Press release date: February 2, 2026 - Now stewarded by AHA Projects, Art Queen is being preserved with a light touch. AHA Projects acquired the property in 2024 to preserve it for arts and culture, safeguarding it from overdevelopment while maintaining its artist-centered character.
Press release date: February 2, 2026 - “Joshua Tree has always attracted artists because it off ers space to think, experiment, and work outside conventional systems,” said Cheyanne Sauter, Executive Director of AHA Projects. “By acquiring Art Queen, we are using land ownership as a practical tool to protect those conditions.
January 22, 2026 - Joshua Tree’s long-standing bookstore Space Cowboy Books celebrates its ten-year anniversary this Friday. When he and his partner moved to Joshua Tree in 2015, Jean Paul Garnier recalls the town as “more sleepy, no traffic, and less populated”––all welcoming attributes for a couple escaping big city life.
April 15, 2024 - Art Queen, the iconic community public space in downtown Joshua Tree for music, art and local vendors, has been sold to a Los Angeles-based non-profit. The complex, which covers more than one acre on the south side of Twentynine Palms Highway, includes a number of storefronts and residences, and was listed for sale at just over $2 million dollars.
Press release date: February 2, 2026 - Now stewarded by AHA Projects, Art Queen is being preserved with a light touch. AHA Projects acquired the property in 2024 to preserve it for arts and culture, safeguarding it from overdevelopment while maintaining its artist-centered character.
Press release date: February 2, 2026 - “Joshua Tree has always attracted artists because it off ers space to think, experiment, and work outside conventional systems,” said Cheyanne Sauter, Executive Director of AHA Projects. “By acquiring Art Queen, we are using land ownership as a practical tool to protect those conditions.
April 15, 2024 - Art Queen, the iconic community public space in downtown Joshua Tree for music, art and local vendors, has been sold to a Los Angeles-based non-profit. The complex, which covers more than one acre on the south side of Twentynine Palms Highway, includes a number of storefronts and residences, and was listed for sale at just over $2 million dollars.
January 22, 2026 - Joshua Tree’s long-standing bookstore Space Cowboy Books celebrates its ten-year anniversary this Friday. When he and his partner moved to Joshua Tree in 2015, Jean Paul Garnier recalls the town as “more sleepy, no traffic, and less populated”––all welcoming attributes for a couple escaping big city life.
