Visual Arts

After closing R. Pela Contemporary Art gallery in Phoenix during the summer of 2015, Robrt Pela has decided to forgo the brick-and-mortar gallery model in favor of presenting exhibitions in non-traditional spaces for 2016. Starting in January 2016, you’ll find exhibitions presented by R. Pela Contemporary Art at Central Arts…

New Times picks the top weekend events in the Phoenix area from November 13 through 15. Disgraced The holiday season will soon descend upon valley stages with lighthearted, sugary fare. There’s nothing wrong with dessert but Disgraced is bringing heavy food for thought to the table. The 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning play…

Whether you’re a fine artist or casual crafter, you may find that at least one of these calls for art is well-matched to your interests. We’ve found all sorts of opportunities, from  painting a piano for a local performing arts center to creating a Christmas wreath for an alternative theater…

November’s First Friday was all about vibrant art spaces. Museums, galleries, small businesses, and pop-up marketplaces filled with creatives showing and selling their wares highlighted the breadth and depth of the local arts scene — proving that giving people different ways to experience art across a wide spectrum is a…

Creative types in the Grand Avenue arts district in downtown Phoenix have big plans for Saturday, November 14 – when the seventh annual Grand Avenue Festival gives locals and tourists alike all sorts of cool ways to get to know the historic neighborhood and the people who give it life…

Phoenix gallery goers have seen works by artist Fred Tieken exhibited in several local settings from monOrchid in Roosevelt Row to ArtelPhx at the Clarendon Hotel, but soon they’ll be able to see work by the 80-year-old creative, along with 44 additional artists, exhibited in the new Tieken Gallery, located…

November’s First Friday will be a night of firsts and lasts. It’ll be your first chance to see an exhibition in the new Carline Center, an adaptive re-use project by Harder Development, and your first chance to see an exhibition at the new Public Image located at Roosevelt Point. It’s…

If you’ve seen American Pickers, you’re probably familiar with Frank Fritz. He’s got a knack for finding awesome buried treasures in people’s junk-filled storage spaces, and his personality is impossible to not notice. He’s also coming to Tempe on Friday, November 6, for the third annual Salvage This!, which figures…

Alliance Residential Company, a Phoenix-based firm that has previously developed mixed-use properties in metro Phoenix using the Broadstone brand, plans to build a multi-family residential complex in the heart of Roosevelt Row. It’s the latest in a slew of changes slated for the downtown Phoenix arts district. A preliminary site…

Roosevelt Growhouse got a new look in late September as Carrie Marill, an artist represented by Lisa Sette Gallery, began painting a mural on a couple of its exterior walls. The mural, which Marill titled Hand Tools, features images of various items culled from Roosevelt Growhouse, which serves as community…

Those who’ve grown accustomed to visiting Artisan Markets on the Scottsdale Waterfront on Thursday nights will have to change their Thursday night plans after November 12, which is the last Thursday night Artisan Markets is authorized by the City of Scottsdale to operate there. The City recently responded to an…

Phoenix Ghost Tours Opening as part of the nationwide Orpheum Circuit of theaters in 1929, Phoenix’s Orpheum saw its fair share of vaudeville performers and touring Broadway productions pass through. It seems inevitable that in its storied history that eerie creaking, bumps in the night, and other imprints of the…

The typically quiet streets next to Bentley Projects were packed with parked cars on Saturday, October 17, as an artisan marketplace called Pineapple Triangle set up shop inside the former warehouse, which now includes an event space dubbed Warehouse215. A pair of food trucks sat parked outside, and a bar…

Looking to get some extra wear out of your Halloween costume this year? You’re in luck. Start the party early by visiting “am: An Art Show For Morning People,” which will run from 8 to 11:59 a.m. on Saturday, October 31, at New City Studios, where curator Joshua Rhodes has…

There’s a 50-foot strip of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Nogales in Sonora, Mexico that bears little resemblance to the rest of the nearly 2,000 mile barrier separating the two countries. Rather than resembling the rusty bars that conjure images of prison cells, it looks like a clear blue sky…

When dancer and choreographer Liliana Gomez learned the Heard Museum would be presenting an exhibition of photographs belonging to iconic artist Frida Kahlo, she knew she had to be involved somehow. Gomez first learned of Kahlo from her parents, who moved from Mexico to the U.S. when she was just…

David M. Roche has been appointed director and chief executive officer of Heard Museum, the arts organization announced in a Wednesday, October 21, news release. Roche will begin his directorship at the Native American arts museum on January 1, 2016. His predecessor, James Pepper Henry, stepped down from the position…

St. Gregory is a bearded man with hazel eyes, and he raises a finger to his temple, as if lost in thought. He looks like a typical pope, with his gold miter and elaborate robes. The portrait is standard Vatican fare — except for the eyeball floating in the corner…

If you’re keen on catching works by a diverse assortment of artists with just a single outing, October’s Third Friday looks like the way to go. If you bounce into each of the shows noted below, you’ll see works by more than 50 local artists — from emerging artists still…

How do you make fine art and still make a living?  It’s a query that artist and adjunct faculty member Jon Haddock poses to his students at Phoenix College and a topic that, he believes, we too often take for granted. Haddock had this theme in mind when he curated…