The Best Kept Secret in the Coachella Valley. Palm Desert CA
ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY LYNNE TUCKER
THEIR MISSION
CREATING COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT THROUGH THE ARTS
CREATING TOGETHER
A COLLABORATIVE AND CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT BUILT FOR THE COMMUNITY
CREATE Center for the Arts is a collaborative, supportive home for creatives to thrive through access to tools, equipment and an engaged community.
ABOUT THEM
— CREATIVITY
CREATE’s goal is to engage the imagination and encourage creative exploration. As creators and makers, they are built to push boundaries, look at problems from multiple perspectives, take risks, and drive positive change. Creativity drives innovation. Innovative by nature, they design activities and programs that help our residents create and innovate.
— RESILIENCE
Resilience is the ability to bounce back resolving not to quit, even when it gets hard. CREATE gives all students, young and old, a chance to explore their talents, provides them a safe environment to take risks, to make mistakes, to persevere, and to achieve and to thrive.
— EQUITY
CREATE wants to make the arts accessible to all. We know our thriving community has a diverse mix of people. We believe these differences are an asset. We work hard to bridge the gaps in our community and sponsor programs and workshops that help bring the arts to everyone, not just artists.
— ACCEPTANCE
From our buildings to our attitudes, CREATE intentionally creates a place where anyone and everyone can feel accepted and connected no matter who they are or where they come from. We believe in connecting people with different abilities and backgrounds because together we can build stronger communities.
— TRANSFORMATION
Their programs focus on honoring the traditions of the past while celebrating the present and embracing the future. There are unlimited opportunities that lie at the intersection of tradition and technology waiting to be explored. CREATE also recognizes that the creative process also transforms individuals through healing and personal empowerment; art changes lives.
— EMPOWERMENT
They believe artists and creative-types are perfectly positioned to join the new wave of small-scale entrepreneurship and create powerful new opportunities to make a living. Sharpening these business-building skills through CREATE programs increases their ability to dream, take chances, and create the life they imagine.
CREATE understands the importance of art and creativity in educating, connecting and enriching the community. Art sparks conversation, collaboration, and ignites passion. It extends beyond canvas and can be woven into the collective fabric of their lives. CREATE strives for a diverse and inclusive art community that empowers and inspires.
Their space is 20,000 square feet, like an art theme park offering classes and workshops and have nationally known artists teaching the workshops. They have many different studios. You can find them under the “programs and classes” pull-down. There is a description of each one, Drawing and Painting Studio, Digital Design Studio, Printmaking Studio, and Fiber Arts.
They also have a beautiful art installation of 170,000 origami cranes hanging from the ceiling, a memorial dedicated to those who passed from covid.
Last but not least the Salt Cave
which is so peaceful and rentable.
HOURS
Sunday-Monday Closed
Tuesday-Friday 10AM-4PM
Saturday 10AM-2PM
Drop in for a free tour to get the true scope of the center.
For more information visit
Think Art & Get Creative!
