HI-DESERT CULTURAL CENTER

The Center’s programs currently provide at least 78,050 hours per year of service to an astonishing 6,900 individuals - the majority of whom are from its primary geographic service areas including the communities of Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, and Twentynine Palms. It also serves the Coachella Valley, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Additionally, utilizing leading-edge technologies, the Center is developing itself into the West Coast Internet Remote Learning Arts Center. It has now also served Midland, PA, and New York City, NY and will continue to stretch its influence around the world as the power of the Internet realizes no physical boundaries. The Hi-Desert Cultural Center has been experiencing exponential growth the last three years due to its new offerings and leadership that is placing the Cultural Center as a foremost leader in innovation and creativity. In addition to producing original, award-winning entertainment and serving as a performance venue for internationally acclaimed artists, the Center has had programs featured by National Geographic and other prominent media, and places great significance on education and community collaborations. Its pioneering intergenerational community orchestra has caught national attention for its innovative approach to music-making that allows participants of many skill levels to play music together. Additionally, the Center became the first such organization to create a collaboration with the YAMAHA Music and Wellness Institute and the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in order to introduce state-of-the-art technologies that enable two performing arts centers in two different locations throughout the world to experience live, interactive master-classes and concerts in real time. The Center is expanding its strategic coalition-building and, with the YAMAHA Music and Wellness Institute, Copper Mountain College, and the Hi-Desert Medical Center, has implemented scientifically-proven programs that use arts to target youth-at-risk and help them to become thriving members of our community that finish their current schooling and continue on to higher education. These programs also have helped treat patients recovering from a variety of ailments.