If you’re quick, you can catch, “SB1070: An Artist’s Point of View” up at Gallery 2345 in Phoenix. The show just arrived, and 2345 is hosting the exhibitions opening tonight, but the flags, stop signs, postcards, canvases and posters will be back on the road on Monday. The pieces are…
When author Sherman Alexie read from his latest novel, War Dances, to a sold-out crowd at the Heard Museum last fall, he ranted about technology, specifically Amazon’s Kindle and some trouble his outspokenness about the gadget had caused him recently. Alexie, who presents more as a stand-up comic than as…
Matthew Mosher gave out white-chocolate Hershey’s candy, powdered doughnuts, and Natural American Spirit cigarettes for yesterday’s opening reception of his new exhibition at the Arizona State University Step Gallery — The Gallery is No Place for Artists. “White foods are really hard to find,” Mosher explained to those who gathered…
Ted Decker curated a show. It’s called “Converging Trajectories” and it’s all about you…and him…and 41 artists. You’re going to see a little bit of everything here — video installation, photography, sculpture, painting, drawing…you name it, it’s at Modified Arts. but don’t bother looking for a connective thread between these…
Had it not been for the graffiti-ed plastic chairs by the door, we might have skipped over Just Blaze, which opened its doors on Saturday (now it just needs a bigger sign).Just Blaze was located on McDowell Road in Phoenix, but took over the building on the corner of Camelback…
If you have the power of the paranormal running through your veins, you could spend a good chunk of the next year eating for free. Green New American Vegetarian Restaurant, located at 2240 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 8 in Tempe, is hosting an ouija board-themed art exhibit. Entitled “Wanna Ouija?”…
We had ourselves a little sneak peek preview of the “Converging Trajectories: Crossing Borders, Building Bridges” show curated by Ted Decker. Last night, media folks were invited to Modified Arts to get an eyeful (or two … or five) of the whopping 41 artists’ works. Participating painters, sculptors, photographers, and…
There’s nothing like a great yard sale, especially a great yard sale with great art. It’s why we geeked out when a post went up on Craigslist about a “clearance” sale on Phoenix-based artist S A Schimmel Gold’s prints (framed and unframed) and giclées on canvas — starting at $5…
We first noticed the Pabst Blue Ribbon mural at 222 E. Roosevelt St. in June. Today it’s a deep shade of red (though you can still make out the two “beer angels”).The mural and PBR campaign has received a share of tagging backlash in the past few months. We have…
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, “Woah, when did that go up?”, we bring you Mural City, a series on the murals springing up around town — their…
We all remember when publishing company Conde Nast pulled the plug on Gourmet magazine back in 2009.But for some of us, the real media-inspired mourning came from Nast’s cancellation of Domino magazine — a fabulous magazine dedicated to home design.With Domino’s website long gone, Domino fans have rallied and created…
Earlier this month, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art took hold of more than 100 donated artworks. This may not sound like a big deal, but for a small-ish museum like SMoCA, whose permanent collection numbers around 2,000 pieces (comparably, Phoenix Art Museum hordes 18,000 works), the Eason Collection addition…
At the turn of the 20th century, high fashion was considered an art form — thanks to the likes of Parisian couturiers Paul Poiret and Jeanne Paquin, who translated artistic trends such as Orientalism into wearable designs. Today, whether fashion is an art form is debatable. In Sally Potter’s mystery…
We’ve seen this wheatpaste up in a few spots downtown … this latest one up on the corner of Seventh and Pierce streets, where the 7th Street Cafe sign used to be (picture after the jump)…
Joshua Ward’s been busy painting for the past eight years in his residence at the Arizona State Hospital — a state-funded facility, which provides long-term care and recovery for the state’s severely mentally ill population. You can see a small collection of his works at “Art From the Inside” at…
There’s been a bit of talk in the creative community about the Valley’s canal system (read this Arty Girl blog from last year about the Canalscape project) and now the City of Phoenix Office of Cultural Affairs is accepting applications to enhance the design of major street bridges that cross…
Comfortable, casual and … coastal? In Phoenix? Yes, we know it’s an odd combination in the desert, but Blueseeds, an Arcadia home store on Indian School Road, makes it work and then some. Owner Carla Bonner grew up on the East Coast and her aesthetic — with cool tones, easy…
Terry Greene Sterling’s Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona’s Immigration War Zone begins in the Mexican towns near the Arizona border: Nogales, Cananea, Altar, Arivaca, Agua Prieta. These are the places from which migrants press their luck to undertake dangerous crossings through the desert landscape. (Read: Chapter 6 of Illegal…
Communication in today’s teen world is a near attack on the five senses — if the phone’s not vibrating, ringing or lighting up, its keys are being tapped, its camera is being clicked or its speakers are emitting some kind of voice, beat or tune. And we just covered one…
Lisa Albinger’s “Holy Mary Mother of Birds” opens with a First Friday artist’s reception from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, August 6. New Times rapped with her about her latest series of works, which will hang at Perihelion Arts through month’s end. The following is in Albinger’s words:”Holy Mary Mother…
The only green found around the Rockridge Estate these days are the patches of AstroTurf where Scott Coles and Co. used to putt a few after a day’s work at (the now defunct) Mortgages Ltd.The home (with four patios, 33 bath fixtures and a nine-car garage) rests on 10 acres…
We’re officially over the hump of summer.How do we know this? Well, we’re seeing a bunch of call for art entries to fill upcoming art shows slated for fall. Yep, we’re on the home stretch. And come late September, Bragg’s Pie Factory will host its 2nd Annual Trashy Sculpture Show…
