Sandy Gruninger and Mary Cuda will be featured artists for “Color & Bling,” running March 1-3 in the Desert Art Center.The show’s opening reception is from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 1.

Sandy Gruninger is an abstract painter whose works have been exhibited at the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage libraries and the Palm Springs City Art Show.

Mary Cuda is a mosaic artist who specializes in creating decorative and whimsical images inspired by the natural world.

More details are available on the West Coast Artists Fair website: https://www.westcoastartists.com/about .

Tysen Knight is our featured artist for March.  His work is on display in the small gallery from March 15 through March 17.  If you haven't seen Tysen's work this is a great opportunity to view his creativity.

Kathleen is a contemporary abstract artist working in watercolor, acrylic and  mixed media. Her work is inspired  by nature and  expresses organic subjects inviting the viewer to see and be aware of the beauty around them. The work is based on unique texture techniques to describe the varied earth forms that are all around us. 

 Her  art is created to help the viewer see and be aware of the electrifying beauty of nature but still create mystery. 

Intake for student art Show - Small gallery in use all day. 

Hanging student art show - small gallery in use all day.

Presentation of Scholarships and awards for High School Art Show

Abstraction and the Figure

Paint with nationally known artist Michael Steirnagle and learn his approach to painting.  Michael has taught workshops throughout California and conducts a yearly workshop at the famous Scottsdale Artists’ School.  He exhibits at the Coda Gallery in Palm Desert as well as several galleries one the East Coast. 

This workshop is geared toward the painter who enjoys painting the figure but wants to learn how to move away from realism.  He will guide you through his methods of approaching a painting, paying attention to structure, motifs, color and most of all creating a sense of luminous light.  He will be demonstrating in oils, but the methods utilized apply to watercolor, acrylics and pastels as well.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DRAW THE FIGURE WELL TO TAKE THIS WORKSHOP.  SOME PAINTING EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, HOWEVER. 

Maximum 12 students

FEE: $350

Theme: Public Art - 30 x 30 featuring expressions of art in any medium up to 30 inches by 30 inches.

More information to be posted as it becomes available.