Friday, March 5, 2010

Desert Art Storm


By MARK MUCKENFUSS
The Press-Enterprise

Artists from seven University of California campuses will gather Saturday amid the creosote and hollowed-out cabins of Wonder Valley east of Twentynine Palms for a desert-inspired art event.

The remote landscape will be host to art installations, musical performances and at least one video work. The public event includes 19 artworks created by 24 artists.

"Dry Immersion 3" is the third part of a project co-organized by UC Riverside's Sweeney Art Gallery and the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts.

In October, a four-day roving symposium shuttled 66 artists to various areas of the desert to familiarize them with the terrain and culture and encourage them to create desert-oriented works.

Events on Saturday and Sunday March 6 & 7 is a result of that exposure. For more info, see www.artsblock.ucr.edu

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