Attention all crafters: You have the chance to be on TV.Producers at Kellan Media are looking for folks who use discarded materials to make fashions and furniture for their show The Restylers…
Good news for those who are cruising the downtown galleries on March’s Third Friday Artwalk: You’ll be able to see Katherine Zsolt’s “Leaving My Father’s House” at the Icehouse and Bob Carey Ballerinas at Bokeh Gallery…
Unlike last week, I’m giving you four whole days to plan for this art event. I know, I’m extremely generous.So we all know that using tossed out objects for art is nothing new. But that doesn’t mean the practice can’t produce some great art. We have the chance to see…
Yes, it’s another blog about an art happening at ASU.Look, I’m sorry. But just take some peace in knowing that no matter how annoyed you are, you aren’t nearly as pissed off as the Arty Girl readers were this past Monday. Yikes. Anyway, tomorrow, Friday, March 12 from 8:30 to…
For centuries, fairy tales have held both adults and children in their magical sway. In actuality, these fanciful tales are basically mini-morality plays, spun to illustrate prevailing societal mores embraced by those rapt audiences. Through them, listeners have painlessly learned about the unquestionable reward of virtue (getting rich and/or living…
The art community grapevine in this Valley is about three inches long, so it didn’t take much time for me to get calls concerning a recent, very heated panel discussion at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SmoCA) about a show that’s been proposed called “People’s Biennial.”…
You have exactly two days to get your booty down to ASU for the South Phoenix PhotoVoice Project photography exhibition, “South Phoenix through the Eyes of Youth”.Okay, I realize this is really under the wire, but this is a blog, people, and giving some last-minute coverage to a well-deserved event…
Artist Jason Hill threw a party at Studio 8 last Friday and come Saturday, I heard two things about it: It was a super fun time and the cops showed up.But it wasn’t for noise disturbance…..
As you should well know by now, Artlink’s Art Detour 22 weekend kicks off tonight with the March First Friday. The self-guided tour of galleries and studios in the downtown arts district is THE art event of the year.I’ve been blogging like a madwoman this week and decided to put…
Oh, yeah, baby, it’s a party.Sure, Art Detour is filled with stellar art shows (see for yourself here) but, it’s also a great time to get down and cut loose a little.Let Jason Hill show you the way with his Art Detour Art Party at Studio 8 in the Bragg’s…
Allow me to repeat that: Katherine Zsolt, Lori Fenn, Luiz Gutierrez, and Kaori Takamura are at the Icehouse for Art Detour 22.That is one heck of a lineup.The featured artist, Katherine Zsolt, will take up the majority of the space. Phoenix is invited to experience her monumental multi-media installation this…
Just as the Mutant Piñata show has become a new tradition for Art Detour weekend, Five15 Arts Gallery hits us once again with a budget-friendly exhibition. This year, it’s the “$99 Only Art Show”…
Tara Logsdon must have a big heart.The artist has dedicated her talents to “rescuing” discarded and unloved teddy bears she finds at thrift stores. You can see the results of her teddy bear makeovers at the “Right to Bear Arms” show at The Artlink Heritage Square Gallery during Art Detour…
You know, it just wouldn’t be Art Detour Weekend without the Mutant Piñata Show at Bragg’s Pie Factory. Curator Beatrice Moore delighted the Detour audience when she initially launched this exhibition in 2008. Now, in its third year, it’s fast become one of our very favorite shows to cover…
Nice painting, eh? You can see others like it this weekend during Artlink’s annual (and totally blog-worthy) Art Detour 22.Brian Boner and Lee Hazel present “The New, Old World” at MonOrchid. And, in the same building, Bokeh Gallery will continue to show its fabulous “Ballerina Series” photography exhibition by Bob…
Yes, Art Detour 22 is upon us!I know, I know…already?This week, I’ll be blogging my booty off about the art events that will bombard our downtown arts district this weekend. Today, we’ll kick things off with a little coverage about the opening of the Westwind Studios. From this Friday evening,…
You dig ceramics?Well, ASU’s Ceramics Research Center has four days of events just for you. It runs from March 4-7 and you need to make your reservation by March 1st.Btw, March 1st is this upcoming Monday. So get on it…
The smell of freshly cut plywood is in the air as 15 audience members, seated in Space 55’s brand-new seating area, buzz with anticipation for the beginning of the Improvised Bookclub. A few minutes later, Sam Haldiman, the emcee of tonight’s Torch Theatre production, sprints onstage. He’s a little man…
You’re really going to want to check out SeeSaw Designs’ new vintage shoppe on Etsy.As you may have picked up from my previous blogs, SeeSaw is a local company run by a group of young designers. They do all the things designers do (branding, brochures, magazines, and album art) but…
The starring ballerina is the same in all fourteen of the mysterious color photographs hanging in Bokeh Gallery, Wayne Rainey’s newest downtown Phoenix gallery venture dedicated solely to photographic art. Hairy barrel chest. Close-cropped haircut. Pink, stiff tulle tutu. Big muscular wrestler’s calves ending in big, slightly flat, bare feet…
This week, local artists will have two chances to learn about how they can expose their art to a national audience through “The People’s Biennial” exhibition, which is slated to tour five cities starting late 2010.And, no, New York is not one of the five cities…
Life’s full of tough choices.Tonight, Valley art enthusiasts have their pick of the litter with three big events happening at three different museums across town: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, ASU Art Museum and the Heard Museum.Here’s the run-down:…
