Drive down 16th street between Thomas and Jefferson and you’ll take in more than just the sights and smells of of dulcerias, carnicerias, and a full spectrum of Mexican restaurants. Calle 16 is the road where art borders on action, as artists illustrate the ongoing struggles, injustices, emotions, and influences…
Who could have imagined that “Chaos Theory,” a three-day, ragtag invitational art exhibition uncurated by artist Randy Slack of Legend City Studios, would hit its teenage prime and actually force local artists to hone their skills for public review? Fourteen years ago, “Chaos Theory” borrowed its name, quite aptly, from…
Who could have imagined that “Chaos Theory,” a three-day, ragtag invitational art exhibition uncurated by artist Randy Slack of Legend City Studios, would hit its teenage prime and actually force local artists to hone their skills for public review? Fourteen years ago, “Chaos Theory” borrowed its name, quite aptly, from…
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. “Hot Plate!” @ R. Pela Contemporary Art Don’t mind us while we toot our own horn just a little bit. The series of commemorative…
Editor’s note: This post has been modified from its original version to reflect that the Vernon Avenue Pocket Park will open in fall of 2013, instead of March 2014. Like many Phoenicians, Christiaan Blok and Laryn Callaway-Blok, the husband-and-wife team behind Shine Coffee, grew tired of seeing the dirt lot…
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…
Comic books have been dominating the movie theaters for the last several years. Now they’ve set out to conquer television. DC Comics made the initial incursion into live action television with the successful Smallville series; they followed up with Arrow, and have announced that new shows about the Flash and…
Herberger Theater Center stirred up local controversy by abruptly canceling the art exhibition “Prime Example” in August because of its content. Now the arts organization, which is owned by the city of Phoenix, is getting national attention. The New York City-based National Coalition Against Censorship has called out Herberger for…
Phoenix Art Museum curator of modern and contemporary art Sara Cochran has resigned. Though a formal statement wasn’t released on the matter, the museum’s public relations manager Nicole DeLeon confirmed that Cochran submitted her resignation Thursday, September 19. Cochran has served as PAM’s modern and contemporary art curator since 2008…
The galleries of Roosevelt Row are certainly no strangers to showing off artsy nude photography. As a matter of fact, stylishly rendered pictures of the naked form have been a regular part the downtown Phoenix art scene mix, whether its scandalous shots leaving little to the imagination or more elegant…
When Herberger Theater Center’s art gallery canceled the group exhibition “Prime Example” less than a week before the show was set to open at the theater’s gallery, the arts community cried foul. Although it took a few days for all the details to come out, it’s clear that the show…
Visionary arts and counterculture event Burning Man is akin to a feast for the senses writ large. Very large. Or at least that’s how some of the Valley creatives who frequently attend the epic weeklong festival each year out in Nevada’s desert hinterlands describe the experience. It’s a seven-day communal…
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…
Scottsdale Cultural Council appointed Richard M. Hayslip as its interim CEO, according to a message sent by the council’s board of trustees officers the morning of Tuesday, September 3. Hayslip will start serving as interim CEO on Monday, September 9…
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. “No Phobia Tattoo Art Show” @ FilmBar Whether it’s a heartfelt memento, a meaningful mantra, or a night of too much tequila, every tattoo…
Late last week Herberger Theater Center’s art gallery canceled the opening of the exhibition “Prime Example,” curated by New Times contributor Robrt Pela. Since then, the Phoenix arts community has tried to make sense of how exactly a show that had been on the books for two years could be…
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…
And now for something completely different. This week, downtown’s favorite midcentury hotel, The Clarendon, is getting a makeover thanks to hotel art exhibition, Artel Phx. The premier pop-up art event will feature the installments of 20 local artists, hand-selected for their designs to transform the commercial space into something entirely…
You won’t find “Prime Example” at Herberger Theater Center Steele Pavilion Art Gallery Thursday, September 5. Instead, expect angry members of the Phoenix arts community. The gallery abruptly announced to the public via email the show’s cancellation on Friday, August 30. That’s less than a week before the exhibition, curated…
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…
It could be said that Phoenix creatives had a super-secret meetup in Santa Fe this past weekend. Except, most everything they did was publicized in advance. Were you paying attention? Yep, Phoenix movers and shakers took the Santa Fe Indian Market by storm. Here’s a recap of some of what…
