Artist: Rupp Aerial PhotographyMedium: Cartography The Phoenix Color Mural is an enormous aerial photograph and color-coded map of Phoenix (c. 1995) that’s on display on the second floor of the Phoenix Public Library.The countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we’ll…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action, and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? The Brooklyn Brainery is so not your average club or hodgepodge of community classes. The New York-based idea-space, founded by three New-Yorkers who were…
On the Underfull, spilled milk (or soda, or wine) never looked so cool. The tablecloth, by Norwegian designer Kristine Bjaadal, has a pattern that first appears when wet and absorbs the color of the spill. “This creates stories and can contribute in giving the tablecloth sentimental value,” she writes. “[It’s] important in a society…
is surrounded in his Tempe studio by tin, sketches of film cameras, and a huge inspiration wall that grows behind his desk. It’s a space that he’s shared with other local creatives and fellow grad students in the photography program at ASU. He says it’s a working space — and a good…
William LeGoullon has been going to the drive-in movies for as long as he can remember. The local photographer says he was always drawn to their “iconic Americana” feel and timelessness, which is also why he was so disappointed to hear that the Scottsdale 6 Drive-in (pictured above) had closed…
Artist: UnknownMedium: Postcard The back of the postcard reads: Phoenix’ most modern inn combines motor hotel convenience with metropolitan hotel service. Phoenix and Scottsdale shopping centers are close by. The Oasis, intimate restaurant and cocktail lounge in Caravan Inn East, is one of Phoenix’ most popular dining places.The countdown to Best…
After a two-day hiatus and a big scare to the local climbing community, Climbmax owner Mike Fitzgerald announced last night that the Tempe indoor climbing gym will be open again, as of this afternoon. “Our short closure has given way to negotiations to renew our lease,” Fitzgerald wrote on the Climbmax’s…
On July 20, Kellie Walker and her Voices Lifted choir packed their songbooks and headed to Dobson Home — one of three homes overseen by Hospice of the Valley. Walker, along with choir members Rebecca Riggs, Nancy Wittenberg and Melissa Bush, sing regularly for a number of patients and their family…
Allison Crouse Medium: Digital Photography My panorama is made up of about 15 images of the Salt River. I was very fortunate to see the wild horses that morning. I was trying to capture the serenity of the river in the early morning. It is such a calm and yet wild place…
Mike Fitzgerald announced Wednesday that he was closing the doors of Climbmax, effective immediately. Word spread quickly through the climbing community, and an open letter was posted by Fitzgerald on the Climbmax website:”Due to reasons beyond our control, we have been forced to immediately close this facility,” Fitzgerald writes. “Closing the gym…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours?Don’t expect to be able to park in the sweet spots next to campus, along Roosevelt Row, or across the street from City Hall in downtown Phoenix…
Just a day after fashion fans inundated big-box retail store Target (and crashed its website) shopping the Missoni for Target line, Misty Guerriero unpacked her own Missoni fabric collection and stocked a table at her Phoenix shop, Vintage by Misty. “It’s absolutely good timing,” she says. “And this stuff is legit.” Guerriero says her…
Artist: Sam Gomez Medium: Photography I often capture a manifestation of the Phoenix in the Arizona sky, but this has to be one of the most detailed images that I have caught this year above downtown Phoenix. Then with it ascending made it more magical. The Phoenix a representation of rebirth,…
Margherita Missoni unveiled the 400-piece, Missoni for Target collection this morning, and evidently the marketing bonanza, catchy commercials, and totally droolworthy designs paid off. The entire Target website has been down for most of the day and shoppers report long lines and empty shelves in the big box chain. The line continues Italian…
Artist: UnknownMedium: PhotographyThe countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we’ll have 100 creative representations of Phoenix. No scope or requirement on medium or size — we’ll include photography, painting, sculpture, video, installation, literary, and more. What do you see…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? First Friday, Third Friday, hell, we could spend any Friday (or day between) on Roosevelt Row. The Downtown neighborhood and business community is home…
Time to dust off the old sewing machine and take notes from a local creative. Fashion designer Tiffe Fermaint, who’s shown her wares at local fashion weeks, design competitions and in Downtown galleries, is looking to get back behind her machine and is dishing out a few helpful techniques. The Phoenix-based designer…
Organizers of Cave Creek’s Running of the Bulls Festival in October have been more than happy to send out notifications, scheduling information, and colorful descriptions of their three-day event, which they’ve described as “the thrill of a life time,” a “$25 Adrenaline rush,” and “better than drugs.” And while Running of…
Artist: Joe Jankovsky Medium: Photographic Print At Fifth and Van Buren streets in Phoenix you can visit a memorial to the St. Mary’s Elementary School. If you ever go, take a moment to stand in front of the historic Archway and try to imagine what, when built, was the largest…
You Are Beautiful is an anonymous, Chicago-based campaign built by artists and activists and spread through the use of art installations, guerilla artwork, and the use of small stickers. “The vision of the You Are Beautiful campaign is to focus on the utmost truth that unites us as a people: each…
