Groundwork Arts
Groundwork Arts, 6847 Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
About
Groundwork Arts offers students hands-on experiences in video editing, sculpture, weaving, performance art, experimental music, murals, and street art. The program also includes collaborative, community-based projects, performative sculptural installation projects, site-specific artworks, and art and naturalist education.
Groundwork Arts’ mission is to ensure students, their families, and teachers have equitable access to the arts, with a focus on filling instructional gaps and providing pathways for students to develop creative thinking skills needed to navigate the 21st century. The leadership team includes Rhonda Lane Coleman (Director & Lead Artist), Mary Evans (Production Assistant & Teaching Artist), Melissa Sabol (Operations, Creative Director, & Lead Artist), Jorge Davies (Media Producer & Lead Artist), Meg Shannon (School Liaison & Teaching Artist), and Heather Sprague (Artist Coordinator & Teaching Artist). Coleman is the Executive Director of Joshua Tree Living Arts as well as the Director of Groundwork Arts. Staff credentials include advanced degrees and teaching experience in art history, business administration, museum studies, sculpture, art education, and California naturalist training.
Groundwork Arts organizes and hosts performances, screenings, and workshops throughout the Morongo Basin, working with arts organizations and colleagues to benefit Morongo Unified School District students. Coleman has worked with organizations in the Joshua Tree area including Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts, Joshua Tree Music Festival, 29 Palms Art Gallery, Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council, and Morongo Unified School District. Unique projects include “Signs of Courage,” a public art project featuring signs with positive and inspiring messages designed by sixth-grade students, a collaborative public art project for MUSD elementary students funded by the California Arts Council (September 2023–June 2024), SoundLAB BLACK ROCK HIGH SCHOOL with local musicians mentoring students (December 2024–May 2025), and the ELOP After School 2024–25 program with 15 artist-mentors working with more than 250 MUSD elementary students (October 9, 2024–May 28, 2025). StageFright is an inclusive performance art initiative that blends alter-egos, live music, costume, and collective experimentation to create spaces where audience and performer meet.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
Groundwork Arts’ mission is to ensure students, their families, and teachers have equitable access to the arts, with a focus on filling instructional gaps and providing pathways for students to develop creative thinking skills needed to navigate the 21st century. The leadership team includes Rhonda Lane Coleman (Director & Lead Artist), Mary Evans (Production Assistant & Teaching Artist), Melissa Sabol (Operations, Creative Director, & Lead Artist), Jorge Davies (Media Producer & Lead Artist), Meg Shannon (School Liaison & Teaching Artist), and Heather Sprague (Artist Coordinator & Teaching Artist). Coleman is the Executive Director of Joshua Tree Living Arts as well as the Director of Groundwork Arts. Staff credentials include advanced degrees and teaching experience in art history, business administration, museum studies, sculpture, art education, and California naturalist training.
Groundwork Arts organizes and hosts performances, screenings, and workshops throughout the Morongo Basin, working with arts organizations and colleagues to benefit Morongo Unified School District students. Coleman has worked with organizations in the Joshua Tree area including Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts, Joshua Tree Music Festival, 29 Palms Art Gallery, Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council, and Morongo Unified School District. Unique projects include “Signs of Courage,” a public art project featuring signs with positive and inspiring messages designed by sixth-grade students, a collaborative public art project for MUSD elementary students funded by the California Arts Council (September 2023–June 2024), SoundLAB BLACK ROCK HIGH SCHOOL with local musicians mentoring students (December 2024–May 2025), and the ELOP After School 2024–25 program with 15 artist-mentors working with more than 250 MUSD elementary students (October 9, 2024–May 28, 2025). StageFright is an inclusive performance art initiative that blends alter-egos, live music, costume, and collective experimentation to create spaces where audience and performer meet.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
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