Susan and Rod Lubeznik, recipients of the Intersect Palm Springs Art + Design 2026 Arts Advocacy Award
Join us as Tim von Gal, CEO, Intersect Art + Design shares a few remarks as he presents Susan and Rod Lubeznik with Intersect Palm Springs 2026 Arts Advocacy Award.
Open to all Intersect Palm Springs ticket holders. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP to best accommodate the experience.
Susan and Rod Lubeznik are passionate collectors of contemporary art and longtime supporters of the performing and visual arts. Their globally sourced art collection spans nearly three decades of acquisitions. Their commitment to artists includes supporting arts institutions, expanding contemporary art awareness in the communities in which they live, and ensuring works are seen by opening their home and providing loans to museums. The Lubezniks co-founded ART AT TAMARISK at private Tamarisk Country Club in 2021. In its fifth season, the annual, rotating program has exhibited 80 artists ranging from emerging to internationally acclaimed, selected by curators including Brooke Hodge, Rochelle Steiner, David Pagel, Bryan Barcena and currently, Jack Pierson.
Susan Lubeznik is a retired industry leader in internet and strategic marketing with an MBA from Northwestern University. Among other non-profit and corporate board positions, Susan was a trustee of Robert Wilson’s Byrd Hoffman Foundation and a member of the MCA Chicago’s Exhibitions Committee. She served seven years as a trustee of the Palm Springs Art Museum where she was Vice Chair, served on the Executive Committee, and chaired the Advancement committee. She is a trustee of High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree, CA and co-chair of ART AT TAMARISK.
Rod Lubeznik serves on the board and executive committee of the Michigan City, Indiana-based Lubeznik Center for the Arts. A veteran of community planning, and forprofit and non-profit boards he served on the board of the Arts Club of Chicago and the Collections Committee of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. A graduate of Purdue University, Rod is the CEO of RMC Enterprises, LLC, which owns and operates McDonald’s restaurants in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Currently President of the Tamarisk Country Club Board of Directors, Rod also co-chairs ART AT TAMARISK.