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July 2008
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For year, artists have been inspired by the other-worldly, boulder-strewn landscape of Joshua Tree National Park. And now those artists lucky enough to be chosen for two programs at the Inland park will have a chance to soak it up and produce new works. 
How could Ansel Adams not be inspired by Joshua Tree? He took this photo in 1942 and called it, "In Joshua Tree National Monument, California."
If you or anyone you know is artistically inclined, with pen, paint brush or otherwise, there's still time to apply, by July 15, for the artist-in-residence program and the affiliate artist program. The programs are operated by the Riverside Art Museum in downtown Riverside. Those selected for the residence program get to stay at the park for two to six weeks in rustic cabins. The purpose of the program, they say, is to promote a deeper understanding of and dialogue about the natural, cultural and historical resources of Joshua Tree National Park and the surrounding deserts. Artists such as Adams were the first to record the visual beauty of the American West, leading to the preservation of landscapes that ended up in the national park system. |
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