Our Mission
CREATING COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT THROUGH THE ARTS
Open to the Public • Art Supplies • Exhibitions • Tours
Current Happenings
Cacao and Sound Ceremony
Instructor: Billy Cordell
Date: Friday, February 17
Time: 6pm - 7pm
Price: $45
Annual Member Exhibition
Date: Saturday, March 11 | 5-8pm
CREATE Members are invited to submit up to 3 works of art for the upcoming Annual Member Exhibition
BIG and BOLD Painting
Instructor: Terry French
Day: Thursdays
Date: February 9, 16, 23
Time: 1pm - 4:30pm
Price: $45
Create Dimensional Art with Paint Skins
Instructor: TB Greene
Day: Friday
Dates: Feb 17 - Mar 31
Time: 4pm - 7pm
Price: $65
Fast and Loose Semi-Abstracts in Acrylic
Instructor: Valentina Lamdin
Dates: Feb 18
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Price: $100
Nuno Felted Silk Scarf Class
Instructor: Martha Lumia
Dates: Feb 24
Time: 9:30am - 4:30pm
Price: $110 (+$25 materials)
Intermediate Wire Bending & Wellness
Instructor: Valohna Wynn
Dates: Feb 25
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Price: $50
ACCIDENTS AND INTENTIONS
Creating Expressive Figurative Work
Instructor: Melinda Cootsona
Dates: Feb 24 - 26, 2023 (Session 1)
Dates: Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2023 (Session 2)
Time: 9:30am - 4pm
Price: $579
You Break It/Mosaic Shard Workshop
Instructor: Bette Ann Libby
Dates: March 6 - 7, 2023
Time: Mar 6, 9:30am - 3:30pm | Mar 7, 9:30am - 12:00pm
Price: $295
Nature Monoprinting
Instructor: Ouida Touchon
Date: March 7, 2023
Time: 10:30am - 3pm
Price: $85
Materials fee: $10
Introduction to Reduction Woodblock
Instructor: Ouida Touchon
Dates: March 8 & 9, 2023
Time: 10:30am - 3pm
Price: $165
Materials fee: $15
Nourishing Your Natural Soul
Instructors: Jonathan Horwitz & Zara Waldebäck
Dates: March 11 - 12, 2023
Time: 1pm - 6pm
Suggested Donation: $300
Joomchi and Beyond
Instructor: Jiyoung Chung
Date: March 22 - 24, 2023
Time: 10am - 4pm
Price: $275
Find your Place at CREATE
Classes
Join us for weekly classes or book your own private class with a group of friends and our wonderful instructors.
Galleries
Browse through our quarterly exhibitions, member gallery, and donated works. Our virtual galleries are a great way to shop the art at the center.
Studios
Come and explore our studios: Painting, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Digital Design, Gardening, Wellness, Photography, and Filmmaking.
WORKSHOPS
Every season, renowned artists from around the world to join us at CREATE. These master classes are a great opportunity for artists of all levels to learn new techniques.
Volunteer
Be a part of our team! Help us out behind the scenes at CREATE Center and contribute to creating community enrichment through the arts.
Membership
Take advantage of all CREATE Center has to offer and sign up for one of our four different membership tiers.
Shop at the only independent fine art store in the Coachella Valley and support the arts in your community! CREATOR Mart carries high-end, American-made products for oils, acrylics, water colors, pastels, printmaking, and more.
Get great deals on gently used art supplies in our thrift section! Stop by often to see the new items and kickstart your creativity!
CREATE Community
A Haven for Artists
I worried that… when I came down here I wouldn’t find an art home. And I was blessed to find CREATE Center providing instruction and space and a community of likeminded artists to commune with and create together.
Helen Newsome
CREATE Center for the Arts is the bomb .com .net .org .uk
It [CREATE] is a perfect place to come and become seen, heard, breathe in the air of fashion, it’s all here. You can’t get any better than CREATE Center for the Arts.
Felipe Quinonez
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