The Phoenix Urban Research Lab (PURL) is home ASU’s design students, local design professionals, and a 20-by-20 foot model of Downtown. The 1:32-scale model began as four panels in 2005. Since then, it’s grown and changed with models created by ASU students that reflect the city’s ever-evolving landscape. This year (and for…
recognize creatives who have achieved and contributed to the Arizona arts community.The awards, presented by Arizona Citizens for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the Office of the Governor of Arizona, are given annually to artists, educators, business, communities, and individuals throughout the state…
It’s about time Phoenix sees some serious mural love. In the interest of giving credit to their artists and because we’re losing track of the times we’ve said, “Whoa, when did that go up?”, we bring you Mural City, a series on the murals springing up around town — their artists,…
This month, Jackalope Ranch opened its first curated exhibition, You Are Here: A Collection of Maps of Phoenix, at Regular Gallery. While you still have a chance to check out the show, which will be up until November 12, we’ll give you a little background on each creation. We spoke with Monica Aissa Martinez, Safwat Saleem, David Quan, Sarah Hurwitz, Thomas…
This month, Jackalope Ranch opened its first curated exhibition, You Are Here: A Collection of Maps of Phoenix, at Regular Gallery. While you still have a chance to check out the show, which will be up until November 12, we’ll give you a little background on each creation. We spoke with Monica Aissa Martinez, Safwat Saleem, David Quan,…
Bil Keane, a Phoenix cartoonist, started drawing Family Circus in 1960. The artist was born in Pennsylvania, served in the Army, met his wife (and inspiration for his “Mommy” character) in Australia, and landed in Paradise Valley just a year before he began documenting much of his family life and odd daily circumstances…
This month, Jackalope Ranch opened its first curated exhibition, You Are Here: A Collection of Maps of Phoenix, at Regular Gallery. While you still have a chance to check out the show, which will be up until November 12, we’ll give you a little background on each creation. We spoke with Monica Aissa Martinez, Safwat Saleem, David Quan, and Sue…
It’s all about flashing lights as Scottsdale welcomes a few new clubs, bars, and galleries and gears up for its holiday season. If you’re headed in the direction, need a few spots to check out after a show, or are just looking for a few things to buy/see/eat/drink, we’ve got…
My grandfather died, quickly and unexpectedly, on Thanksgiving Day in 1987. My mother returned from his Ohio funeral with a suitcase full of Grandpa’s circular saw blades. Mom, a prolific oil painter, gessoed the blades and used them as canvases for landscapes that she gave to each of her five…
1. What were the inspirations for your map? The underground issue of Best of Phoenix. 2. Give us a childhood memory of a map. Whenever I would go somewhere with my Grandpa he would always tell me what everything on the map was. I pretended like I understood all about mile markers and…
This month, Jackalope Ranch opened its first curated exhibition, You Are Here: A Collection of Maps of Phoenix, at Regular Gallery. While you still have a chance to check out the show, which will be up until November 12, we’ll give you a little background on each creation. We spoke with Monica Aissa Martinez and Safwat Saleem; this afternoon,…
This month, Jackalope Ranch opened its first curated exhibition, You Are Here: A Collection of Maps of Phoenix at Regular Gallery. While you still have a chance to check out the show, which will be up until November 12, we’ll give you a little background on each creation. We spoke with Monica Aissa Martinez last week, and this…
This month, Jackalope Ranch opened its first curated exhibition, You Are Here: A Collection of Maps of Phoenix at Regular Gallery. And while you still have a chance to check out the show, which will be up until November 12, we’ll give you a little background on each creation. First up, a few questions for local mixed-media…
Before you get letter(de)pressed, know that Angela Hardison, Raquel Raney, and Lindsay Tingstrom are staying in town and are all working on new projects. The three local designers, who met in graphic design school at ASU and opened SeeSaw Designs in Scottsdale, had us at their “hello there” letterpress cards, whimsical graphic designs, kickass…
At last, the overwhelming and oppressive heat has finally subsided and temperatures are thankfully cooling down to more reasonable levels. If you’re a local artist, that means your studio isn’t an overheated oven anymore, leaving you no more excuses to lay around and watch TV. Here are three calls you’re going…
Details from maps by Monica Aissa Martinez (top left) and Angela Cazel-Jahn (top right), and the inspiration for Thomas “Breeze” Marcus’ mural on Regular Gallery.A few months ago, we realized we had been drawing field guides and maps to Phoenix events for more than a year. And because we were (and…
The Legend City Studio doors opened on October 7 to a crowd eager to see work by more than 50 local artists in the twelfth installment of Chaos Theory. The annual event is one of the largest art openings and art community events of the year that’s organized by Legend City’s resident…
Way back in the mists of time — September 2000, to be exact — I reviewed one of the very first “Chaos Theory” shows, which have become an arts institution in this town. At that time, the show was installed at 3CarPileUp, a gallery/studio started by now well-known Phoenix artists…
