Herberger Theater Center stirred up local controversy by abruptly canceling the art exhibition “Prime Example” in August because of its content. Now the arts organization, which is owned by the city of Phoenix, is getting national attention. The New York City-based National Coalition Against Censorship has called out Herberger for…
Kathy Griffin might be our favorite person. Between her celebrity trash talking, being BFFs with Anderson Cooper, and her readiness to skewer her own life by poking fun at her abundance of butt sweat, badass wino mom Maggie “Tip It!” Griffin, and romantic woes we’re pretty sure that we could…
Drag yourself away from your latest A Beautiful Mess-inspired DIY project. It’s time for an artistic take on the world of crafting. During the three-day FlashBackForward: Rethinking Craft Symposium, you’ll gain insight into the point at which craft and art intersect. The symposium begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 26,…
Phoenix Art Museum curator of modern and contemporary art Sara Cochran has resigned. Though a formal statement wasn’t released on the matter, the museum’s public relations manager Nicole DeLeon confirmed that Cochran submitted her resignation Thursday, September 19. Cochran has served as PAM’s modern and contemporary art curator since 2008…
When Herberger Theater Center’s art gallery canceled the group exhibition “Prime Example” less than a week before the show was set to open at the theater’s gallery, the arts community cried foul. Although it took a few days for all the details to come out, it’s clear that the show…
Three ASU art professors have banded together to explore the idea that complexity can exist within what appears to be simplicity. For inspiration printmaker Mary Hood, sculptor Mary Neubauer, and painter-drawer Janice Pittsley look to utopia — specifically Greece’s Arcadia, a region historically reknowned for its paradisiacal landscape and its…
If Walter White’s the most famous chemist you can think of, you might be due for a history lesson. Kristin Hendrickson, from ASU’s school of chemistry and biochemistry, obliges with her upcoming lecture on one of the first woman scientiests: Maria the Prophetess, a.k.a. Maria the Jewess, a.k.a. Maria, Sister…
It’s canceled. That’s what a box office clerk told artist Ronnie Ray Mendez on Friday, August 30, when he arrived at Herberger Theater Center to pick up promotional postcards for the exhibition “Prime Example,” a group show curated by local gallery owner (and longtime New Times contributor) Robrt Pela and…
Puff up your pom-pons and shine up your tiara, because it’s time for a homecoming — Laurie Notaro’s. The humorist/potty mouth returns to Arizona this week for a lecture and book-signing at ASU’s Polytechnic campus Tuesday, September 17…
Phoenix, who knew you’d like bingo so much? Well. We had an inkling you might. After a month of great hosts, prizes, and hundreds of players showing up for some B-I-N-G-O, August’s weekly bingo bonanza came to a close. But y’all have caught bingo fever. And the only prescription is…
Step aside, Superman. The cape’s making a comeback faster than a speeding bullet. Don’t fear, Phoenix fashionables; these coverups aren’t the floor-sweeping, candy-red costumery the Man of Steel’s made famous. Instead, the fall 2013 trend showcased in collections from Valentino and Mulberry focuses on luxe fabrics, sleek shapes, and cultivating…
To explain her current project documenting Native American culture in the Southwest, photographer Elite Henenson starts with a little bit of history about herself. She was born in Israel and traveled to South America after completing her compulsory military service. It was there that she discovered her passion for photography…
Scottsdale Cultural Council appointed Richard M. Hayslip as its interim CEO, according to a message sent by the council’s board of trustees officers the morning of Tuesday, September 3. Hayslip will start serving as interim CEO on Monday, September 9…
Late last week Herberger Theater Center’s art gallery canceled the opening of the exhibition “Prime Example,” curated by New Times contributor Robrt Pela. Since then, the Phoenix arts community has tried to make sense of how exactly a show that had been on the books for two years could be…
That Rachel and Jim Malloy are one of Phoenix’s best-dressed couples is no coincidence. When they’re not busy dressing themselves well, the pair purveys some of the city’s most wearable, stylish duds in their store, Bunky Boutique.Known for carrying men’s items and womenswear that Rachel likes to describe as “timeless…
While aspiring artists and creative types will find sugary treats, courtesy of Essence Bakery and Cartel Coffee Lab, at SMoCA Lounge’s latest Good ‘N Plenty artist grant event, also up for grabs will be some pretty sweet prize money.Here’s how it works: Up until about a week before the grant…
Herberger Theater Center’s art gallery encountered controversy when it canceled this week’s scheduled exhibition “Prime Example,” which was curated by New Times contributor Robrt Pela. After discussing the drama with Pela, Jackalope Ranch talked with Herberger’s Laurene Austin about what led to the cancellation…
You won’t find “Prime Example” at Herberger Theater Center Steele Pavilion Art Gallery Thursday, September 5. Instead, expect angry members of the Phoenix arts community. The gallery abruptly announced to the public via email the show’s cancellation on Friday, August 30. That’s less than a week before the exhibition, curated…
Thirty days has September, April, June, and Hispanic Heritage Month. Although the 30-day period would nestle nicely into September, instead it starts September 15 and spills further into fall, ending on October 15. Getting into the celebratory spirit, Phoenix Art Museum will expand on those slightly askew month boundaries by…
Art does not exist in a vacuum, and the members and staff at Gilbert gallery and studio space Art Intersection are well aware. For creative types to thrive, they need a community. That’s why the artistic outpost has assembled a group of artists, bringing them together through its membership program…
Frankly, we get a little bored with the whole Miss America thing — and we’re not even talking Donald Trump.Year after year, America’s most major pageant features the same old stuff: huge hair, sparkles, swimsuits. We get it.But dammit if the Miss Arab USA 2013 pageant hasn’t piqued our interest…
If Phoenix Fashion Week 2013 is giving you flashes of déjà vu, you’re not alone. You’re not hallucinating either. The annual string of fashion shows featuring burgeoning and established designers dipped into its pool of past participants to make up a fair chunk of its 2013 lineup. Six of the…
