More than 11 years after Tempe artist Jessica Jordan opened up Wet Paint Artist Supply on Ash Avenue, she says she’s decided to change direction. “Due to increased corporate competition and their massive buying power, and more people buying online, it has been harder and harder to maintain this small…
If you’re sticking around for summer and looking for a few great excuses to get out and get creative, you’re in luck. We have seven … 7. Circus Workshop with 7 Fingers @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts There’s nothing for boosting creativity like a little exercise, and this…
If you’re lucky enough to snag a limited-edition by Phoenix painter Carrie Marill, you can thank New York gallery owner Jen Bekman, the name behind contemporary print sale website, 20×200. Bekman opened her gallery in 2003 with a goal to expose the work of emerging artists to collectors. Four years…
Last night, Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum awarded eight local artists who’ve made a mark in the contemporary scene. The annual event recognizes 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 work alongside…
International Museum Day is right around the corner and a handful of museums in Phoenix have big plans. But the designated day has less to do with parties and deals and more to do with awareness — there are dozens of museums in the metro Phoenix area that host artwork…
The City of Phoenix is bringing in a star-studded cast of local artists and art experts to Burton Barr this summer to discuss their work and the city’s public art collection of more than 1,000 artworks. The series of five presentations includes talks from photographer Mark Klett, poet Alberto Rios,…
Emily Caldwell says Gallery Parallax has been a dream since February, when she drove through Phoenix on a trip from Portland to Los Angeles. She had just convinced a friend to open a gallery and start a new business, so, she thought, why not do the same for herself? The…
Nature becomes art in Kiki Smith’s photography exhibit, “I Myself Have Seen It,” currently on display at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. “This show gets the imagination swirling, even if it is an odd duck,” writes contributor Sativa Peterson in this week’s print edition of New Times. More than…
“I wish Kiki Smith had been my biology teacher.” That’s what I can’t help thinking as I take my first enthusiastic looks around “I Myself Have Seen It: Photography and Kiki Smith” at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The experience of entering the first of three rooms (and the…
More than 80 artists and community members gathered at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts last week for a town hall meeting to discuss how public arts are managed in the city. The stakes were high at the get-together, which was hosted by Scottsdale Public Art and a task force…
This week’s art feature takes a look at “Namingha Family: Landscape, Form, and Light.” The exhibit, comprised of art by Dan Namingha and his two sons, Arlo and Michael, is on display at the Heard Museum through January 27. Dan Namingha’s art, defined by his bold use of color and…
According to Hopi legend, Spider Woman created twin beings from clay, a mixture of her saliva and bits of earth. One twin was charged with solidifying the Earth, the other with sending out sound, echoes of the Creator. When these duties were finished, one went south and the other north…
Lauren Rose Kinney lives in a fantasy land. Through wood carving, etchings, and books, the artist builds detail-dense images that would look natural inside a heavy leather-bound collection of Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The ASU MFA student’s thesis exhibition, “Drawing of a Muchness,” is on display through Friday, April 27, at…
For Tabitha Myers, colonial decor is too often associated with austere halls, play-it-safe art and conservative neutrals. To her, colonial means bright, adventurous colors and and cheeky prints — traditional pieces with rebellious twists. Myers, a Chandler native, brought this eclectic vision of our founding fathers back to Phoenix after…
In 2009, friends and artists Matt Brown and Jay B Fail opened the doors of PUSH Gallery at 1145 East Roosevelt with a vision of “pushing” the local arts movement forward with exhibitions and events. For three years, the duo brought in local artists in a variety of media for…
Matthew Owens and Glen Allen discuss what they want to try scanning next: Negatives? Sculptures? Bigger frames? Transparencies? Black light reflective images? “We haven’t seen much that we can’t do,” Owens says, pointing to the 10-foot mega scanner in the center of Fine Canvas Prints’ studio in North Phoenix. The…
It’s Third Friday in downtown Phoenix, which means there are plenty of excuses to get out an see the latest work by local and visiting artists. In celebration of our second birthday (and Third Friday, of course), we’re releasing our latest limited-edition Jackalope sticker by Monica Aissa Martinez. The local…
Is Dayvid LeMmon’s digitally-modified photography made of scenes from Kurzweil’s utopia or Gibson’s dystopia? The 28-year-old local artist, known for his geometric and ambiguous human portraits and techno landscapes, is already well embedded in the Phoenix arts scene. Belt-notches include a 2010 Arizona Commission of the Arts grant and representation…
