This desert outpost is a magnet for talent and ideas. It's the current center of the art universe. Not a rising scene, not a maybe someday, but the place where ideas are happening right now. Creatives drift in from every direction. An odd assortment of painters, sculptors, writers, actors, and misfits are all pulled here by something they can’t quite name. Out here the noise drops away, the sky opens up, and the distractions dissolve, leaving only the honest work to be done.