On Thursday, May 16, Scottsdale Public Art is teaming up with the International Sculpture Center (ISC) to bring an ISConnets event to the Hotel Valley Ho. A Conversation: Sculpture + Architecture will be a panel discussion followed by a sunset reception on the rooftop of the Midcentury Modern hotel. With…

Robrt Pela didn’t intend to permanently open a gallery when he first used the space on McDowell and 5th Avenue to host The Joe and Jan Show this past March. But the veteran Phoenix New Times critic and contributor was encouraged by others who, like himself, recognized a need for…

Local artist Rossitza Todorova says she’s trying to visually collapse space and metaphorically collapse time in her work — no small feat, to be sure. The thing is, the recent graduate actually achieves this goal with resounding success. Todorova’s solo exhibition Intersections opens this Friday at ASU’s Night Gallery. There…

In the ceramics world, Wayne Higby is widely considered one of the most important artists of the past 50 years. But he doesn’t let it go to his head. When asked what he thinks about his place in the history of art, he laughs, saying in many ways he still…

Kristin Bauer has been a busy woman for the past month. Immediately after de-installing Mixed Messages, a joint show of her and husband Emmett Potter’s latest artwork, she began preparing the same space at Modified Arts for The Sky Is Falling: A Group Exhibition about the Gravity of Things. Though…

Continuing with its goal of challenging institutionalized art, the Tempe Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting an “alternative artist lecture by celebrity guests” as part of the opening for Vision Quest, an exhibition curated by Jill Marie Mason and Caroline Battle. The ‘celebrity guests’ might not be from Hollywood, but…

It’s true, they don’t teach you everything in art school. Specifically, the skills to actually, ya know, sell some art. Former director of Segura Publishing Company and Scottsdale native Crista Cloutier recognized this flaw in the system and set out to do something about it. “I worked in the art…

With the numerous galleries that now populate both Grand Avenue and Roosevelt Row (not to mention the staggering crowds that flock downtown each month for First Friday), it’s sometimes hard to imagine the Phoenix art scene of times past. For those of us who have been here over the years,…

Visiting Christopher Torrez’s Habitations can be a surreal experience. After participating in Mesa Contemporary Arts’ 33rd annual Contemporary Crafts exhibition last year, Torrez was awarded the Juror’s Choice Award, resulting in his current show. The gallery room in the back of Mesa Contemporary Arts is scattered with black boxes containing…

Since the onset of 2013, new things have been brewing at Bragg’s Pie Factory. After building owner Beatrice Moore announced last year that the gallery, formerly known for hosting large-scale shows in its cavernous space, would be divided into three smaller spaces, we have been eager to see what might…

Christopher Coville’s most recent exhibition Works of Fire is explosive . . . or the result of an explosion at least. This series of photographs, on display at Bokeh Gallery through the end of the month, was created through a process of igniting gunpowder on silver gelatin paper. The images…

Maya Lin made waves in 1981 when she won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the ripe young age of 21. Since then, she has had an expansive career, winning countless awards in the art world for her work as both an artist and architect. This…

Texas-based artist Casey Cooper’s floating triangles may look like oversized floaties from a distance, but don’t be deceived — the pieces are actually made of inflated steel. Through a process of welding, heating, and compressing, Cooper creates sculptures that look like they could be made out of light rubber (though…