Join us as we celebrate the final weekend of Desert X 2025 with engaging programming and events.

Thursday, May 8 – 5:00 to 7:00 PM

Desert X Art Club Student Exhibition Reception
Melissa Morgan Fine Art
73660 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260

Join Desert X and DSUSD to congratulate our students on their creative achievements during the 2024-2025 school year.

Saturday, May 10

Annenberg Theatre
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262

11:00 AM: In Conversation: Architect and Desert X 2025 Artist Ronald Rael, and Co-curators Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas and Neville Wakefield

Join co-curators Neville Wakefield and Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas for an informal conversation with artist, architect, and activist Ronald Rael. Together, they’ll discuss Rael's innovative approach to ancient building techniques and explore his vision for sustainable solutions at a time when the climate crisis, amplified by wildfires in Southern California, demands new approaches to art and architecture. As Desert X 2025 comes to a close, the group will reflect on their individual journeys—sharing some of the surprises, challenges, and lasting takeaways that will continue to shape their practices well beyond the exhibition.

12:00 PM: Screening of "G.H.O.S.T. Ride" by Cannupa Hanska Luger

Conceived as part of his multifaceted, nomadic project for Desert X 2025, this short film follows the G.H.O.S.T. Riders—a family from an undefined future traversing the desert. Their time-jumping caravan, also on view as an installation in Desert X 2025, is constructed from industrial detritus and outfitted with water and light-gathering systems. G.H.O.S.T. Ride proposes a vision for future survival, as the family applies innovative Indigenous technologies to live sustainably and in harmony with the environment.

12:30 PM: Screening of Desert X Art Club Student Films

A celebration of Coachella Valley student videos produced through our digital storytelling education programs.

Desert X Closing Weekend Programming