It’s Monday morning and my inbox is way out of control with reminders, announcements, pdf fliers and press releases all about this upcoming weekend.It’s gonna be a big one, chickens.But I want to be sure to point out the 50th anniversary celebration for the Phoenix Art Museum, happening this Friday,…
Naturally, I like to give a little background to the subjects I blog about. I mean, that’s what writers do, yes?So today, I’m writing about the crafting duo, a.ware. And when I punched in some key words to a search engine, waddya know, an Arty Girl entry was the first…
I can’t remember the last time ASU Art Museum had a Director. And, man, am I relieved to hear they have finally filled the position. Gordon Knox will take the helm on January 11th, working part-time until July 1st when he will assume the full-time position.Knox sounds like an interesting…
Yes, yes, I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet and I apologize profusely for the holiday theme of this blog.I swear, I’m not one of those people who put up strings of lights and fake inflatable snowmen in my front yard the day after Halloween. In fact, I’m usually very…
Today is one of those days where I look at my giant stack of blogging options and I get a little sad. You see, I’ve only got three blog slots per week to fit everything in and sometimes I fail to get it all in. I know, I know, it’s…
It’s understandable why some galleries prefer hosting solo exhibits. With group shows, the gallery has to solicit, select, and arrange for works to be delivered. It’s difficult dealing with one artist on deadline, much less 10 or 20. And the curator (or juror) has to somehow make works of varying…
Before I talk about the Roller Derby Dames, here are two paragraphs about something for the ladies of a more dainty persuasion.Today, I’m in a fine mood, I am. It’s Wednesday, so that means I’m getting into the Phoenix Art Museum tonight by throwing just a couple bucks into their…
Even those who aren’t that into art know who William Wegman is. Or, at least, they remember when his Cinderella book hit it big in the 90’s. Remember? The book that has a photo of a dog in a blonde wig on the cover? Yeah, that’s Wegman.But there’s a lot…
I did my fair share of being out and about these past two weeks, soaking up the Nick Cave lecture at SMoCA, making a jaunt to First Friday and hitting the Canalscape opening at ASU Art Museum (among other events). So I was thinking I might stick my head in…
Now that Martin Cizmar has baited me to respond to his blog (he’s good at that, isn’t he?) about the Swell Season mural, I’ll go ahead and let everyone know that I actually really like it. Surprised?You shouldn’t be. Even though I can be critical from time to time, I…
I am such a moron sometimes, I swear.I can name a handful of people I personally know who have coughed up a bunch of dough and trekked across the globe to Venice, Italy. And, of course, I’ve always wanted to go, too. Why? For the beautiful canals, of course.I grew…
Didja hear the big, big news?!?!?Finally, at long last, after years of fighting a sea of people on the sidewalks of Roosevelt, dodging cars while jaywalking and breathing the exhaust of the slowed vehicles, Roosevelt Street is shutting out all traffic from Central Ave to 7th Street tonight. Yes, that’s…
Every artistic medium has its challenges: Oil paint can stay wet for months, acrylics dry quickly, and encaustic (heated wax) is unyielding. But local artist Lisa Marie Sipe, whose latest works are on display in the exhibit “Polychromic Outthrusts” at eye lounge in Phoenix, found a way to bend encaustic…
Now, Arty Girl doesn’t usually like to double dip on covering art events. This time around, however, we’ve got two artists, two gallery locations and two receptions. So it seems only appropriate that there would be two blips of coverage on the Phoenix New Times radar.Yep, the exhibition, “colLABORation” certainly…
First, you have just two days to get a little scratch together and purchase tickets for the “Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth” lecture and soundsuit performance. But you already knew that, right? I mean, we’ve written a night & day piece and an entire review…
Ok, just a warning: I’m going to be mean in this blog. But I assert that anything I say here does not hold a candle to the suffering I feel everyday on my way to work, when I’ve had to take in a begrudging eyeful of the Monsters of Folk…
Yes, let’s!If you ever meet me, you can pretty much assume that the accessories I’ll be wearing have come from frances, the adorable boutique on Central and Camelback. It’s kind of embarrassing, really. But every time I go there, I find something I just “have to have”. And before I…
I make no bones about my feelings for the city of Phoenix: I love it.Sure, we certainly have our problems and while I believe such issues should always be addressed, as soon as the conversation turns to unproductive bashing on my home town, I get seriously T.O.’d. You may as…
I live in a small apartment fourplex that was built in 1927. Sometimes when my mind wanders, I imagine what has happened within these walls. What kind of people lived here? How many times has someone gotten freaky here? And has anyone ever died?Then I start to get a little…
In some craft circles, residents of Glendale, Arizona, are envied beyond belief and it takes only one visit to the Bead Museum to understand why. These beads aren’t just for crafters (although the gift shop sells some amazing supplies). The displays are for anyone interested in the history of the…
This blog is about a writing contest and it goes out to all my fellow writers out there.I hesitated about this blog because I’m a little late in the game. This particular writing contest has an October 31st deadline, which is just ten days from now.Then I remembered who the…
In the past 20 years or so, Americans of all ethnicities throughout the country — especially here in the Southwest — have been making a big deal of Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration that spans several days and just happens to coincide with All…
