Intersect Palm Springs to Honor Local Artists Gerald Clarke and Ryan Campbell

Both to receive the 2024 Influential Artist of the Desert award
during the Launch Party on Thursday, February 8

Intersect Palm Springs kicks off its weekend long celebration, February 8-11, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festivities kick off with a Launch Party on Thursday, February 8, presenting the 2024 Influential Artist of the Desert award to local talents Ryan Campbell and Gerald Clarke.

Emerging as a standout luminary in the art scene, Ryan Campbell presents a compelling fusion of soft and hard materiality, drawing from his extensive background as a painter and muralist. Ryan’s distinctive artistic vision, rooted in geometric abstraction and minimalism, has garnered widespread and his innovative exploration of layered bands of paint in his series Line Segments.

Renowned for over 25 years, Gerald Clarke is an artist dedicated to addressing Native American identity’s intersections with mainstream U.S. culture and politics. His conceptual art challenges stereotypes, and his retrospective, “Falling Rock,” was a groundbreaking showcase at the Palm Springs Art Museum in 2020 featuring 80 diverse works spanning various media.

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DATE: February 8-11, 2024
LOCATION: Palm Springs Convention Center
277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262