When members of the college-aged party brigade or recent ASU grads looking to celebrate their milestone stroll into Gringo Star Street Bar this evening (and in all likelihood they will), they’ll encounter a few things that are a bit foreign to the Mill Avenue nightlife scene. Namely, arcade games, skeeball,…
Ever since Allie Brosh and her webcomic Hyperbole and a Half dropped off the face of the Internet more than a year ago, we’ve been twiddling our thumbs, attempting to find similar webcomics (her friend Matthew Inman creates a pretty good, and wildly successful one called The Oatmeal), and putting…
You’ve probably seen them at flea markets — metal letters, words, and images that were once set, inked, and rolled against paper in a printing press to create the daily newspaper, novel, or informational flyer. Once an industrial process, letterpress (the act of printing with metal, wood, and now polymer-based…
If there’s a modern Mecca for the followers of letterpress, it’s got to be the Chapel of the Blessed Eutectic in Prescott, Arizona. From downtown Phoenix, it’s less than a two-hour drive. Take I-17 to State Route 89 and you’ll find yourself in big-sky Prescott. And just a few miles from…
On Thursday, May 16, Scottsdale Public Art is teaming up with the International Sculpture Center (ISC) to bring an ISConnets event to the Hotel Valley Ho. A Conversation: Sculpture + Architecture will be a panel discussion followed by a sunset reception on the rooftop of the Midcentury Modern hotel. With…
Wednesday night, Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum will recognize eight local artists who’ve made a mark in the contemporary scene. The annual event celebrates up to seven emerging Arizona artists with $1,500 grants to purchase materials and one mid-career artist with $5,000 plus a special exhibition of his or her…
Every year over the first weekend in May people all over the world (75 cities in 15 countries as of 2011) gather to take part in Jane’s Walk, an event that formed out of famed writer and urbanist Jane Jacob’s legacy (and coincides with her birthday). In case you failed…
When El Moisés began planning this weekend’s Grand Avenue Get Down, he initially envisioned it as an stunning convergence of Latino culture, art, and automobiles of every shape and size. But one thing the 38-year-old artist didn’t want, however, was for the two-day event to be considered “just another Cinco…
Robrt Pela didn’t intend to permanently open a gallery when he first used the space on McDowell and 5th Avenue to host The Joe and Jan Show this past March. But the veteran Phoenix New Times critic and contributor was encouraged by others who, like himself, recognized a need for…
Tempe’s Broadmor Elementary is home to some seriously creative students and some very cool parents who’ve joined forces for the past five years to produce Hoodstock. Think indie music and arts festival meets school fundraising event and you’re on the path to what’s been an annual showcase of emerging talent…
Comic book geeks of Metro Phoenix better get plenty of sleep on Friday night, not to mention waiting until Sunday to check out Iron Man 3. That’s because Saturday, May 4, gonna be a red-letter day that’s like a ink-stained, pulp-filled, four-color mashup of Phoenix Comicon, Halloween, and Christmastime. The…
Local artist Rossitza Todorova says she’s trying to visually collapse space and metaphorically collapse time in her work — no small feat, to be sure. The thing is, the recent graduate actually achieves this goal with resounding success. Todorova’s solo exhibition Intersections opens this Friday at ASU’s Night Gallery. There…
If you missed TEDxPhoenixChange on April 7, the event’s organizers have good news — you can catch up with the ideas shared and questions explored online. The four talks, given by Amy Scerra, Bob Beard, Chell Robert, and Safwat Saleem aimed to disrupt the community (in a good way) and…
In the ceramics world, Wayne Higby is widely considered one of the most important artists of the past 50 years. But he doesn’t let it go to his head. When asked what he thinks about his place in the history of art, he laughs, saying in many ways he still…
We have a birthday to celebrate. This week, Jackalope Ranch is three years old, and in celebration of the creatives who continue to shape this community and those who’ve contributed to our exhibitions, projects, and coverage for the last three years, we’re bringing out our reserve of limited-edition jackalope stickers…
It goes without saying that we have a soft spot for all things local — local art, local food, local business. So when all three of those things come together at the low, low cost of free, well, we see it as reason to party. Join Practical Art’s Lisa Olson…
Whenever Dave Quan comes back to town, we know he’s up to something creative. The artist (who also goes by Luster Kaboom) moved to New York last year, but he comes back to his hometown every once in a while to paint a new mural or collaborate with old friends…
Kristin Bauer has been a busy woman for the past month. Immediately after de-installing Mixed Messages, a joint show of her and husband Emmett Potter’s latest artwork, she began preparing the same space at Modified Arts for The Sky Is Falling: A Group Exhibition about the Gravity of Things. Though…
Architecture and design fans, this is your week. Modern Phoenix Week is in full gear and, tonight, a panel of local architects will share their work for a live audience at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. See also: – Architect and Artist Paolo Soleri (1919-2013) – Jonathan Adler for…
Summer’s around the corner, which means there’s plenty of time to get creative (and finish a few projects) before the heat sets in. Lucky you, there happen to be a handful of great opportunities for local artists to have their work displayed and recognized. See also: – Announcing the…
Kathleen Vanesian is no stranger to Latin American art. We’ve featured the New Times art critic’s private collection of folk art, and you should see her collection of photographs from Cuba’s biennale, her trips to Mexico to buy more artwork, and her catalog of research on the genre. So her…
If your idea of Latin American art is limited to quaint portraits of indigenous women clutching calla lilies or balancing water jugs on their heads, you might have a hard time wrapping your head around “Order, Chaos, and the Space Between: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Diane and Bruce…
