Cowtown Skateboards hosted its annual skateboard jam over the weekend and invited local boarders and fans to watch the pros (and each other) pull a few tricks and compete for prizes. The event, held at Desert West Skateboard Plaza, was full of expected and unexpected fashion statements from boarders and…
Volume 19 of Hi-Fructose, a quarterly contemporary arts magazine, hasn’t hit the stands, but when it does, you can keep an eye out for the work of local creative, Colin Chillag. Chillag’s a local painter who recently departed from his well-known cartoon style with his portrait series of residents at…
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? Six Arizona artists are working to organize, fund, and produce a reactionary arts festival that won’t be featuring their own work. Instead of adding…
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? On the side of an abandoned house in Nola, New Orleans, there’s a space to visualize your own bucket list. Before I Die is…
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? Kirsty Hall is on a year-long mission to leave a trail, in jars. The Bristol-based artist creates small-scale drawings and installations from found objects,…
Sticker junkies: if you’re planning on checking out local artist MADONE’s annual Sticker Phiends show on April 8, you might want to bring a few stickers of your own to trade — and a bag. The event’s known for shelling out freebies (including drinks if you’re over 21 and bring…
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 Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams. The film was inspired by the director’s memories and was one the last films…
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We’re here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide — an evolving guide to art walks around town. From time to time, we’ll introduce some of our favorite spots and…
One of our own, local worlds of books is 37 years old today. Happy Birthday, Changing Hands…
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?…
There will be a ton of visual art and performance to see tomorrow during First Friday (stay tuned for our Field Guide), including OP-tic’s Japan benefit art/sound show.The relatively new experimental artspace, owned by local sculptor/performance artist David Therrien, will host the Phoenix Radiation Experiment 1.0, as well as visual…
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? Film directing duo DANIELS (aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) have worked on short films, commercials, and music videos in the US and England…
Teenage boys and bedroom amateurs alike, please hold your applause — we’re going to try to keep these two large, hideous triangles of fabric from automatically unhinging and potentially injuring you and the poor girl you’ve most likely definitely bribed to wear that thing, and enter your apartment.And while we…
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? With the help of Artsteps, gallery spaces and their exhibitions are about to get a little more virtual. A few months ago, Google launched…
Thanks to two kids from Germany, the wait is over for everyone who’s ever wanted to run around and slide on things with a plastic stump … and call it a sport. Sporthocking’s an “extreme” mix between skateboarding, break dancing, baton twirling, running, and ultimately, sitting. Naturally, it requires a…
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? Why bother with needles and lounge chairs when you can have the wind knit for you? The Wind Knitting Factory is one of the…
After a killer concert on Saturday night, Lady Gaga’s monster fans danced, strutted, and crawled to the second annual Monster Ball with Lady Starlight. We couldn’t resist the opportunity for some serious people watching, so we headed to Bar Smith to take a few fashionable notes. The Good’s above, the…
Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon grew up in the graffiti scene writing and throwing up pieces across their own cities and throughout others as they traveled. Their history and experience plays a major role in who they are now — writers (in the literary sense) and publishers of some of…
Pro skateboarders Benny Fairfax, Dennis Busenitz, Pete Eldridge, Lem Villemin and Vince Del Valle dropped into Paradise Valley Skate Park on Friday, to the surprise of about 100 (totally stoked) local skateboarders. The stunt was sponsored by adidas during a cross-country brand and new skate shoe campaign. A group of…
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? If you don’t look closely, you might miss Chinese artist Liu Bolin; he’s busy adapting to his surroundings. Bolin works with two assistants who…
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? Six months ago, British sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor dropped more than 400 of his works into the ocean.His underwater installation, The Silent Evolution,…
