Candlewood Arts Festival

Candlewood Arts Festival Celebrate art, community and our shared environment. Experience unique art happenings and engage with one another in Borrego Springs, CA.

You still have until next weekend to catch the exhibition Dreams Under the Borrego Sun, featuring photography, sculpture...
03/26/2026

You still have until next weekend to catch the exhibition Dreams Under the Borrego Sun, featuring photography, sculpture, painting and video by 50 artists from Borrego Springs High School. Swipe through to see some of the talented artists and their families - and see all the work in person yourself, at the BAI’s Studio West on the 2nd floor of the Mall in Borrego Springs, Thurs- Sun from 11-5 until next weekend. Artists, tag yourselves!!! 🛌🐏☀️
Mentors and Jesse Monsher

Ako Castuera’s Water Finds a Body is a material meditation on water and kinship, nestled along a path in Galleta Meadows...
03/20/2026

Ako Castuera’s Water Finds a Body is a material meditation on water and kinship, nestled along a path in Galleta Meadows just outside the center of Borrego Springs. Fibers twined into cordage by the artist and workshop participants circle the vessels, recalling water seeking roots - a prticularly poignant sight in the desert. Seek it out and stay a while - on view 24/7 through April 5 🌴💧

On March 7, Gerald Clarke, with the help of his cousins, family, and friends, inaugurated his new public sculpture “Dese...
03/19/2026

On March 7, Gerald Clarke, with the help of his cousins, family, and friends, inaugurated his new public sculpture “Desert Dance” with Cahuilla bird song and dance, on their people’s ancestral land in Borrego Springs. They shared many songs and stories, and the dancers skirts waved in the wind along with the sculptures. Thank you to Gerald and his family for such a beautiful afternoon and thanks to all of you who joined us for this special moment. If you missed the singing and dancing, don’t worry - you still have time to see this sculpture on the Galleta Meadows and all the other Candlewood art projects throughout Borrego Springs until April 5. Swipe through for the location starred on the map ⭐️

Thank you for joining us last weekend for the opening of the 2026 Candlewood Arts Festival! Featuring newly commissioned...
03/13/2026

Thank you for joining us last weekend for the opening of the 2026 Candlewood Arts Festival! Featuring newly commissioned work by Gerald Clarke, Karla Diaz, Ako Castuera, Star Montana, Jesse Monsher, and students from Borrego Springs High School. It was a beautiful day celebrating art and community in Borrego Springs - and if you missed it, never fear! Art is on view until April 5 in Galleta Meadows and The Mall - see the link in bio for more details and exact locations.

1/ Gerald Clarke, “Desert Dance”
2/ Karla Diaz, “Unity Project: We Are a Community”
3/ Workshops led by Ako Castuera for Karla Diaz’s Unity Project
4/ Ako Castuera, “Water Finds a Body”
5-6/ Opening night of “Dreams Under the Borrego Sun,” an exhibition of work by artists from Borrego Springs High School, mentored by Star Montana and Jesse Monsher
7/ Star Montana, “Washland Spirituals,” with audio work “Unwinding” by Jesse Monsher

Spotlight on Star Montana, Candlewood artist and the extraordinary leader of our education program at Borrego Springs Hi...
03/03/2026

Spotlight on Star Montana, Candlewood artist and the extraordinary leader of our education program at Borrego Springs High School - come see her students’ work on Saturday from 4-7pm at the 2nd floor of the Mall and see her new video projected under the stars at the amphitheater behind the library at 7pm. And see her work in A Tender Excavation at the Luckman Gallery at Cal State LA until March 13 ⭐️🌟✨⭐️

Get • Star Montana’s photography reflects her family history through newly authored images and the repurposing of her family’s archive of personal photos.

“Louisa, Cathy, and Little Star” is a photograph of Montana’s mother, aunt, and the artist as a toddler. Many photos from her family archive have deteriorated through time or have suffered accidental water damage from home water leaks or flooding. The distorted effect of the water damage eerily highlights her matriarchs and obscures the fallen men in her family, becoming a metaphor for the fragmented histories and memories transmitted to her. These family photographs eventually replace and become memories themselves, and reimagine lost time as part of the continuous cycle of life.

Montana’s work is featured in LACE’s group exhibition, “A Tender Excavation,” on view at The Luckman Gallery until next Friday, March 13, 2026 and at from April 10–July 12, 2026.
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Slides 1–5: Star Montana, “Louisa, Cathy, and Little Star,” 2022. Installation view in “A Tender Excavation” at The Luckman Gallery (November 2025–March 2026). Photo by Christopher Wormald.

03/02/2026

Brand new Gerald Clarke sculpture incoming! Be the first to see jt at the next Candlewood Arts Festival on Saturday, March 7 in Borrego Springs - events all day - schedule at link in bio ✨

Thanks to Borrego News for the shout! Our next festival is Saturday in Borrego Springs - link in bio for all the details...
03/02/2026

Thanks to Borrego News for the shout! Our next festival is Saturday in Borrego Springs - link in bio for all the details 🎨

Meet Ako Castuera, one of the artists in this year’s Candlewood Arts Festival! The LA Times featured Ako last week in an...
02/24/2026

Meet Ako Castuera, one of the artists in this year’s Candlewood Arts Festival! The LA Times featured Ako last week in an article that gave a glimpse into her wide ranging creative universe, from ceramics to animation and everything in between. Her connection to land, community, and culture is fundamental to everything she does - wait until you see what she does in Borrego! Come out and experience it for yourself on March 7!
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Huge congratulations to the incredible young artists recognized for their work in the Anza Borrego Foundation photo cont...
02/05/2026

Huge congratulations to the incredible young artists recognized for their work in the Anza Borrego Foundation photo contest 📷 Shout out to their mentor, artist Star Montana, for leading them to a sweep of prizes in the youth category ⭐️You can see their photos at the Borrego Art Institute until February 23 - and you can see more of their work in the next Candlewood Arts Festival on March 7!

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01/22/2026

Coming soon 🩷

Field trip! Today, artists Star Montana and Jesse Monsher led a field trip for their students to explore and photograph ...
12/02/2025

Field trip! Today, artists Star Montana and Jesse Monsher led a field trip for their students to explore and photograph the Anza Borrego desert. They’re building portfolios while learning about photography, their environment, and different ways of viewing the world around them. Can’t wait to see what they saw! You can see, too, at the next Candlewood Arts Festival, March 7, 2026 📸🎨🖼️

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