DESERT EXHIBITION OF ART
FROM FEB 25 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2017, THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND ITS DESERT LANDSCAPE WILL BECOME THE CANVAS FOR A CURATED EXHIBITION OF SITE-SPECIFIC WORK BY ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS, WHOSE PROJECTS WILL AMPLIFY AND ARTICULATE GLOBAL AND LOCAL ISSUES THAT MAY RANGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO STARRY SKIES, FROM TRIBAL CULTURE AND IMMIGRATION TO TOURISM, GAMING, AND GOLF. THE ART WORKS, IN VARIOUS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LOCATIONS, WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE AND WILL OFFER VISITORS A WAY TO SEE THE VALLEY AND REFLECT ON SERIOUS AND PLAYFUL ISSUES THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS' CREATIVITY AND WORK.
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
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XIMENA CAMINOS BRAD DUNNING NOHRA HAIME PHIL HOELTING HANS ULRICH OBRIST ERIC SHINER FRANKLIN SIRMANS DOUG SMITH JOSIE SMITH KIM SWIFT ANGELA WESTWATER
EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
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CAROL NASH
Chair
STAFF
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NEVILLE WAKEFIELD
Artistic Director
ELIZABETA BETINSKI
Executive Director
MARIANNE FALK
Managing Director
KAMIL BESKI
AND ALEXANDRA MORAN
Production Management
MATTHEW DAVIS
Special Assistant to the President
BEN HARTLEY
Special Consultant
MARA MCKEVITT
Exhibition Manager
MARNIE NAVARRO
Administrative Assistant
Lourenca Alencar
Intern
Annie Burton
Intern
Darby Caso
Intern
Rachel Jones
Intern
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
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SUSAN L. DAVIS
President
Editorial Director,
The Annenberg Retreat
at Sunnylands
DR. STEVEN NASH
Vice President
Former Executive Director,
Palm Springs Art Museum
MARY SWEENEY
Vice President
Chair, Film Independent Board
of Directors Dino and Martha
De Laurentiis Endowed Professor,
School of Cinematic Arts, USC
MARGARET KEUNG
Treasurer
Senior Banker, Pacific Premier Bank
ELIZABETH K. SORENSEN
Secretary
Trustee, The Annenberg
Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
PAUL CLEMENTE
Art Director, Coachella Valley Music
and Art Festival & Stagecoach Festival
BETH RUDIN DEWOODY
Art Collector, Curator,
and President, Rudin Family
Foundations
JAMIE KABLER
Entrepreneur; Founder, Rancho
Mirage Writers Festival
KEN KUCHIN
Philanthropist
YAEL LIPSCHUTZ, PH.D.
Curator
ZOE LUKOV
Director of Exhibitions,
Faena Art Center, Miami Beach
& Buenos Aires
TRISTAN MILANOVICH
Fashion stylist
ED RUSCHA
Artist
LYN WINTER
International communications
and marketing strategist,
Former Director of Communications,
MOCA, Los Angeles
DESERT X
SPONSORS
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