Community Weekend
Saturday, April 1 – Sunday, April 2
Join Desert X and Palm Springs Art Museum for a weekend of activities with artists and organizers in architecture, design thinking, and community building. Through conversations, site activations, and self-guided tours, explore how collaboration can lead to creative solutions for change.
Saturday, April 1
All-day
Héctor Zamora, Chimera installation opens at Palm Springs Art Museum
On view through May 7
The installation documents Zamora’s Chimera performance in collaboration with street vendors in the Coachella Valley.
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs
Check here for museum’s opening hours.
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Walk & Talk: Hike to Matt Johnson’s Sleeping Figure
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Matt Johnson, Sleeping Figure
I-10 Exit 110 Haugen-Lehmann Way to Railroad Ave
33.922876, -116.689379
Join Mara Gladstone and Caroline Gomez of Desert X for a walk and talk to Matt Johnson’s Sleeping Figure . The team members and docents will discuss the artist’s concept, production process, and desert nature ecology. A coffee tailgate will be provided prior to the walk.
12:00 – 2:30 pm
Car Caravan through Desert Hot Springs
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Join the Desert X team as they caravan to three art installations in Desert Hot Springs. With Tara Nuño, Curatorial Assistant and Caroline Gomez, Executive Coordinator at Desert X. Caravan begins promptly at 12:00 pm at first stop indicated below.
- 1st Stop: Hylozoic/Desires, Namak Nazar
- 2nd Stop: Tschabalala Self, Pioneer
- 3rd Stop: Mario García Torres, Searching for the Sky (While Maintaining Equilibrium)
Full event details located on Eventbrite page. Caravan participants are responsible for providing their own transportation, fuel, and supplies.
2:00 pm
Shanti Lalita at Searching for the Sky (While Maintaining Equilibrium)
Cellist and vocalist Shanti Lalita performs poetic soundscaping and live looping at the kinetic artwork by Mario García Torres in Desert Hot Springs.
Mario García Torres, Searching for the Sky (While Maintaining Equilibrium)
Pierson Boulevard between Foxdale Drive and Miracle Hill Road
Desert Hot Springs
33.963394, -116.485582
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Car Caravan through Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert
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Join the Desert X team as they caravan to three sites in Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert. With Caroline Gomez, Executive Coordinator and Jada Reese, Educator at Desert X. Caravan begins promptly at 3:30 pm at first stop indicated below.
- 1st Stop: Paloma Contreras Lomas, Amar A Dios En Tierra De Indios, Es Oficio Maternal
- 2nd Stop: Rana Begum, No. 1225 Chainlink
- 3rd Stop: Torkwase Dyson, Liquid A Place
Full event details located on Eventbrite page. Caravan participants are responsible for providing their own transportation, fuel, and supplies.
9:00 – 9:30 pm
Deep Listening Session with Lauren Bon & Metabolic Studio
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Experience Lauren Bon’s installation in a new way during a Deep Listening Session hosted by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio.
Lauren Bon, The Smallest Sea with the Largest Heart
2249 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs
33.849977, -116.549802
Full event details located on Eventbrite page.
Sunday, April 2
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Desert X and Palm Springs Art Museum:
Family Activities
Explore the Desert X Family Guide alongside a family workbook about Phillip K. Smith III, Desert X 2017 alumni artist whose mid-career survey exhibition, LIGHT + CHANGE, is on view at the museum.
Includes a performance by Shanti Lalita at 11:30 am.
Meyerman Sculpture Garden
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs
12:00 pm
Lunch & Conversation: Lauren Bon and Gerald Clarke.
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Grab a bite from local food vendors’ pop-ups, and join Desert X artists in a casual conversation about their practice as it connects to larger goals for social and environmental change. With introduction by Mara Gladstone, Deputy Director at Desert X.
Meyerman Sculpture Garden
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Meet the Changemakers
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In this fast-paced one-hour event, artists, organizers, and local leaders share the solutions they’ve created in response to problems around climate change, social justice, labor rights, sustainable food, and housing equity. Hosted by Lala Johnson, Public Programming and Special Events Coordinator at Palm Springs Art Museum, and Edwin Ramoran, Curatorial Fellow at Desert X.
Meyerman Sculpture Garden
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs
2:00 pm
Shanti Lalita Performance
Cellist and vocalist Shanti Lalita performs poetic soundscaping and live looping in response to the desert landscape.
Meyerman Sculpture Garden
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Speed Friend Dating: Meet Your Neighbors in Change
By invitation
Spend time getting to know artists, organizers, and local leaders. Guests are invited to share what they do, the organizations they support, and their favorite resources for addressing climate solutions and social justice in the Coachella Valley. Held on the stage of the Annenberg Theater.
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Community Mingle & Mix @ El Jefe Cantina
Space is limited, RSVP required.
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Join Desert X for a community meet and greet with some of the Desert X 2023 artists and community partners. Event features small bites and happy hour pricing on drinks. Event is generously hosted by The Saguaro Hotel.
El Jefe Desert Cantina – Saguaro Hotel
1800 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs
This weekend of events is supported by Saguaro Hotel & El Jefe Desert Cantina, Palm Springs Art Museum, Aqua Soleil Hotel & Mineral Water Spa, Los Arboles Hotel, and Vagabond Roasting Co.