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…
It’s pretty safe to say that you won’t see Negativsteve Mandel dressed as Aquaman this Halloween. Or any other day for that matter, as the local comic book geek absolutely loathes the underwater hero of DC Comics lore. Hence the name of his humorous Tumblr, “Steve Hates Aquaman.” “I am…
As if we needed another reason to get excited about this weekend’s Grand Avenue Festival. Jenny Ignaszewski, aka Iggy Art, created the first Grand Avenue Mural Love map that’s available for download on the Grand Avenue website, and should probably belong on a wall of its own. (Just an idea …) The local artist,…
Talk about eye candy. A group of our favorite local artists will have their work up for view (and sale) this Friday at eye lounge gallery in downtown Phoenix. A sugary addition: all proceeds raised from the collective’s auction will go toward funding future exhibitions. On October 21, eye lounge contemporary art will…
Each week, local artist, GIF afficionado and Holy Page creator Christian Fillardo, creates The Weekly Tween, an animated image of something he finds in the local art community. This Week’s Find: A show flier for William LeGoullon’s latest exhibition, Intermission, at monOrchid on October 21. More info here…
In September 2010, Barrio cafe’s Silvana Salcido Esparza kicked off a mural explosion along 16th Street. A year later, she has no plans of slowing down. Tonight, the chef and local art fiend along with Calle 16’s gaggle of artists including Casebeer, Randall Wilson, Gennaro Garcia, Breeze, Colton Brock, Hugo Medina, Lalo Cota, Jenny…
“That’s what this piece is about,” says Tempe artist Melissa Martinez. “I went from having one of the worst times of my life to having one of the best.”The Tempe-based artist just finished installing her latest public work titled, Why Should I Be So Sad? at the Scottsdale Belle Art Tower, a main entrance…
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,…
After 13 years at Scottsdale Public Art (SPA), Associate Director Margaret Bruning will be leaving her position and taking a gig as Director of Civic Art for Los Angeles County Arts Commission in November. The local public art champion has made a name for herself, and one of the nation’s most comprehensive public…
Zarco Guerrero says he’s surrounded in his studio by colorful expressions in papier-mâché. The local painter, sculptor, and mask maker has been in the Valley for decades, and he’d be hard-pressed to remember a time he was busier. For the past few weeks, he’s been out supporting friends in the…
Mid-century modern maven Alison King led the first of Phoenix Design Week’s Modern Phoenix tours on Saturday. The daylong excursion is best described as a grownup field trip (complete with Capri Suns on the bus) catering to lovers of architecture, innovative design, and historic preservation. After exploring the Phoenix Financial…
There was a distinct chill in the air last night, which provided the perfect setting for the arrival of Monsterland.The Mesa haunted house and horror film museum held a special sneak preview on Wednesday night, offering a select few the chance to catch a glimpse of its undead denizens. When Monsterland’s…
Retrofitting sprawl. Latino urbanism. The evolving streetscape of greater Phoenix. These are all topics of interest at this Friday’s PURL Jam, an urban visual research exhibition hosted by the think tank (and branch of Arizona State University) Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory. The event, part of the ongoing Phoenix Design Week(s),…
Two years after a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger noticed graffiti on one of Tucson’s oldest archeological sites, five people have been ordered by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann DeMarais to pay more than $43,240 in damages. Johnathan Lopez, 23, Andrew Magallanes, 21, Robert Norton, 23 Cynthia Norton, 20 and…
Ted Decker smells really good. But don’t ask him what scent he’s wearing. Decker can recite the names of every one of the artists who created the more than 1,000 pieces in his private art collection, but he has no idea what his cologne is called. “It’s some kind of…
To celebrate its second year in downtown Phoenix, the Urban Grocery & Wine Bar is looking for a little color. The market is currently looking for mural concepts that “capture the essence of the Downtown Phoenix community and our mission of making good food accessible to all.” According to the official…
