With less than a month to go, it’s time to start getting pumped about about the second annual Phoenix Festival of the Arts. The festival will take over Margaret T. Hance Park for three full days of art, food, and entertainment. Today, we’re announcing the full lineup of participating artists…

When we hear the word “craft,” our minds usually jump to images of crocheted woolen baby booties and reclaimed driftwood bed frames. In recent years, Pinterest and Etsy have co-opted the term in the name of the D.I.Y. revolution. But in the art world, craft has an entirely different connotation…

When the arts blog Hyperallergic included brick-and-mortar galleries in its list of the 20 most powerless people in the art world, Becky Nahom and Julia Bruck took it to heart. The two women hoped to pursue their love of art without the constraints of the traditional gallery model. So they…

These days, anyone with a smart phone is an amateur photographer. Or at least they think they are. Don’t get us wrong, we overuse Instagram filters as much as the next person, but we’re starting to wonder how this technology is affecting one of our favorite art forms. And we’re…

ASU’s Ceramics Research Center will be moving to a new home in the coming months, but luckily its extensive ceramics collection doesn’t have too far to go. The new ceramics center is slated to take over a portion of The Brickyard on Mill, the ground-floor space formerly occupied by Borders…

The first event in the second cycle of Scottsdale Public Art’s Canal Convergence series will be taking over the Scottsdale Waterfront this weekend between Soleri Bridge and Goldwater Boulevard. Canal Convergence | Water + Art + Light is a four-day event that celebrates the canal through a series of installations,…

At first glance, many of Kevork Cholakian’s paintings look like photographs. The Los Angeles-based artist works in both painting and sculpture to create still lifes that mirror reality, while somehow eschewing it at the same time. This month, a selection of Cholakian’s paintings and sculptures will be on view in…

Instagram is turning 3 years old this month, but we haven’t seen any signs that the popular social networking site is slowing down. These days, more and more people are using the app to take photos of things other than their breakfast (thank God). And if you love art as…

Randy Slack’s annual exhibition at Legend City Studios is easily one of the most highly anticipated Phoenix art events of the year. But the anticipation won’t last much longer, because the show opens Friday, October 4…

Shout-out everyone who braved the higher temps of the past months to continue supporting the local art scene. We salute you. As the temperatures drop, we know y’all are getting excited to wander around First Friday with your scarves and pumpkin spice lattes. But the temperature isn’t the only thing…

Mary Shindell comes from a long line of gardeners; for generations, her family farmed land in the Midwest, she says. Though Shindell doesn’t exactly garden herself, her latest exhibition “Generation CSA” at Five15 Gallery is an exploration of her own green thumb and a tribute to her family tradition…

Josh and Sarah Rhodes are a local dream team when it comes to creating; Josh makes art at Subtle Takeover, and Sarah takes pictures at Arrow & Apple. But this artistic power couple won’t be local much longer. Sarah got an offer to work full-time as a photographer for the…

Empty storefronts are about to get a whole lot more exciting again, thanks to local public arts organization IN FLUX. For the the fourth year in a row, IN FLUX is working to bring a series of temporary installations to vacant spaces across the Valley. But the spaces don’t fill…

When three ASU art professors get together to put on an exhibition of their own work, you can expect some high quality art. And probably some shenanigans to go with it. This month, Phoenix art veterans Henry Schoebel, Anthony Pessler, and John Obuck are hosting an exhibition of new work…