Wednesday night, Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum will recognize eight local artists who’ve made a mark in the contemporary scene. The annual event celebrates up to seven emerging Arizona artists with $1,500 grants to purchase materials and one mid-career artist with $5,000 plus a special exhibition of his or her…
Every year over the first weekend in May people all over the world (75 cities in 15 countries as of 2011) gather to take part in Jane’s Walk, an event that formed out of famed writer and urbanist Jane Jacob’s legacy (and coincides with her birthday). In case you failed…
When El Moisés began planning this weekend’s Grand Avenue Get Down, he initially envisioned it as an stunning convergence of Latino culture, art, and automobiles of every shape and size. But one thing the 38-year-old artist didn’t want, however, was for the two-day event to be considered “just another Cinco…
Robrt Pela didn’t intend to permanently open a gallery when he first used the space on McDowell and 5th Avenue to host The Joe and Jan Show this past March. But the veteran Phoenix New Times critic and contributor was encouraged by others who, like himself, recognized a need for…
Tempe’s Broadmor Elementary is home to some seriously creative students and some very cool parents who’ve joined forces for the past five years to produce Hoodstock. Think indie music and arts festival meets school fundraising event and you’re on the path to what’s been an annual showcase of emerging talent…
Comic book geeks of Metro Phoenix better get plenty of sleep on Friday night, not to mention waiting until Sunday to check out Iron Man 3. That’s because Saturday, May 4, gonna be a red-letter day that’s like a ink-stained, pulp-filled, four-color mashup of Phoenix Comicon, Halloween, and Christmastime. The…
Local artist Rossitza Todorova says she’s trying to visually collapse space and metaphorically collapse time in her work — no small feat, to be sure. The thing is, the recent graduate actually achieves this goal with resounding success. Todorova’s solo exhibition Intersections opens this Friday at ASU’s Night Gallery. There…
If you missed TEDxPhoenixChange on April 7, the event’s organizers have good news — you can catch up with the ideas shared and questions explored online. The four talks, given by Amy Scerra, Bob Beard, Chell Robert, and Safwat Saleem aimed to disrupt the community (in a good way) and…
In the ceramics world, Wayne Higby is widely considered one of the most important artists of the past 50 years. But he doesn’t let it go to his head. When asked what he thinks about his place in the history of art, he laughs, saying in many ways he still…
We have a birthday to celebrate. This week, Jackalope Ranch is three years old, and in celebration of the creatives who continue to shape this community and those who’ve contributed to our exhibitions, projects, and coverage for the last three years, we’re bringing out our reserve of limited-edition jackalope stickers…
It goes without saying that we have a soft spot for all things local — local art, local food, local business. So when all three of those things come together at the low, low cost of free, well, we see it as reason to party. Join Practical Art’s Lisa Olson…
Whenever Dave Quan comes back to town, we know he’s up to something creative. The artist (who also goes by Luster Kaboom) moved to New York last year, but he comes back to his hometown every once in a while to paint a new mural or collaborate with old friends…
Kristin Bauer has been a busy woman for the past month. Immediately after de-installing Mixed Messages, a joint show of her and husband Emmett Potter’s latest artwork, she began preparing the same space at Modified Arts for The Sky Is Falling: A Group Exhibition about the Gravity of Things. Though…
Architecture and design fans, this is your week. Modern Phoenix Week is in full gear and, tonight, a panel of local architects will share their work for a live audience at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. See also: – Architect and Artist Paolo Soleri (1919-2013) – Jonathan Adler for…
Summer’s around the corner, which means there’s plenty of time to get creative (and finish a few projects) before the heat sets in. Lucky you, there happen to be a handful of great opportunities for local artists to have their work displayed and recognized. See also: – Announcing the…
Kathleen Vanesian is no stranger to Latin American art. We’ve featured the New Times art critic’s private collection of folk art, and you should see her collection of photographs from Cuba’s biennale, her trips to Mexico to buy more artwork, and her catalog of research on the genre. So her…
If your idea of Latin American art is limited to quaint portraits of indigenous women clutching calla lilies or balancing water jugs on their heads, you might have a hard time wrapping your head around “Order, Chaos, and the Space Between: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Diane and Bruce…
Margaret T. Hance Park is now the home to public artworks by two staples in the Phoenix art community. Jay Atherton is an artist and architect whose work — including installations, exhibitions, public buildings, and private residences — is all over the country. Atherton installed “Towards Time (130811 11:52)” on…
Paolo Soleri was an artist and an architect known for his critical views on urban sprawl and the development of Arcosanti, an experimental community near Cordes Junction. As a public figure and champion of ecological architecture (which he coined “Arcology”), Soleri drew crowds of fans and critics alike to see…
If you’ve always wanted to raise a glass to internationally celebrated photographer Ansel Adams, you’ll have a chance to do so this weekend at World of Beer in Tempe. Arts and Drafts is a partnership between World of Beer and the Tempe Festival of the Arts, which have teamed up…
For the past five years, Casebeer has been taking notes. The Phoenix artist (who goes by her last name only) went to school for creative writing and says she started painting and collaging when she had a bad case of writer’s block. But for the past few years, the words…
It’s no secret we’re big fans of letterpress, so when Cindy Iverson, local artist and co-founder of Letterpress Central mentioned a Wayzgoose slated for this summer, we took a few notes. The traditional Wayzgoose began as a celebration hosted by a master printer for his workmen that marked the end…
