Arizona’s Pioneering Women Artists To explore the edges of California desert art, you sometimes have to leave the state. After all, the artists who painted Mt. San Jacinto didn’t pay much allegiance to state lines and many wandered over into…
Category: Museum Exhibits
Morongo Art Tours, the Desert Van Gogh and more
San Diego Landscapes, Desert Art Center, Joshua Tree Classes, David Greene
Tony Foster, Carl Borg and More
Desertscapes, Armentrout-Welch Collection, Swinnerton and more
Lockwood de Forest Exhibit Opens in Palm Springs
Desert Paintings Appraisal Day in Palm Desert
Readers of this site send me questions—Who is Ollie McDonald? Know anything about Larry Sitter? I usually refer them to a local dealer or the website AskArt. Next Saturday those of you in the Coachella Valley have a chance to…
Lin Moore’s “Lovely Rock” at Maturango Museum through May 4th
Oregon photographer Lin Moore explores the properties of desert rock in an exhibit at Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest through May 4th: “This Goodly Frame: Reveries Among the Origins of Order.” Moore has written about the link between poetry and photography…
Inaugural Salton Sea Art Exhibit Opens April 1
Many early artists painted the ancient lake in the desert, and recently a new parade of painters and photographers is trekking to the Sea. It was about time someone staged an exhibition celebrating this vibrant scene. The Salton Sea Museum–in…
April is Desertscapes Month
For the second year in a row, the City of Palm Desert and organizations valley wide are hosting a monthlong tribute to early and contemporary desert artists. The event, known as Desertscapes, takes place in April at venues around the…