While NASCAR executives cringe when they see mangled metal on the racetrack, they’re enjoying the sight of bent, twisted, and ripped-from-the-chassis sheet metal mounted on the walls of their offices
Word Association
Literature by Coachella Valley writers
Palm Springs Literature – Audrey Payton’s “Ashes,” Ted Bacino’s “The Shakespeare Conspiracy.”
PSST! – Art & Politics
Rancho Mirage artists Karen and Tony Barone.
Rancho Mirage artists Karen and Tony Barone inspire Rancho Mirage City Councilman Scott Hines.
CAMEO – What's Cooking, Jennifer Garant?
A plump chef with a jaunty toque riding a bicycle past a French storefront from the busy hands of Jennifer Garant.
Artist Jennifer Garant’s work is featured on products in over 50 countries.
Lasting Impression – J. Smeaton Chase
In 1920 J. Smeaton Chase likened the Coachella Valley’s appeal to that of Arabia in his day.
Photographing the American West: Selections from the Permanent Collection
at Palm Springs Art Museum through Feb. 27, 2011.
Living Inside the Art
Contemporary collectors dare to transform their houses
Art collectors typically live with paintings and works on paper. Most at least consider owning sculpture. Others go further by purchasing and maintaining space-invading artwork.
The Smoketree School
Painters respond to the call of the desert
For many artists in the early 1900s, a trip to the Palm Springs area became an essential spiritual pilgrimage.
The Three Maestros
An infusion of three innovators propels renewed interest in the desert’s musical establishment.
Within a two-year period, these edgy innovators – Gary Berkson, Valéry Ryvkin, and John Bayless – converged on the desert to lead a trio of prominent music establishments.
Jordan Schnitzer: Passionate Collector
"Art and culture are our collective soul; it defines us as a people."
Jordan Schnitzer and his family foundation have mounted 80 exhibitions in 50 museums, mostly in the West. His organization loans works for free and provides funding for education.
The Space Between
How the John Baldessari exhibition at Palm Springs Art Museum can change your way of seeing
John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation • Palm Springs Art Museum • Feb. 26-June 26, 2011