Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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Get a first look at the incredible art coming to Black Rock City this year!
Desert Arts Preview is your chance to step behind the scenes and meet the artists, hear their stories, tour their studios, and explore the creative visions coming to life.

The Sphinx Gate – Mareesa Stertz & Tania Abdul

Know thyself?
Two towering Sphinxes with laser eyes invite seekers on an immersive quest to uncover hidden wisdom and unlock their potential.
They challenge everyone to be the hero, on a lifetime journey through their inner landscape to become their truest self. Our world needs us to be whole, creative, and connected!

Inspired by the Neverending Story, to pass through the Gate one must explore the depths of one’s being – through the lenses of Breath, Body, Mind, Heart, Destiny, and Community.

With art, technology, and the dance of playful discovery, a passage between worlds is woven. Seekers do not merely witness; they remember. Healing is not sought, but revealed, where the self and the collective meet in the riddle of the Sphinx.

TheSphinxGate.com
@thesphinxgate