Love art but hate crowds? Head to downtown Phoenix tonight for Third Friday to get your fix of arty goodness without the sea of humans that typically accompanies First Friday. Here are our picks for shows you will not want to miss: “Twenty-Six” at Modified Arts Local painter James Angel…

This Sunday artist James B. Hunt wants to give you the bird — 23 of them, to be precise. Hunt, who also goes by NXOEED, plans to perch his bird paintings all around Tempe for anyone to seek and find. And once you find a painting, it’s yours to keep…

If you’ve ever found yourself gazing into the bottom of your cereal bowl wondering just how it came to be, you’re in luck. The 13th Annual Self-Guided Ceramics Studio Tour will offer a behind-the-scenes look at 14 ceramics studios scattered across the Phoenix metro area on Saturday and Sunday, February…

Brent Bond’s latest exhibition at Mesa Contemporary Arts might make you rethink artistic appropriation. “Accomplice” features a selection of Bond’s work from the past decade alongside some of the prints he helped bring to fruition through Santo Press, a fine art publishing company he founded in 2009…

Just because an artist works in abstraction does not mean an exhibition of that artist’s work should follow suit. Case in point: “Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico: Architecture, Katsinam, and the Land,” currently on view at the Heard Museum. The biographically driven exhibition, which includes 53 works by the artist,…

Just because an artist works in abstraction does not mean an exhibition of that artist’s work should follow suit. Case in point: “Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico: Architecture, Katsinam, and the Land,” currently on view at the Heard Museum. The biographically driven exhibition, which includes 53 works by the artist,…

Now in its second year, PhotoTapas is taking over our state for the month of February, offering a nice diverse sampling from the Arizona photo community. This year, the series is being overseen by Art Intersection in Gilbert, but events also will be held in Tucson and across the metro…

Obie Bowman made a name for himself as an architect with a keen sensitivity for the natural world. Starting in the 1970s and continuing through to the present, Bowman’s work on the Pacific Coast has garnered him numerous architecture and design awards. Recently, four of Bowman’s houses were featured on…

Last fall, we were excited to hear that the ASU School of Art was moving one of its five student galleries to the downtown Phoenix warehouse district. With the Step Gallery formally nestled into its new location, we can see that our excitement was not unwarranted. The converted warehouse space…

The Arizona Commission on the Arts is shaking things up this month with Arizona Art Tank, a new funding initiative designed to give public awards to entrepreneurial arts ventures across the Valley. At Art Tank events, top applicants will have six minutes each to pitch their ideas to a selection…

Calling a pop-up exhibition “Impromptu” might be a bit on the nose, but we’re still excited for Tilt Gallery’s three-day showcase of photography student work opening this evening in Scottsdale. “Impromptu” includes an assortment of pieces from nine photographers, who are all either current or former graduate students of the…

Art Detour, the annual celebration of downtown Phoenix’s art scene, returns March 8 and 9 this year. As the date draws closer, Artlink is seeking “articipants,” and by that the organization means “participating artists, arts entrepreneurs, and businesses that contribute to the arts experience in greater downtown Phoenix.” Sound like…

First Friday heats up tonight with creative works going up all over the city. Here are our picks for shows not to miss this artful evening. “The Light Beneath” @ Eye Lounge Olivia Timmons’ latest solo show takes viewers on a journey through a strange world where technology and sea…

If you’re feeling bummed that the crafting mania of the holidays is dying down, we’ve got good news. Beatrice Moore of Bragg’s Pie Factory recently announced the guidelines for submissions to this year’s Mutant Piñata show at Frontal Lobe Gallery. The annual piñata show has become a staple of Phoenix’s…

With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, you may have missed the new mural that went up earlier this month on the west-facing wall of Halo Piercing on Central and Camelback. The 43-foot-long work is the result of a collaboration between local artists Kristin Bauer and Emmett Potter…

I was a little unsure as I opened the heavy doors of Bentley Gallery’s reconstituted warehouse space in downtown Phoenix. The gallery’s latest show, “Gold Rush,” sets out to “shift cultural associations with the world’s most treasured metal.” The show’s official description goes on to talk about the role of…

Hair styling and art may not seem as though they go together, but Jorge Torres would beg to differ. “I opened up Palabra with the notion of having a hub for everything that I’m into,” Torres says. “The hair part is my bread and butter, but I’m able to do…