Palm Springs, CA

The Desert Art Center (DAC) in Palm Springs is celebrating 75 years of service to the community. 

To celebrate, DAC recently organized an art display and sale at its headquarters at 550 N. Palm Canyon Drive, in Palm Springs.

The art work featured a wide variety of achievements, with individual media that encompassed colorful paintings, photography, carefully crafted pottery, brilliant jewelry and unique digital images! 

The DAC, founded in 1950, is the oldest art organization in the Coachella Valley. In 1974 — in a far sighted initiative — the site was bought by the City of Palm Springs.  In the same year, President Gerald Ford proclaimed the site as a permanent home for the arts. 

Today the DAC has a close working relationship with the Palm Springs Unified School District, offering art experts who provide art education to middle and high school students.  

The DAC is closely involved with educational initiatives. It provides art scholarships to senior students who enter art programs at a college or university.  It also helps local schools with art supplies. 

The DAC offers a wide variety of courses and workshop, including Drawing Basics, Watercolor, Oil Painting, Abstract Painting, Life Drawing, Handbuilt Ceramics and Wheel Ceramics. 

Its gallery space contains displays by emerging as well as established artists. Moving through the well organized gallery is a very pleasant way to connect with the artistic excellence of the Coachella Valley. 

The physical space of the Center also functions as a social meeting place for both artists and the community at large. 

More information about the Center, its opening days/hours and its multitude of services is available at desertartcenter.org.