The staff at Royale movie theater in Mesa is finding new ways to entertain lobby guests, including an old school VHS library, retro arcade games, and an art gallery.Opening tonight at 5 p.m. and curated by Victor Moreno, Now Playing will be a rotating exhibit and, Moreno hopes, a mainstay in…
Fixx Coffee tonight. The all-Arizona affair will include eclectic performances from Flagstaff’s Jerusafunk, Phoenix’s Instructions and Tucson’s Arcsin(100) and Whorticulture. And half of the show’s proceeds will go to Breaking Up Walls, a non-profit organization that sponsors local youth community art projects. “We’re hoping to raise enough money to do a…
It’s a hot, muggy July night — and still they come. A crowd of hundreds of mostly young adults, flashing acres of tattoos and ironic hairdos, cram the sidewalks of a section just north of downtown known as Roosevelt Row, where — even on this holiday weekend, when the rest…
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art recently unveiled the full list of offerings for its 2011-2012 season, and the lineup is a bit of a departure from recent shows. Don’t expect the stifled laughter provoked by a nude man frolicking the the snow in Dance With Camera, the whimsical feel of creations by Sue…
Since 2003, Alison King and her husband Matthew have been toiling to bring you the most comprehensive guide to all things mid-century modern in PhoenixTheir website, aptly called Modern Phoenix, gathers photos, stories, maps, community discussions, and a few basic principles they’ve applied to their own home. Her Phoenix house…
Summer’s cool in the galleries of Phoenix Art Museum, where exhibitions are open to the public daily (and for free on First Fridays and with a culture pass). There are just a few weeks left to check out what’s currently on view, and a just a few weeks left until…
It’s about time Phoenix sees some serious mural love. In the interest of giving credit to their artists and because we’re losing track of the times we’ve said, “Woah, when did that go up?”, we bring you Mural City, a series on the murals springing up around town — their…
Don’t have a good excuse to get working on a creative project? We’ll give you five:1. Mural Proposals for monOrchid GallerymonOrchid owner Wayne Rainey is looking for submissions and mock ups for the west-facing wall of the downtown gallery. Fair warning: it’s no small task. Rainey says the wall is about 19-by-100…
Back in March, around the time Artlink’s annual Art Detour was scheduled to take place, many members of the art community argued whether Artlink’s existence as a local, overarching arts organization was still necessary (our answer: “no”). And in a better-later-than-never response, Artlink’s making a few changes. Earlier this year, Artlink president…
This summer, Coblentz and the team at SMoCA opened the doors for the summer season with work by Han and Mihalyo, and tonight, she’s giving the public a look behind the scenes at their groundbreaking architectural installation, video, and visual artwork that tells another story about the Scottsdale museum and…
This Friday, two local tattoo artists are opening the doors of eye lounge in downtown Phoenix — without a tattoo needle in sight.Alex Empty and Taylor Ryan are debuting Interdependent, their first collaborative art exhibition of designs in paint, wood, acrylics, and dyes that they’ve been working on since December 2009.”We both have a…
The Culture Pass race is on. On July 1, Valley and ASU libraries launched the Culture Pass program, which gives library card holders and ASU students a chance to check out a pass for free admission to a number of participating museums and cultural centers. Now you just have to…
The Phoenix Historic Neighborhoods Coalition recently released its 2011 Most enDangered Dozen Historic Places list. The coalition, made up of Phoenicians in the historic scene, was asked what they would consider the most at-risk structures, says “Lost Phoenix” blogger and local local historian Marshall Shore who has been a part of the…
If you pass by Modified Arts during July’s Third Friday and see art purveyors and surveyors examining scenes of dinosaurs and sex acts lining the walls, there’s no need to be confused (or to call the cops).Former Modified Arts Director Kim Larkin and current owner Kimber Lanning are hosting a variety of summer programming…
If the recent emergence of a monster museum and indie movie house (in addition to the already existing Evermore Nevermore, Mesa Arts Center, Gotham City Comics and Nile Theater) didn’t clue you in, Downtown Mesa is finally getting away from its earlier image as a culturally barren suburban wasteland. Many…
Scottsdale’s Museum of Contemporary Art opened its summer season with exhibitions by Seattle-based installation duo Lead Pencil Studios and local artist Jon Haddock, who created and curated “IDIOS KOSMOS: KOINOS KOSMOS”.Haddock’s show, which will up be at SMoCA until October 2, includes visual, sculptural, and installation work by nine artists (including Haddock) and is…
Things are getting a little hairy at Tempe’s ASU Art Museum, as guests and staff roam through the new video exhibition, By Myself and With My Friends. The show features five animal-centric works from international artists, and while none of the videos have human characters, the curators say the artists’…
The aged and seemingly immortal “The More You Know” public service announcement campaign on NBC elliptically implies “The Better Off You’ll Be.” All this knowing, apparently, will lead to enlightenment, empowerment, and better living. Socrates, however, thought himself wise only because he knew one thing: that he knew nothing. Socrates,…
When Weston Henry returned to Phoenix after a stint in Albuquerque, he had a renewed passion to explore the city. He rode his bike around town with a camera in tow, photographed the spots that made him fall in love with the pavement paradise, and quickly noticed that most of his shots were…
This summer, Tempe Public Art and Tempe’s post office will host “Photos of Tempe,” an visual effort by Arizona photographers Andrew Pielage and Jason Roehner to capture the city’s lifespan, transformation, and current state of progress. Their photography will be showcased from July 8 to November 2 in the windows of the post office…
