“I wish Kiki Smith had been my biology teacher.” That’s what I can’t help thinking as I take my first enthusiastic looks around “I Myself Have Seen It: Photography and Kiki Smith” at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The experience of entering the first of three rooms (and the…
More than 80 artists and community members gathered at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts last week for a town hall meeting to discuss how public arts are managed in the city. The stakes were high at the get-together, which was hosted by Scottsdale Public Art and a task force…
This week’s art feature takes a look at “Namingha Family: Landscape, Form, and Light.” The exhibit, comprised of art by Dan Namingha and his two sons, Arlo and Michael, is on display at the Heard Museum through January 27. Dan Namingha’s art, defined by his bold use of color and…
According to Hopi legend, Spider Woman created twin beings from clay, a mixture of her saliva and bits of earth. One twin was charged with solidifying the Earth, the other with sending out sound, echoes of the Creator. When these duties were finished, one went south and the other north…
Lauren Rose Kinney lives in a fantasy land. Through wood carving, etchings, and books, the artist builds detail-dense images that would look natural inside a heavy leather-bound collection of Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The ASU MFA student’s thesis exhibition, “Drawing of a Muchness,” is on display through Friday, April 27, at…
For Tabitha Myers, colonial decor is too often associated with austere halls, play-it-safe art and conservative neutrals. To her, colonial means bright, adventurous colors and and cheeky prints — traditional pieces with rebellious twists. Myers, a Chandler native, brought this eclectic vision of our founding fathers back to Phoenix after…
In 2009, friends and artists Matt Brown and Jay B Fail opened the doors of PUSH Gallery at 1145 East Roosevelt with a vision of “pushing” the local arts movement forward with exhibitions and events. For three years, the duo brought in local artists in a variety of media for…
Matthew Owens and Glen Allen discuss what they want to try scanning next: Negatives? Sculptures? Bigger frames? Transparencies? Black light reflective images? “We haven’t seen much that we can’t do,” Owens says, pointing to the 10-foot mega scanner in the center of Fine Canvas Prints’ studio in North Phoenix. The…
It’s Third Friday in downtown Phoenix, which means there are plenty of excuses to get out an see the latest work by local and visiting artists. In celebration of our second birthday (and Third Friday, of course), we’re releasing our latest limited-edition Jackalope sticker by Monica Aissa Martinez. The local…
Is Dayvid LeMmon’s digitally-modified photography made of scenes from Kurzweil’s utopia or Gibson’s dystopia? The 28-year-old local artist, known for his geometric and ambiguous human portraits and techno landscapes, is already well embedded in the Phoenix arts scene. Belt-notches include a 2010 Arizona Commission of the Arts grant and representation…
Cindy and Gary Iverson are happy to admit they have really cool jobs. Cindy’s an artist who specializes in mixed media and paper arts. Gary’s a chemical engineer. In 2005, they opened The Paper Studio, where they made paper and printed stationery for online sales. They used their space in…
Who the heck is that guy running around in a pink tutu and what is he up to? You may have asked yourself that question in recent weeks as Arizona native Bob Carey’s photography has made its way around the Internet and news publications with his latest venture, “The Tutu…
From the second-story patio of Phoenix College’s art building in downtown Phoenix, photographer Bob Carey can point to the hospital where he was born, the neighborhood where he grew up, and the three or four houses he lived in after high school and college. The Phoenix native moved to New York in…
If you have a 20-by-40 foot idea that involves some paint and high visibility, Cole and Dayna Reed of Downtown’s Greenhaus are all ears. The two opened an art gallery and interior decor shop in the historic building at 222 E. Roosevelt in January. If you’re familiar with the neighborhood,…
Photographer David Emitt Adams’ show, Conversations With History on view at the Northlight Gallery at ASU through April 21, takes tools and materials appropriated from photography’s past and re-purposes them in surprising new ways. Specifically, Adams makes tintypes using the exact same photographic processes used in the 1850’s but prints…
Last month, ASU hosted Emerge, a three-day, campus-wide event in which innovators in all fields of art and science collaborated efforts to redefine what it means to be human in an age shaped by technology. And whether or not you attended the workshops, performances, and Digital Culture Festival, you can…
Most artists would be biting off more than they could chew with a solo exhibition titled “Heaven, Hell & the Earth,” but painter Yuko Yabuki seems to have it covered. The series, which will be unveiled tonight at downtown Phoenix’s OP-tic, is part retrospective, with pieces dating back from 2003…
The first-ever Phoenix Urban Design Week begins on Monday, bringing together dozens of local creatives, academics and developers for discussions on how to save Phoenix from the downward spiral of urban sprawl. Hosted by the Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory, the week’s events will examine the history of Phoenix’s design and…
