Congratulate Gregg Nourjian if you see him at the Local Motors grand opening in Chandler this weekend — he owns the first official Rally Fighter (pictured above). Well, as soon as he builds it. The Local Motors’ micro-factory landed in Phoenix based solely on the design of its Rally Fighter…
You may have caught Michele Laudig’s post over at Chow Bella about the art up at SideBar.Now that the show’s scheduled to come down within a week (a specific date has yet to be set), we thought we’d snag a Q&A with Daniel Davis who is one-half of the husband-wife…
Whether you’ve flown out of the airport to visit relatives in Indiana or just popped in to pick up an out-of-town guest, you’ve probably been to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport at some point. But few locals realize the airport has amassed a collection of over 500 pieces of art since…
Art is art, no matter where you find it. Vietnamese-American artist/photographer Dinh Q. Lê has found it in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (the city formerly known as Saigon), where he’s lived and worked for the past 12 years. Lucky for us, ASU Art Museum has brought his…
Phoenix Design Week is upon us … in two months.This means the prep work and planning for the five day event filled with seminars, national guest speakers, design exhibitions, and ridiculous amounts of networking is well under way.And that means there are some pretty sweet opportunities for local designers to…
Haters of SB 1070 can stand in solidarity on Thursday, July 29, in the presence of some badass art.Bay-area based Jesus Barraza, an artist that specializes in screen printing, designed the poster that organizations such as Alto Arizona are pimping in its literature.Check out some of Barraza’s other designs here…
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…
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…
Listen up Phoenix photographers: You’ve got a deadline approaching. Put a big, red circle around August 5 and get to work.Tilt Gallery is hosting the “Photography Re-Imagined: 4th Annual Juried Alternative & Historical Process Show” in October and they need your work.Assuming your work is made using alternative or historical…
One of our pet peeves is when people bemoan the lack of community and cohesion in the Valley without bringing any new ideas to the table. We’ll grant you. It’s a pretty easy topic to rip on. Thankfully there are visionaries like Taz Loomans who shun this cliché in favor…
A pleasurable post office errand in the summer is rare; a long line and the lady who attempts to fill out the shipping form (in the queue) inevitably squash the possibility of a quick in and out. Which is why this morning’s mail run in Tempe was surprising — It…
Haunting, tragic and often traumatic is the artwork of Chris Mars, on display at Mesa Contemporary Arts until August 1. Mars’ work is heavily influenced by his experiences with mental illness. As a young child, he spent a lot of time visiting his older brother, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia,…
In the mid-1960s, when artist Chris Mars was 5 years old, his 16-year-old brother, Joe, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized because of his mental disorder. An incurable but now-treatable brain dysfunction, schizophrenia is often characterized by delusions, hallucinations (both visual and auditory), social withdrawal, and a sense of being…
Artist Spencer Hibert has done good.Not only does he run Soyal Gallery in Scottsdale with Emmett Potter III, he also won a New Times Big Brain Award for Visual Arts.When we profiled the guy, we talked all about his Miigiis. The small toys, created by Hibert, can be found in…
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 –…
On a recent Friday morning, blacksmith Bill Smith stands over the coals at his workshop at the Cattle Track Arts Compound in Scottsdale. It’s almost 100 degrees outside already, but it’s even hotter in Smith’s workshop, where he’s crafting an ornate fireplace poker. Smith, 75, has been a professional blacksmith…
People in other parts of the country spend the rest of the year dreaming of summer’s sunny skies, cool breezes and blooming flowers. Phoenicians, on the other hand, dread the summer season. Everything here seems to shrivel up and die, from the poor withered cactus on my patio to the art gallery scene…
Now that some time has passed since Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law, local creative types opposed to the bill are really starting to exercise their creative muscles. During the months of August and September, Calaca Cultural Center will present “FootPrints – SB1070,” a comprehensive exhibition…
Back in April, Jackalope Ranch reported on [merz] project’s nominations by Dwell. Well, the results have been counted and the Stumpf House won Dwell’s “Houses We Love: People’s Choice” online poll…
“In the Mood” has transformed the Phoenix Art Museum’s Ellman Gallery into a fashion time capsule from the 1940s, filled with authentic garments from the World War II era that range from Hollywood-inspired glamorous gowns to fashions made from salvaged materials to factory overalls and military uniforms. A soundtrack with…
The Phoenix Transect Project is at it again. Founded in 2007, the group of Arizona State University graduate students and faculty have been focusing its efforts on capturing the Phoenix metro area in the styles of field and documentary photography. Anyone that’s been around here for a little bit knows…
