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THE COLORFUL WORLD OFART FESTIVALS
CA artist David Falossi chips away all weekend at his area of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden venue. Our own ‘Rock Star,” David demonstrates his talent as an artist at work and fascinates his spectators. With the majority of work completed prior to arrival, he plans to complete (and most likely sell) the monumental piece at the event. “The Family” completed in 2011, weighed 11,000 pounds before, and 6,000 pounds after. “The Allure,” also limestone, weighed in at 11,000 pounds before, and 8,000 pounds on completion.
“Glass is Haute” glass blowing demonstrations are an integral attraction to the Indian Wells event. For the past nine years, Arizona artist Bruce Freund has put together a portable studio, fires up the furnace, and does what he loves most – educating his audience on techniques of blowing and blending a rainbow of colors into glistening masterpieces.
Thirty sculptors participated in the April 2012 Indian Wells Arts Festival. Four sculptors ranked among the top 10 out of 200 in sales, revealing that the sculpture categories are equally as profitable as the painting
categories. Each of the two categories reported 25% ($150,000) of overall sales ($600,000). The categories representing the other 50% include: printmaking, assemblage, photography, jewelry, wearable art, utilitarian and other fine craft.
Eleven years young, the Indian Wells Arts Festival is held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, a $75 million state-of- the art facility surrounded by mountain vistas and home to the BNP Paribas Tennis Tournament. Each year 200 award-wining artists transform the magnificent path–lined plaza with a spectacular splash of form and color, featuring hundreds of pieces of one-of-a-king artwork available for purchase. The City of Indian Wells is conveniently located in the heart of the Southern California Palm Springs/Desert Resort communities.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
WWW.INDIANWELLSARTSFESTIVAL.COM
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Dance of the Harvest Moon by Wendy Salin
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