By Rebecca Pikus
The incredible teamwork of artists Peter Palladino & Simeon Den has once again enabled them to top themselves! The line-up for this year’s Art Tour embodies more art, history, & excitement than can be found in any one event almost anywhere else in this country! Peter & Simeon are the founders of The Agnes Pelton Society, which is sponsoring the 4th Annual Tour of Historic & Artists Homes in Cathedral City Cove, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015.
Four Historic homes will be open and ten working Artists will open their home studios to display their art and share their art-making processes: Jessica Schiffman (painter); Bill Anson (sculptor); Socrates Painter (mixed media); Gary Borstadt (photographer); Jeff Palmer (photographer); David Travis (mixed media); Robert Reeves (sculptor); Jeffrey Spakes (sculptor); Ray Lanowy (painter); & Sofia Enriques (mixed media).
Various home sites will feature an outdoor Children’s Garden Art Making Party, an opportunity to visit and observe a live Dance performance, and live acoustic Mexican, Contemporary and Classical music. Also participating will be 3 Cathedral City galleries: the Coachella Valley Arts Scene, Leslie Jean Porter Gallery, and IncredibleArtist.com. Docents will provide information on the Historic homes and art will be for sale.
The centerpiece of the Tour this year is the Historic home of Val Samuelson, a noted Cathedral City Cove mid-century illustrator and painter. The home was recently purchased and renovated by photographer, Jeff Palmer, who grew up in the house across the street. Samuelson is known for his realistic desert scenes and freewheeling abstracts. He was also a staff artist in the early days of the Palm Springs Art Museum and was art director of the stylish Villager Magazine, a precursor to Palm Springs Life. Samuelson is also a local folk hero who helped build Dunn Road. It was a road which he bulldozed, with the help of Mike Dunn, out of wilderness in the 1960s. It descends 15 miles from Highway 74 and into the Cathedral City Cove. For a time it boasted jeep tours into the Santa Rosa foothills.
The multi-talented work of Peter Palladino & Simeon Den can be viewed at: PalladinoDenPhotography.com or simeonden.podomatic.com
Tickets are $15 (Children free) and can be purchased online at AgnesPeltonSociety.com or on the day of the event at the Farmer’s Market booth in front of City Hall. Cathedral City Cove 2015 Tour of Historic & Artists Home Studios, Sunday, February 8, 2015 from 11:00am-3:00pm.
