be propagated, and I consider them a symbol of resilience,” he says. “I render my paintings in bright, highly saturated colors suggestive of reality to impart a sense of hope, […]

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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 – February 2020

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Los Angeles-based artist Gisela Colon created The Future is Now for the controversial Desert X AlUla exhibition, which continues through March 7. Desert X has announced dates and a new co-curator for its 2021 exhibition in the Coachella Valley. Photo courtesy Desert X.   ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Cree House opens for Modernism Week tours (Palm […]

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Arts + Culture Itinerary – February 2020

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Two locally based artists, Jim Isermann (above) and Gerald Clarke, have solo exhibitions at Palm Springs Art Museum; Modernism Week presents 11 days of tours, lectures, and parties; art fairs and festivals unfold in cities across the Coachella Valley; and musical and theatrical performances fill area stages. Throw in film screenings and literary events, and […]

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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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