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Yucca Valley Material Lab is dedicated to handson learning transformative residencies and community engagement in the Mojave Desert. mission YVML is a nonprofit art organization dedicated to handson making material exploration and cultural exchange. We support underserved artists through fully funded residencies scholarships and teaching opportunities while offering public workshops in specialized techniques often missing from traditional education. Exploration of processes the embrace of failure and discovery and the celebration of creative expression are at the heart of our mission.