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JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
Joshua Tree National Park is a 793,000 acre park located two hours southeast of Los Angeles. Two distinct desert ecosystems, the Mojave and the Colorado, come together in this diverse landscape. Dark night skies, a wide variety of plants and animals, a rich cultural history, and surreal geologic features add to the wonder of this vast wilderness in Southern California.
Otis College of art and design
Established in 1918, Otis College of Art and Design offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of visual and applied arts, media, and design. Core programs in liberal arts, business practices, and community-driven projects support the College’s mission to prepare diverse students to enrich our world through their creativity, skill, and vision. As Los Angeles’ first professional art school, visionary alumni and faculty include MacArthur and Guggenheim grant recipients, Oscar awardees, and design stars at Apple, Anthropologie, Pixar, Mattel, and more. The renowned Creative Action program has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for Community Engagement, and the Otis Report on the Creative Economy is a powerful advocacy tool for creative industries. The College serves the Greater Los Angeles Area through compelling public programming, as well as year-round Continuing Education courses for all ages.
boxo projects
BoxoPROJECTS is a multi-program arts initiative based in Joshua Tree, California, exploring the role of art and artists in creating community and the power of art to shape the destiny of communities. Boxo offers facilitated artist residencies and related programming at BoxoHOUSE in Joshua Tree, as well as exhibitions, installations and performances in various locations.
mojave desert land trust
The Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT) protects the Mojave Desert ecosystem and its scenic and cultural resource values. To date, MDLT has conserved more than 60,000 acres of prime desert habitat in National Parks, wilderness areas and wildlife linkage corridors.
JT LAB LEAD ARTIST
Working closely with senior park staff, Rebecca Lowry leads mission assistive projects and provides creative assistance for units of the National Park Service and adjacent agencies and organizations. These collaborative efforts develop innovative solutions to both new and stubborn issues. Lowry, along with JT Lab’s other creative collaborators, acts as a creative problem solver, contributing ideas to any aspect of park management in which a new outlook is desired.
Parks Lowry has worked with include: Grand Canyon National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Olympic National Park, Lava Beds National Monument, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, Sequoia National Park, and Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park.
Rebecca Lowry is based in Joshua Tree, CA. She holds degrees in art history and architecture from Boston University and Harvard University. She has a conceptually driven art practice and is the founder and principal of JTLab. Lowry has worked in the arts since 2003 and with National Parks since 2013. Her work has been shown both in the US and Europe.