BoxoPROJECTS is a multi-program arts initiative based in Joshua Tree, California, dedicated to exploring contemporary art at the new frontier. BoxoPROJECTS is interested in the role of art and artists in creating community and in the power of art to shape the destiny of communities. We offer facilitated artist residencies and related programming at BoxoHOUSE in Joshua Tree, as well as exhibitions, installations and performances in various locations. BoxoPROJECTS was founded by Bernard Leibov in 2009.

The residency is distinct in that it invites one artist at a time to carry out a facilitated project that deals with site, community or the environment. The idea is not to suggest content however to promote engagement with place and community such that lasting links are created. Since 2012, twenty-seven residencies have been completed drawing artists from across the US, as well as the UK, South Africa, Australia and Germany. Disciplines include visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, video), performance art, musical composition, and writing. Each residency concludes with an open house for  artists to meet the community and share their work. Approximately 250 attend open houses at Boxo annually.

Five exhibitions have also been mounted on site, several artists have been placed into remote exhibitions and Boxo also promotes artists’ work at Art Palm Springs as a cultural partner.