Visual Arts

Roosevelt Action Association is on board with developers.

Here’s how.

With work by Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen, and Issey Miyake.

Natasha Leggero, a Netflix debut, and a look inside Outlander.

Certified Local Fest, Macbeth, Dance of the Dead.

Phoenix Festival of the Arts will return to Margaret T. Hance Park for its fifth annual edition from December 9 through 11. That might read like business as usual for the free community-focused festival. But event organizers will introduce a new feature to the three-day arts event. In addition to a lineup…

More than a dozen shows are opening.

From ASU students, Kehinde Wiley, and Beth Ames Swartz.

Trump Card plays through November 6.

Frankenhooker, PoeFest, and Chatterbox.

Is it a hotel or an art museum?

“No one calls you honey when you’re sitting on a throne.” So read the words written across Brooke Grucella’s large-scale painting that visitors see when they enter the “Push Comes to Shove” exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. On view through January 2017, the exhibition includes work by 19 artists from…

Phoenix artist Amanda Mollindo is the latest creative to win a Good ‘N Plenty Award from Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The annual awards, which were established in 2012, encourage artists and other creative types to develop projects that address local needs and engage community members.  Six artists pitched ideas…

Say goodbye to Nancy HIll’s Grand Avenue art space.

Judge Dredd, Prez, and more.

Twenty artists with ties to Arizona will show works at Miami-area art fairs when Art Basel Miami takes place in December. Their works will be part of exhibitions presented by either Lisa Sette Gallery or {9} The Gallery, both based in Phoenix.  Art Basel is a renowned art fair founded…

No need to knock on wood, Phoenix. Porter Barn Wood is doing just fine. So well, in fact, that on November 5, the family-owned reclaimed barn wood and lumber purveyor will open a showroom and workshop.  Since 2011, Porter Barn Wood has offered wood siding, beams, floorboards, and more in…

There’s no shame in being a cheapskate — especially here in Phoenix. Why? Well, because there’s so much stuff to do. Take a look at New Times’ calendar for proof. Here’s something you might notice while doing so: A lot of the time, said stuff is free, or at least cheap…

Once again, metro Phoenix art galleries are offering up some pretty impressive exhibitions. You’ll have to do at least a bit of planning ahead if you hope to hit them all during Third Friday on October 21. So we’ve got a list of new shows, and tips for making the…

Meet Tara Sharpe, painter, director, and friend to many. Sharpe started her creative career early. She entered art school at 12, attending and graduating from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Then, she was accepted to a summer residency for Fine Art at the School of Visual Arts…

Desert Viking is the latest real-estate development firm to stake a claim in downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row, an area that has been named one of the nation’s best neighborhoods and art districts. Desert Viking announced on October 19 plans for a revitalization project called The Blocks of Roosevelt Row. It’s…

Longtime downtown Phoenix arts scene staple Five15 Arts representatives signed an agreement with Phoenix Center for the Arts to use their exhibition space from January through September 2017, according to an October 16 Facebook announcement on Five15’s Facebook page. The collective lost its longtime Roosevelt Row gallery space at the end of…