Art Reception Saturday, 2/3 at 29 Palms Art Gallery

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Charlie Thomas
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"Soaring" by Susan Frazier

The 29 Palms Art Gallery will host an art reception on Saturday, February 3.

The gallery will be open all day, and reception hospitality will be served on the gallery patio from 4 to 7 p.m.

The public is invited to attend and meet the artists. Admission is free.

Featured in the West Wing in February is photography by Paul Ivanushka and Victoria Sebanz. Ivanushka creates botanical portraits of wildflowers indigenous to the Mojave Desert, while Sabanz uses shadow, shape and perspective through leaves. The East Gallery features oil and acrylic paintings by Susan Frazier, inspired by the desert lifestyle, with influences from Georgia O’Keeffe’s modernism and Agnes Pelton’s transcendentalism.

Paul Ivanushka
Victoria Sebanz

Soaring by Susan Frazier

The exhibition will be on display at the gallery February 2 to 25, open Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit www.29palmsartgallery.com.

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Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas is a local theatrical director, actor, producer, stage designer and playwright with over thirty-five years’ experience in both professional and non-professional live theatre, film, television, and radio. His pedigree includes most of the major theatrical companies in the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin including Theatre 29, Hi-Desert Playhouse, Groves Cabin Theatre, Palm Canyon Theatre and College of the Desert, to name a very few. Charlie is an active member of the greater desert performing arts scene. He currently serves as Vice-President on the Theatre 29 board of directors. He also serves on the board of the Desert Theatre League, a live performance support organization that provides judging and awards for theatrical and dance excellence for over 39 organizations. He is also a founding panelist of the Alliance of Desert Theatres which formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to network with performing arts houses all over the desert for support and networking while the industry was shutdown. During his theatrical career, Charlie has won many Desert Theatre League performance awards as well as their “Sidney Harmon” award which recognizes honorees for exhibiting theatrical excellence. Charlie Thomas joined Z107.7 in April 2020 and has greatly come to enjoy the everchanging scope of the work. He has also enjoyed the opportunity to share his breadth of knowledge and experience as Z107.7’s Entertainment Reporter. He is grateful to be able to share news stories about the wide variety of arts our beautiful basin has to offer.

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