Oct 042024
 

Dennis Johnson, “Red Hot Trucking”, Acrylic on canvas

Paintings by Elaine Mathews (two left) and William Nelson (painting on the right)

Mixed media piece by Michael Stanley (left); Center sculptures by Lucia Grossberger Morales; Pair of paintings by Lisa Van Herik (right)

Photo on left by Bill Leigh Brewer; Center painting by Jan Slawson and work by Karen Elizabeth Baker (right)

Painting on left by Dennis Johnson; Center photographs by Andy Nystrom; Right painting by Mariana Maldonado-Pagán

Photograph on the left by D Wallace Colvard; Sculptures by Dean Steiner (center) and photograph by Dean Genth (right)

The Artists Council is a non-profit organization focused on local artists in the Coachella Valley. They host several exhibitions, classes, and workshops in their gallery space in Palm Desert.

Their current member exhibition Hot Times Cool Art is on view until 10/6/24. You can see many of the artworks on view on their website.

Aug 202024
 

Laura, 2013, and Awilda, 2014, by Jaume Plensa, located in the Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden which surrounds the Artists Council gallery in Palm Desert.

The sculpture garden is open all year round from sunrise to sunset. The gallery will be reopening on 9/5/24 for the Hot Times Cool Art Show.

Aug 102024
 

Melissa Chandon, “Abstract Blue in Ultramarine”, 2023, Oil on canvas (left) and Kory Alexander, “Night Splash 2”, 2024, Oil on canvas (right)

Skidmore Contemporary Art, which recently moved from Bergamot Station in Santa Monica to El Paseo in Palm Desert, is currently showing the group exhibition, Summer Splash.

The exhibition features the work of eleven California-based artists, including Melissa Chandon and Kory Alexander, whose paintings (pictured above) are perfect for these hot August days.

This exhibition closes 8/30/24.