Join + Cast: A Field Guide to Contemporary Art in Phoenix has been a labor of love for the past year-and-a-half for co-creators (and local artists) Jennifer Campbell and Catherine Akins. The book features maps and information for many urban galleries in the Greater Phoenix area, interviews and profiles of local artists, a Do-It-Yourself section, and…
The folks behind Perihelion Arts gallery in downtown Phoenix are on summer vacation, but their doors will open tonight for a pop-up art exhibition featuring the latest work from The Rise Project, a Downtown community arts and music youth program.Joseph “Sentrock” Perez curated the Project’s first art show last month as part…
Pittsburgh-based United Pixelworkers are known for their limited-edition tees geared toward designers and web fiends alike. And for thee next 10 days, Phoenix-based design fans have the chance to nab one of the faux union’s tees that spotlight our Valley of the Sun…
TGIFF. The Open Source Project in Tempe is hosting their monthly party tonight and they’re bringing a new round of local art and folksy sounds of violinist Tobie Milford.”Final Fridays is when we exchange all the art out for the month,” says Michael Witham, co-owner of the Open Source Project. “Artists come and display their…
Bryn CorbettVideo portrait of Julie RistFrom 1964-1966, Andy Warhol filmed more than 500 video portraits — 60 seconds of film fixed on a single, unflinching subject — of his friends, collaborators, and various denizens of the ’60s art scene. The works were collected as Screen Test and displayed to the…
In a world gone mad, one vagabond has the courage and the fortitude to stand up to the corrupt forces that tear all that is good asunder. This is the plot to Hobo With A Shotgun, and it is more than 80-minutes of hideously terrific cinema.The contest-winning Grindhouse trailer turned…
Many artists make statements with their work, and many artists collaborate on shows to promote the awareness of causes they feel are important.Catie Tombs and Elane Spivak are taking the collaborative process a step further and are attempting to create a community in the heart of the Phoenix art district…
Joseph “Sentrock” Perez made a name for himself in the local arts scene through his love of hip-hop, breakdancing, painting, and graffiti. As the director of the Rise Project, Perez has overseen and mentored a group of Phoenix youths making their own contributions to the arts. This weekend, Perez is taking…
Michael Ian Black will take the local stage this weekend at the Improv. The comedian/actor/director/panelist from VH1’s “I Love the ‘__’s” shows isn’t exactly a Valley veteran, but his upcoming plans for a road trip (and a book) will see him in Arizona more often in the coming months.We caught up with Black…
That Wonder Woman pilot from David E. Kelley didn’t quite work out, but rejoice, comic fans, for Powers is coming to the small screen. After getting the green light from FX in February, Brian Michael Bendis has revealed that his hit superhero detective series will enter production on the pilot…
Collector Haven in Mesa might have moved to its newer, nicer, and bigger location a month ago, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have their Grand Re-Opening celebration whenever they damn well please. This Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., the comic and collectible shop is throwing a party to…
In order for Hal Jordan to become a protector of the Universe, he must exhibit great feats of courage, strength, willpower, and the ability to overcome fear.Luckily, none of these is required for you to have a good time this weekend at the Arizona Popular Culture Experience’s Green Lantern movie…
E3 is well underway, and the video game industry’s “Big Three” of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have all conducted their press conferences and made their major announcements.As expected, each company gave glimpses of games we’ve seen and games we haven’t seen as well as promises of a better future complete…
If your inner-Shakespeare’s dying to get out, clad in a leather corset, dust-stained goggles, and rustic thigh-high boots, you might want to mark down Gotham City Comics & Coffee’s Steampunk Sonnet Slam. This Saturday, June 11, from 6 to 8 p.m., local poet Aaron Johnson will be hosting the fiction-driven…
To say ‘Steve Rude is an interesting dude’ would be putting it lightly.The Peoria-based, Eisner award-winning artist made his bones in the comic book industry during the ’80s and ’90s. Rude became a prolific artist through his work on the science-fiction epic Nexus with co-creator, Mike Baron, and employs a drawing…
