If you’re done checking out Downtown galleries during tonight’s Third Friday artwalk, want an excuse to check out some sweet skate gear, or need an opportunity to cool off this weekend, we have you covered: Big Lebowski Party @ Sail Inn Nobody throws a party like The Dude, and tonight, the…
After 17 years at ASU Art Museum, curator John Spiak says he and his wife, Cassandra Coblentz, curator at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, will be packing their bags for California in August. The two have had a significant impact on the local arts community — Spiak curated the first museum solo shows of…
Don’t have a good excuse to get working on a creative project? We’ll give you five:1. Mural Proposals for monOrchid GallerymonOrchid owner Wayne Rainey is looking for submissions and mock ups for the west-facing wall of the downtown gallery. Fair warning: it’s no small task. Rainey says the wall is about 19-by-100…
Nothing goes better with a movie than dinner (and perhaps vise versa), which Chow Bella has all figured out.Dinner and a Movie pairs all sorts of films with themed recipes each week.Today features Cinema Paradiso, written and directed by Guiseppe Tornatore, which Chow Bella paired with pasta with Campari tomatoes,…
Artist: Brad Armstrong Medium: 35mm filmI was driving Westbound on I-17 between 24st and 7th street when looked to the north. I saw a early morning Monsoon dust strom blowing across a dirt field. I didn’t think much of it until I saw what appeared to be an abandoned carnival. It was…
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? UK-based street artist Mobstr writes that he calls himself so for three reasons: 1.He owned a pet lobster called mobster 2.Like real mobsters, he partakes…
This summer, Coblentz and the team at SMoCA opened the doors for the summer season with work by Han and Mihalyo, and tonight, she’s giving the public a look behind the scenes at their groundbreaking architectural installation, video, and visual artwork that tells another story about the Scottsdale museum and…
Kate Benjamin is the proud owner of a new (and another) cattoo, er, tattoo inspired by her favorite animal — the cat. Benjamin’s a huge local supporter of the fur balls — she owns Moderncat Studio in Phoenix and collaborated with local creative Heidi Abrahamson on cat hair jewelry in May. This summer, she’s…
Artist: Lisa Marie SipeMedium: Paper, Photography & EncausticThe arc of a cactus spine or the waxy, perfect petals of a succulent blossom will forever evoke Phoenix for me because it was the first place I experienced cactus. The photographs in “Sweeping Succulent” were taken at the Desert Botanical Garden. The…
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? Bashir Sultani was born in Afghanistan, grew up in Russia, and currently works as an illustrator in Toronto. His latest medium: salt. Sultani writes…
Artist: Charles Anthony DarrMedium: PhotographyThis shot of the storm on July 5, 2011 was made by stitching nine frames shot with my Canon S90, creating a 180 degree panorama looking southeast from Tempe.The countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This…
If you have no qualms about eating live roaches, jumping from buildings, or venturing into Scottsdale without a suntan, you’ll want to head to Spanish Fly Mexican Beach Club this Friday night for a chance to compete in the upcoming season of television’s Fear Factor. Spanish Fly reps say the…
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 Making of Ephemicropolis from Peter Root on Vimeo. UK artist Peter Root writes that much of his work involves highly repetitive techniques and “algorithmic…
Artist: Unknown Medium: Photograph from the National ArchivesThe 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…
In an unlikely (and totally drool-worthy) collaboration, Aji Spa at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and ASU Gammage will host a Summer Spa Day with sneak peek visuals of the upcoming theater season. Just don’t splash the artwork. The all-day package includes a full body 50-minute Swedish Massage, lunch…
When the W Scottsdale and Maxim get together to throw a pool party for MLB All-Star Weekend, there’s bound to be fashionable people, fancy drinks and plenty of festivities. The hotel’s WET deck was full of baseball memorabilia, fans, and players, so we thought we’d stop by to take a…
The Culture Pass race is on. On July 1, Valley and ASU libraries launched the Culture Pass program, which gives library card holders and ASU students a chance to check out a pass for free admission to a number of participating museums and cultural centers. Now you just have to…
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? Like many of us hope to during the summer, artist D*Face took his work to the pool. The London-based street and fine artist attached…
Artists: Carol Panaro-Smith and James Hajicek Medium: Photogenic DrawingJames (Hajicek) and I are probably the only Arizonians that pray for 115 plus degree weather. We only make photogenic drawings on the hottest days of the year. The combination of heat and cloudless skies produce some of the most spectacular colors. Our…
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? Greg Borenstein and Scott Wayne Indiana, recent grads of NYU ITP are on a mission to bring GIFs (computer-animated sequences of images) back into…
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? In 2009, the Awesome Foundation gave Hansy Better Barraza $1000 to gather supplies and volunteers to weave and install her large-scale idea. A year…
