Artist Walk-Throughs & Talks MOON & STARS in the Desert A Celebration of Femme Asian American Pacific Islander Artists of California Curated by Sung-Hee Son Exhibition date : February 6 - March 28, 2025 Artist Walk-Throughs & Talks Date: March 14th, 2025, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Location: Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts, 43500 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA Free Admission | Open to the Public Join us for an insightful afternoon at the Marks Art Center for Artist Walk-Throughs and Talks with Moon & Stars Femme AAPI Artists. We bring together several of the incredible artists in the show to hear about their inspiring & challenging moments, how they came to create the pieces in the exhibition and their greater journeys as artists. Participating artists (pictured left to right from top): SASINUM ZOHM, YOSHIE SAKAI, YOON CHANG, MARY LAI, SUWICHADA BUSAMRONG-PRESS and SUNG-HEE SON. Moon & Stars showcases the individuality, creativity and cultural diversity of Femme Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Artists of California. The series started in 2023 to be part of the annual National AAPI Heritage Month celebrations through fine art and as a response to anti-Asian hate crimes that had risen across the country during the pandemic. In 2024 the theme was refined to focus exclusively on the art of Femme AAPI artists. The shift represented the first-of-its-kind, an initiative highlighting the individuality, diverse heritage and chosen cultural expressions of those who have been historically under-represented, as well as often mis-represented in the Art World and society art large. This groundbreaking exhibition challenges stereotypes and celebrates artistic innovations of 20 accomplished and emerging artists whose practices span a wide spectrum of contemporary themes, materials and techniques