So Near, So Far: Artist and Curator Talk & Poster Signing

Kick off the public opening of our new exhibition, So Near, So Far: Ryan Preciado – Manuel Sandoval, with a talk with the artist and curator.

**Note: Each ticket purchased provides access to all events and to museum admission.**

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Coffee available for purchase from Haystack Coffee.

11:00 a.m.

Artist and Curator in Dialogue

Architecture and Design Center

Join artist Ryan Preciado and Curator Robert Kett as they explore how Ryan’s encounter with little-known carpenter Manuel Sandoval prompted an effort to reconstruct Sandoval’s story and understand his experience of a key chapter in twentieth-century American architecture. Together they will discuss their work to assemble Sandoval’s archive and how it inspired Ryan’s new furniture and sculpture on view in the exhibition So Near, So Far: Ryan Preciado — Manuel Sandoval.

 12:00 p.m.

Poster Signing

Architecture and Design Center

Artist and designer Ryan Preciado will sign special exhibition posters designed and screen-printed by Kol-Bee, available for purchase at the A+D Center Store.

Ryan Preciado is an artist and designer currently living in Los Angeles. He was raised in Central California and is of Chumash Native American and Mexican heritage.

Robert J. Kett, PhD, is Adjunct Curator of Architecture & Design at the Palm Springs Art Museum and Associate Professor at ArtCenter College of Design.

Carlos Jaramillo, Ryan Preciado, 2023. Courtesy of the photographer.