Arty Girl: Lisa Sette Artist on Yahoo.com Today

I just got a little head’s up from the amazing Mr. Duane Smith over at Lisa Sette Gallery that one of their represented artists, Liu Bolin is featured on the home page of yahoo.com today.A featured video shows the incredible process necessary for his photographs. Liu Bolin was a part…

Arty Girl: Gifts From Nature on Friday & Saturday

Lately, I’ve gained a tremendous appreciation for nature. I’ve been consistently hitting Phoenix hiking trails for almost four years now and I’m officially smitten with the cacti, desert flowers and dramatic rock formations this area has to offer. I love it so much, I even feel affection for dirt.My fellow…

Arty Girl: Call for Entries for the Mutant Piñata Show

It’s a particularly gloomy day today (and I’m not just talking about the weather) so I’m grateful for the chance to write about the Mutant Piñata Show. This project is always so much fun it’s hard not to feel a little cheered up.This is the third year Bragg’s Pie Factory…

Arty Girl: Craft Fair Showdown This Weekend

Load your glue gun, sharpen your knitting needles and download Eye of the Tiger to your itunes…There are three craft fairs going head to head this weekend in this town and I want to see some blood.Just kidding. Actually, I’m pumped that everyone’s so jazzed about getting all hands-y and…

Arty Girl: Art-O-Mat Comes to Chandler

When my editor told me about the Art-O-Mat, all I said was, “I have no idea what to think of this.”And, I have to admit, I still don’t know.Tonight the Chandler Arts Commission will unveil a vending machine that dispenses original artworks…

Arty Girl: Phoenix Art Museum Celebrates 50 Years

It’s Monday morning and my inbox is way out of control with reminders, announcements, pdf fliers and press releases all about this upcoming weekend.It’s gonna be a big one, chickens.But I want to be sure to point out the 50th anniversary celebration for the Phoenix Art Museum, happening this Friday,…

Arty Girl: A.ware Screen-o-Rama on Saturday

Naturally, I like to give a little background to the subjects I blog about. I mean, that’s what writers do, yes?So today, I’m writing about the crafting duo, a.ware. And when I punched in some key words to a search engine, waddya know, an Arty Girl entry was the first…

Arty Girl: ASU Art Museum Hires Director

I can’t remember the last time ASU Art Museum had a Director. And, man, am I relieved to hear they have finally filled the position. Gordon Knox will take the helm on January 11th, working part-time until July 1st when he will assume the full-time position.Knox sounds like an interesting…

Arty Girl: Make Your Holiday Ornament for MADE Art Boutique

Yes, yes, I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet and I apologize profusely for the holiday theme of this blog.I swear, I’m not one of those people who put up strings of lights and fake inflatable snowmen in my front yard the day after Halloween. In fact, I’m usually very…

Arty Girl: Another Jam-Packed Art Weekend

Today is one of those days where I look at my giant stack of blogging options and I get a little sad. You see, I’ve only got three blog slots per week to fit everything in and sometimes I fail to get it all in. I know, I know, it’s…

Arty Girl: AZ Roller Derby Dames Hold Try Outs Thursday

Before I talk about the Roller Derby Dames, here are two paragraphs about something for the ladies of a more dainty persuasion.Today, I’m in a fine mood, I am. It’s Wednesday, so that means I’m getting into the Phoenix Art Museum tonight by throwing just a couple bucks into their…

Arty Girl: William Wegman Artist Lecture

Even those who aren’t that into art know who William Wegman is. Or, at least, they remember when his Cinderella book hit it big in the 90’s. Remember? The book that has a photo of a dog in a blonde wig on the cover? Yeah, that’s Wegman.But there’s a lot…

Arty Girl Chimes in on The Swell Season Mural Discussion

Now that Martin Cizmar has baited me to respond to his blog (he’s good at that, isn’t he?) about the Swell Season mural, I’ll go ahead and let everyone know that I actually really like it. Surprised?You shouldn’t be. Even though I can be critical from time to time, I…

Arty Girl: Canalscape Opens Tomorrow at ASU

I am such a moron sometimes, I swear.I can name a handful of people I personally know who have coughed up a bunch of dough and trekked across the globe to Venice, Italy. And, of course, I’ve always wanted to go, too. Why? For the beautiful canals, of course.I grew…

Arty Girl: Hector Ruiz and DOSE at Bentley

Now, Arty Girl doesn’t usually like to double dip on covering art events. This time around, however, we’ve got two artists, two gallery locations and two receptions. So it seems only appropriate that there would be two blips of coverage on the Phoenix New Times radar.Yep, the exhibition, “colLABORation” certainly…

Arty Girl: A Couple Things…ASU Today, SMoCA on Wednesday

First, you have just two days to get a little scratch together and purchase tickets for the “Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth” lecture and soundsuit performance. But you already knew that, right? I mean, we’ve written a night & day piece and an entire review…

Arty Girl: Monsters of Folk Mural…No Thanks

Ok, just a warning: I’m going to be mean in this blog. But I assert that anything I say here does not hold a candle to the suffering I feel everyday on my way to work, when I’ve had to take in a begrudging eyeful of the Monsters of Folk…