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…
Cindy and Gary Iverson are happy to admit they have really cool jobs. Cindy’s an artist who specializes in mixed media and paper arts. Gary’s a chemical engineer. In 2005, they opened The Paper Studio, where they made paper and printed stationery for online sales. They used their space in…
Who the heck is that guy running around in a pink tutu and what is he up to? You may have asked yourself that question in recent weeks as Arizona native Bob Carey’s photography has made its way around the Internet and news publications with his latest venture, “The Tutu…
From the second-story patio of Phoenix College’s art building in downtown Phoenix, photographer Bob Carey can point to the hospital where he was born, the neighborhood where he grew up, and the three or four houses he lived in after high school and college. The Phoenix native moved to New York in…
If you have a 20-by-40 foot idea that involves some paint and high visibility, Cole and Dayna Reed of Downtown’s Greenhaus are all ears. The two opened an art gallery and interior decor shop in the historic building at 222 E. Roosevelt in January. If you’re familiar with the neighborhood,…
Photographer David Emitt Adams’ show, Conversations With History on view at the Northlight Gallery at ASU through April 21, takes tools and materials appropriated from photography’s past and re-purposes them in surprising new ways. Specifically, Adams makes tintypes using the exact same photographic processes used in the 1850’s but prints…
