OPEN NOW:

Thurs, Jan 16 to Sun, Feb 2, 2025

Artists Center

72-567 Highway 111

Palm Desert, California

Sponsored by:

City of Palm Desert

Palm Springs Life Magazine

 

Come see the 4th AnnualCalifornia Desert Plein Air Festival at the Artists Center in Palm Desert. The Artists Center is open Wed through Sun from 10 am to 4 pm. 

 

There are three separate thematic categories included in the overall exhibition:

 

Category 1. Featured VIP Artists: Studio paintings…by invited artists only:

 

Geoffrey Allen                    Mark Kerckhoff                       Thomas E. Smith

Robert Arnett                     Elaine Mathews                      Otto Sturcke

John Budicin                      Lisa McDill                              Durre Waseem

Saim Caglayan                  Kami Mendlik                          Toni Williams

Steven Hill                         Junn Roca                               Jim Wodark

Peggy Immel                      Aaron Schuerr                         Rose Irelan

Jeff Sewell

 

Category 2. Desert Landscape/Desert Cityscape Exhibition: Juried exhibition of studio paintings (75 paintings selected). This is a traditional 2D painting competition that allows mixed media. 

 

Category 3. California Desert Plein Air Festival Competition. Not Juried. (Paintings completed in plein air in the days prior to the opening - 50 were accepted)

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