Amy Abrams

Dan Collins, 51, a pioneer in digital sculpture, bumps art up against science and lands on the cutting edge. As both fine artist and computer crackerjack, Collins co-directs Arizona State University's PRISM, a state-of-the-art laboratory that gathers 3-D digital data and builds objects with a rapid prototyping machine -- a...

Don't pigeonhole Nissa Kubly . . . she's an artist, but also an inventor and a scientist. What's clear is her passion for one place -- the brink of discovery. Almost any day, you can find Kubly, 29, tinkering in her Phoenix studio -- a converted garage crammed with books,...

We are under attack. The enemy, invisible and silent, has annexed every living room, classroom and workplace -- and gallery. At monOrchid Gallery in downtown Phoenix, a show titled "A WarLike People: Victims or Perpetrators?" exposes the adversary, sounding the alarm on government control through fear, subsequent elimination of civil...