Visual Arts

Jackalopes can ride bikes, right? (Given the temperature, they should be able to … ) This week, we’re introducing Cycle, a weekly feature where our own fanatic, Jason Franz, will tell tales of rides and routes, and cycling dos and don’ts, as he spins pedals across what Bicycling Magazine calls…

Safwat Saleem was baffled when the results of the latest Pew Research Center survey showed nearly one-in-five Americans now say Obama is a Muslim, and his only reaction (a gag reflex, he says) was to laugh.The graphic designer, computer programmer, filmmaker and artist says he’s trying to express the humor…

If you’re hungry, like Dry River Yacht Club, or want to rub elbows with a few local artists, the Alwun House might be the place to drop by this weekend. The gallery hosting a benefit concert to raise money for its current project: “Green Art Park” The concept is fairly…

How disgusting: Dr. Gunther von Hagens must be a head case to bring more than 200 preserved human bodies to Arizona Science Center for a limited engagement.More details after the jump … …

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but apparently those in Fausto Fernandez’s “The Virtue of Wisdom,” now on display at Scottsdale’s Gebert Contemporary, are not. They would look great in a corporate conference room though. Kathleen Vanesian on “The Virtue of Wisdom:” In person, one discovers that many…

It’s true — November 18 has been hijacked by the stubbly Movember cult-following and has been named Have Sex With a Guy With a Mustache Day. Good luck with your gimmick, dudes with nasty facial hair.  Can I have my leg back?…

I have to say that photographs of the paintings of Fausto Fernandez, now on display in “The Virtue of Wisdom” at Gebert Contemporary on Scottsdale’s Main Street, really do not accurately depict them. You have to see the paintings in the flesh, so to speak, in order to get any…

You can’t win if you don’t play. “Sustainable Phosphorus Summit” @ Desert Botanical Garden Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences is accepting submissions for its “Sustainable Phosphorus Summit: phosphorus, food, and our future” juried show that will be held at Desert Botanical Garden in February, 2011. Entry deadline is…

Given: 5 & 6 Gallery is in Scottsdale, but we’re talking about a different kind of cowboy art this time. Seriously. During the month-long running of Simply the West, 5 & 6’s gallery walls will be plastered with works by Parskid, Luster Kaboom, Thomas Breeze Marcus, Ishmael Duenas, Lalo Cota,…

There were no swag bags at the second installment of Pecha Kucha 2 this weekend at Bragg’s Pie Factory in Phoenix, in fact, there weren’t even programs. The design-centric presentation event was less TED or Ignite (read: formal, high-tech) and more a hangout of designophiles talking about their current obsessions…

Wayne Rainey, the brains behind monOrchid, has announced the debut exhibition by the newly formed nine-member monOrchid Artist Collective. Opening next month, “All-Hands-On-Deck” will feature the work of the collective’s relatively-unknown-to-Phoenix artists (save for Randy Zucker’s digital-centric creations), including Estevan Bladeras’ graf art inspired by his upbringing in the Chicago…

If you tune in to the NASCAR races this afternoon at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR), you might catch Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his new, decked-out No. 88 Chevrolet. His car was recently given a new paint job in conjunction with an art contest sponsored by Diet Mountain DEW. More event…

New Times has received a Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture memo stating that Ruth Osuna is leaving her recently appointed post as cultural affairs director of the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture for a position in Eloy. Osuna will become the city manager of Eloy, located in Pinal…

You can stop trying to pronounce Pecha Kucha and grab a ticket to the second social event; it’s back with a drool-worthy lineup of local artists and designers.  On Friday, at Bragg’s Pie Factory in Phoenix, presenters must show and explain 20 slides and have only 20 seconds per slide…

Family Circus, a comic drawn by local comic Bil Keane, has been hijacked by fans of  Nietzsche and Dysfunction, but it really hit the comedic fan when Jersey Circus decided to combine Keane’s drawings with lines from the stupid, unbelievable, yet kind of wonderful television show, Jersey Shore. In 1999,…

This week, Kathleen Vanesian took a closer at the ASU Art Museum’s Open For Business — an exhibition in which 16 local artists teamed up with Tempe businesses to display their own interpretations of business.Vanesian explains the project’s inception, progress and curatorial work by ASU Art Museum’s John Spiak. She…

It’s less than 24 hours before Luis Gutierrez will open the rusty doors at the Icehouse for his First Friday opening, but right now, he’s a little more worried about being on a rickety scaffold. He’s installing the first of four 30-foot paintings that will hang from the chains of…

When you think of the West Valley, live music, art showcases and community gatherings may not come to mind; the crew behind The Suburban Seed is hoping to change your mind. The Suburban Seed is a service project that will arrive in Glendale this weekend. The idea behind the project,…