Museums traditionally acquire objects in two ways — via donation or purchase. As a general rule, museums show only 2 to 4% of their collections at any given time. That means their vaults are brimming with hidden gems that don't always make it to t...

"Confluence: Inter-generational Collaborations" at the Heard Museum bursts at the seams with bright hues, nods to urban culture, and a strong thematic undercurrent of environmental sustainability. Rainbow-colored butterflies hang on wires from the...

Launched in 2014, Paint PHX is a weekend-long mural and paint festival that has become a beloved annual affair. In the past iterations, up to 300 artists came from around the world to paint murals in Phoenix during this grassroots event. Now in it...

Chances are, you've seen Brian Stauffer's illustrations. You may have glanced at his magazine cover artwork at the grocery checkout or while sipping your morning coffee over The New York Times.  Since the mid-1990s, the Phoenix-born illustrat...

It wasn't until adolescence that Phoenix-based artist Cherie Buck-Hutchison realized she had spent her youth in a cult.  As a young girl, Buck-Hutchison was raised in an ultra-conservative religious family. Within this society, women were pro...

Searching for a pick-me-up after this month's excessively gray skies? How about 11 miles of rainbow-colored ribbon to brighten your day?  For "11 Miles of Color: Repurposing Spring Crossing" — Scottsdale Public Art's first exhibition of 2016 ...