High Desert Test Sites
Fourth Annual Benefit Dinner
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Unimaginable
and wondrous.
“I offer you this as a beginning. And this: Rain is an act
of imagination. As are rivers and oceans, are they not? And mountains and sand dunes and forests. Even fire. And wind, certainly. Think about it. Unimaginable and wondrous.”
–Deena Metzger
Please join Andrea Zittel, aryn kresol, and
the Board of High Desert Test Sites
with guest artist Andrea Bowers
Saturday, March 28, 2026
5–6:30 PM Sunset cocktails
6:30–8:30 PM Seated dinner
by Kai’s Catering + Events
A-Z West
62923 Sullivan Road
Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Attire: Dirt road dressy
Tickets + Sponsorships
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Underwriting
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Donors receive recognition on event materials
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Donors receive recognition on event materials. Event seating is not included.
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Donors receive recognition on event materials. Event seating is not included.
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Donors receive recognition on event materials. Event seating is not included.
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Donors receive recognition on event materials. Event seating is not included.
Lucky Dip
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For this special raffle, Andrea Bowers, Heather Day, and Ry Rocklen are offering stunning works of art. With just one ticket, you could take one home—if luck is on your side.
What’s up for grabs?
Andrea Bowers – Grief, Hope (Salvia), 2025
Graphite on paper. 22.5 x 15 in (18 x 25.25 in framed).
Heather Day – Shifting Horizon, 2025
Mixed media on sewn canvas. 20 x 15 in.
Ry Rocklen – Globowl (Black Continents), 2015
Ceramic, mason stain. 11 x 11 x 11 in.1 Lucky Dip ticket is $250 or get
5 tickets for $1,000Proceeds from the Lucky Dip will fund the installation of mini splits in the A-Z West studio
Click here to buy 1 Lucky Dip ticket
Click here to buy 5 Lucky Dip tickets
We are endlessly grateful to these incredible artists for their vision and generosity in support of High Desert Test Sites. Their contributions not only make this raffle possible but also help sustain a creative community that thrives on experimentation, collaboration, and artistic exchange.
Don’t miss your chance—buy your ticket today and let fate do the rest! Winners will be announced during the event on March 22. You do not have to be present to win. Each purchase of a book of 5 tickets will receive a limited edition gift designed by Andrea Zittel for HDTS.
Guest Artist
Jack Pierson
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Jack Pierson was born in 1960 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He lives and works in New York and in California. He graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1984 where he participated in the Studio for Interrelated Media, one of the earliest formal academic programs for the study of performance art.
Recent solo presentations include Jack Pierson at Museo Ettore Fico Torino, Italy (2021); Jack Pierson: 5 Shows from the ‘90s at Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, USA (2017); and Jack Pierson at CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain (2009). Select group exhibitions include High Desert Test Sites 2022 (HDTS 2022): The Searchers curated by Iwona Blazwick at Joshua Tree, CA, USA (2022); Any distance between us at RISD Museum, Providence, RI, USA (2021); Photography’s Last Century: The Collection of Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA (2020); and Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, USA (2019).
Accommodations
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We're collaborating with Homestead Modern for the Third Annual Benefit Dinner. Use event code HDTS25 when booking The Bungalows or any other Homestead Modern accommodation in the High Desert, and 20% of your stay will be donated to High Desert Test Sites. Stay in style while supporting HDTS’s mission—every reservation helps sustain our programming in the desert!
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High Desert Test Site’s Annual Benefit Dinner supports the programming and preservation
of Andrea Zittel’s projects and compounds
at A-Z West.
Questions about the event?
Call us at 760-507-4190 or email us at info@hdts.site.