Arty Girl: 20×200 Website Offers Affordable Art by Carrie Marill

Local artist Carrie Marill is featured on the home page of www.20×200.com today, a website dedicated to selling fine art prints.This, however, isn’t a generic site like www.allposters.com where you can get a millionth reprint of Van Gogh’s Starry Night for your kid’s dorm room. And it doesn’t let just…

Arty Girl: Learn to Market Your Art

Attention struggling artists: On Wednesday, February 17, you can learn how to turn your talent into a business at the “Marketing and Managing Your Art Career” workshop at Tempe Center for the Arts.Now, I understand that some creative types might interpret the integration of business practices into their art as…

Arty Girl: Write for the Superstition Review Online Magazine

So you want to be a published writer, eh? Good news! The Superstition Review online magazine is now accepting submissions.Here, in the offices of the Phoenix New Times, discussing the current state of a career in writing is one of our very favorite things to do.Ok, maybe “favorite” is the…

Arty Girl: West Valley Art Museum’s Latest Move

Man, I am bummed.The West Valley Art Museum’s “temporary closure” has morphed into the sale of the museum’s building. They will have a benefit sale this weekend.In August 2009, the Museum shut its doors to restructure funds. The goal was to open again in the future and, at the time,…

Arty Girl: First Friday Roundup

Alright folks, allow me to take you on a visual journey (actually, it’s just a crap-ton of jpegs) to illustrate what’s happening with the visual arts at First Friday Artwalk tonight. “Natural Origins” by Lara Kupcikevicius and Christina Ramirez @ MonOrchidBoth artists chose patterns and visual themes from nature as…

Arty Girl: Make Valentine’s Day Cards with Cyndi Coon

I’m so relieved to hear that someone else in town doesn’t hate Valentine’s Day.And that someone is Cyndi Coon of Laboratory5 Inc. (Lab5 is a joint venture with fellow artist and husband, Jeremy Briddell, where they both showcase their art). Coon will be leading a workshop at MADE Art Boutique…

Arty Girl: Get Your Shop On

I hesitate to tell others about this but both Rowdy Boutique and frances vintage are having winter sales.I’ve been keeping my mouth shut about it all week but the guilt of denying my precious readers this information has proven too great…and I broke.(My apologies to my fellow female co-workers for…

Arty Girl: Alzheimer’s Art Program at SMoCA

I usually snark it up on this blog but if I were to make wise cracks about this very serious disease, you could classify me as pure evil.Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, along with Banner Health, is hosting “Arts Engagement”, a series of workshops for individuals with early to mid-stage…

Arty Girl: Feminist Art History at PAM

Even though I recently betrayed my feminist roots by writing this piece, I still have loyalty to the cause. Especially when it comes to Art History.It’s no secret that, historically, female artists haven’t really gotten their fair shake. Lack of education, lack of opportunity for status and all that baby-raising…

Arty Girl: Classes at Loveland Boutique

It’s really no secret that I’m a big fan of the independently owned boutique. I have a hunch that most slightly fashionable women who loved art class as kids have fantasized at least once in their lives about opening their own little spot; filled to the brim with adorable garments,…

Arty Girl: Christy Puetz at Chandler Center for the Arts

The always whimsical, entertaining, and ridiculously meticulous Christy Puetz is showing her latest beaded artworks at Chandler Center for the Arts. The opening reception is Friday.New Times snagged this artist for a Studio Visit a couple years ago and we’re pleased to find out that she’s still at it.Puetz is…

Arty Girl: DJ Demonstration at SMoCA’s “Rewind Remix Replay”

SMoCA really knows how to stay on my radar.This is the third time I’ve blogged about their “Rewind Remix Replay: Design, Music & Everyday Experience” exhibition.But it’s with good reason. Starting with a call for historic music-making/producing/amplifying contraptions way back in June, the show opened early this month. It sounds…

Arty Girl: New Gallery Opens Tonight

Wayne Rainey is at it again.The owner of Holgas and MonOrchid can easily be credited as a major mover in the downtown arts scene.And tonight he’s debuting his latest art space, Bokeh Gallery, in the MonOrchid building…

Arty Girl: Haus Modern Living to Close This Weekend

What a drag.After eight years of business, the posh furniture and home boutique, haus modern living, on Central Ave and Highland is closing Sunday.Needless to say, we’re big-time bummed here at New Times about the news. We may even be too depressed to hit the clearance sale that is going…

Arty Girl: 2010 Designer Night at here* on the corner

I really do love to poke around little boutiques for unique treasures. It’s gotten to a point where most of my accessories come from small-time designers who craft at home. These days, I’m actually embarrassed to admit it if I’m wearing a scarf or hat that I picked up at…