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Open Studio with JTHAR resident Patrick D. Wilson
Saturday July 31, 4-6pm
8321 Via Rocosa, Joshua Tree, CA
Please wear a mask.

Patrick D. Wilson is a sculptor and assistant professor of art at Western Michigan University's Gwen Frostic School of Art. He works to express the cultural collision between expanding population centers and their varied frontiers through metal, wood, and fabric sculptures that employ the language of urban and nomadic architecture. As part of his JTHAR residency, Patrick proposes to build a series of wood and fabric structures for the desert environment that will be in direct dialog with the specific terrain of Joshua Tree National Park. The purpose of this inquiry is to examine the way humans and the environment are in dialog and co-constructed by their respective creative and destructive capabilities.

Watch our virtual studio talks with 2021 7 week group resident artists: Beatriz Cortez, Bernard Ferguson and Bobby Zokaites. Learn more about the artists HERE.

15 Year Anniversary Exhibition
Opening September 18, 2021
On view until January 3, 2022
San Bernardino County Museum 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, California 92374
Visit http://www.sbcounty.gov/museum for exhibition hours and more information.

Since its beginning, JTHAR has fostered spaces where inspiration happens daily, where artists can do the work of innovating and changing the cultural landscape by generating a fresh look at the way we connect to each other and the world. Annual group and solo residencies include scholarship funds, living accommodations, studio space designed to accommodate a broad range of artistic activity and a gallery exhibition. Artists selected for this program are at all stages of their careers and work in all media, including drawing, painting, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and non-fiction writing, interdisciplinary, social practice and architecture.

Over the past 15 years, JTHAR has been host to 110 national and international artists from Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and over 17 states across the United States. Curator and JTHAR advisory board member Alma Ruiz praises the organization's achievements, “We can only marvel at what the JTHAR founders have accomplished in a relatively short time. The residency’s reach in its short existence is to be praised and encouraged. Its positive impact on the artists’ professional growth is evident.” Now, in 2021, JTHAR is honored to be presenting selected works from 15 years of the residency at the San Bernardino County Museum.

about JTHAr:

Established in 2007, JTHAR is a nonprofit artist residency that awards an international community of artists the gifts of time and space amidst the extraordinary natural beauty of Joshua Tree National Park. Group and solo residencies of six to seven weeks include scholarship funds, living accommodations, studio space designed to accommodate a broad range of artistic activity and a gallery exhibition.

Artists selected for this program are at all stages of their careers and work in all media, including drawing, painting, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and non fiction writing, interdisciplinary, social practice and architecture.

JTHAR fosters creativity through opportunities for exploring, experimenting, quiet reflection, engagement and cross-cultural exchange with the vibrant local artist community. We establish spaces where inspiration happens on a daily basis, so artists can do the work of innovating, changing the cultural landscape and generating a fresh look at the way we connect to each other and to the world.

As a 501c3 non-profit artist residency, we rely on the support of individuals like you to fulfill JTHAR’s mission of being a place that inspires creativity and provides the resident artists with the time, facilities, support essential to give that creativity form. In return, we provide unparalleled access to the creative processes of regional, national and international artists Donors are an integral part of the Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency community: your unwavering support means the world to us.

Board Members: James Berg (Co-founder), Frederick Fulmer (Co-founder), Judy Hearsum, Timothy Hearsum, Ruth Rieman & Steve Rieman
Honorary Board Member: Alma Ruiz and Advisory Board Members Barbara Gothard and Adam Gross.

This year, your support can change an artist's life. Help support the arts through Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency. JTHAR is a 501c3 non-profit that provides free studio space and living accommodations for artists to create new work and focus on their individual projects. Your donation will help JTHAR continue to invite artists to Joshua Tree and create and learn from the vibrancy of California.

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