Holding a bake sale to fund an art gallery is either ridiculous or inspired. The five NAU art students who did it mostly remember it as embarrassing. Oil painters Devin Kelly, Patrick Keig, Sumer Khan, Andrea Newman, and Jeff Urdang had been sharing studio space while working on their undergrad…
Apparently, Phoenicians are all about rising above this month. We couldn’t tell you exactly why the Valley is suddenly flush with aerial photography shows, but the change in perspective is a welcome breath of fresh air all the same. Don’t get overwhelmed. We’re here to help you navigate these exhibitions…
We have a sneaking suspicion local curator Becky Nahom might actually know all of the artists in the greater Phoenix area. Or at least she has a knack for bringing together a wide array of Valley creatives in her exhibitions. In “From the Sidelines,” her latest curatorial endeavor at ASU’s…
The city of Phoenix threw down some serious cash for the PHX Sky Train. But that money wasn’t spent on train tech and architecture alone. You might not know it at first glance, but there was a fat budget for the public art projects scattered across the different stations and…
If you really think about it, the fact that so many of us are able to live and thrive in the desert is pretty counter-intuitive — if not completely insane. At some point or another, we’ve all wondered what in the world we are doing here. In a group exhibition…
The members of Hermitag/e know a thing or two about getting shit done. What began as two people sitting in a bar writing haikus on the back of drink menus has morphed over the past year into a group of poets, visual artists, and musicians committed to creating and producing…
If you’ve ever imagined Phoenix becoming totally submerged in water, then you and Abbey Messmer have something in common. The local artist says living in the desert didn’t prevent her from finding inspiration for her current series of aquatic artwork in “Submerged” currently on view at Eye Lounge. “There is…
In honor of what would have been Frida Kahlo’s 106th birthday, the Phoenix Fridas are preparing a celebration fit for a queen. Starting on July’s First Friday with the exhibition “Celebrating Frida” at Burton Barr Central Library, the local group of artists and artisans will pay homage to the Mexican…
Let’s all just take a moment right now to accept the futility of our best-laid plans for an unplugged vacation this holiday weekend. If you’re anything like us, then you and your smart phone could probably qualify as conjoined twins. And you know what? It’s okay, because they are gonna…
This Saturday, No Festival Required gets experimental. The local film organization, headed by cinema buff Steve Weiss, will screen The Beautiful Brain: Two Films by Benita Raphan and Ana Voog Saturday, June 29, at Bragg’s Pie Factory…
The weekly art walk put on by the Scottsdale Gallery Association is upping its game next month for the 24th Annual Summer Spectacular ArtWalk. The event will include dozens of exhibition openings, artist demonstrations, and street performances scattered throughout the Scottsdale Arts District…
Rebecca Green is kind of a big deal. The artist, who is responsible for the fairytale mural outside of Grand Avenue’s The Lodge studio, is currently writing as a guest blogger for Flow Magazine while prepping for her final show in Phoenix at the end of this month. “Coyote Ghost”…
The Phoenix Festival of the Arts will return for an encore after a successful first run that drew 10,000 visitors in December of 2012. With a mission to “unify the arts,” the three-day festival, put on by the Phoenix Center for the Arts, will expand to include even more events…
It might seem strange to go on a tour in your own hometown, but that’s exactly what board members of IN FLUX had in mind when they started planning the IN FLUX Cycle 3 Multi-City Tour slated to take place on Saturday, June 22. Kirstin Van Cleef, who founded IN…
Travel always seems so glamorous (think: martinis in first class and personal tours of the world’s cultural hubs). But in reality, the act of traveling is often a frantic mess. Being a globetrotter is a full-time hobby and only the most practiced or wealthy can pull it off with true…
Hello Kitty is approaching 40, which might be a little early for a mid-life crisis, but if cats really do have nine lives, now is as good a time as any for reinvention. Enter: Chola Kitty — a feline with spunk. This Friday, local artist Such Styles is unveiling his…
Joshua Rhodes is a creator. The man behind Subtle Takeover went to school for graphic design, but he is making a name for himself in the Phoenix community as a man of many modes of expression. On Friday, June 7, Palabra Studios hosts Rhodes’s first solo exhibition in downtown Phoenix…
Gardening help can be one of the toughest things to come by. After spending hours on Google trying to figure out whether your plant needs more water, less fertilizer, more sunlight, or new potting soil, it’s easy to get discouraged and give up on the hobby altogether. Admittedly, there may…
Travel season is nearly upon us. Whether that means lazy beaches, bustling cities, or serene forests, there’s one thing we know we can count on to get us through the transit: SkyMall. No use denying — we know you read the Phoenix-headquartered publication, too. Yes, there are approximately one million…
Ballet Arizona’s Topia is the most sensory ballet experience we’ve ever had. After its successful debut last year, the show, created by Ballet Arizona artistic director Ib Andersen, is back at the Desert Botanical Garden for a second season. The 80-foot-long stage where the dancing takes place is aligned with…
Vertical gardening is all the rage — a quick Pinterest search for “garden” reveals stacked pots, pallet gardens, and walls of flowers. But what seems like a simple space-saving technique is not always so easy to execute. Alex Billingsley offers an alternative to the DIY approach currently taking over gardening…
This Friday, Dulce Dance Company will debut Para Tus Ojos, a series of newly-choreographed movement pieces that seek to engage the audience in new ways. For starters, the performance will take place throughout several of the cavernous rooms in the Icehouse. “We wanted to make the audience feel that they’re…
