Final day of 2019 Prime Desert Woodland Preserve residency / January 1, 2020 by Dani Dodge

Dani Dodge ended her 2019 residency at the Prime Desert Woodland Preserve by capturing the sunset.

Last month, masks. This Sunday, watercolor! / November 3, 2019 by Dani Dodge

For last month’s art activation, we made masks of desert animals that you might see in and around the Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: Jackrabbits, cottontails, mice, owls, coyotes, and bobcats. There were three tables set up. One for cutting out the masks using templates, one for painting the masks, and one for decorating them! (SO MUCH GLITTER!)

It was crazy fun.

This Sunday (11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 10, 2019) we will paint watercolor images of the desert. All supplies are included. All ages are welcome. But before we get started on that, let’s look at the fun we had in October!

Poetry expanded on desert's beauty. Next Sunday? Cyanotype! / August 4, 2019 by Dani Dodge

Our next activation at the Prime Desert Woodland Preserve is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. We will make cyanotype images of desert rocks and plants! It’s a process rooted in photographic history that allows people to essentially take a photo without a camera. Please join us! All ages welcome. All materials will be provided. RSVP here.

Last month, participants in our art activation waxed poetic about the desert and its beauty. Participants first spent some time in the desert and recorded words that came to them. They returned to the visitor’s center with notebooks full of ideas and images and turned those into beautiful Haiku poems. Here’s a few examples of the beautiful poems and images they created.

Joshua trees

Baby Joshua

tree makes me happy because

it’s growing like me.