Prescott artist Julie Comnick spent nine months asking musical instrument shops across the country for violins deemed beyond repair. After gathering close to 100 violins, she took them to a mountaintop clearing and then set them alight at dusk. For 12 hours, she watched them burn — and recorded what…
Nominees were announced this week for the 34th Arizona Governor’s Arts Awards. A total of 65 individuals and businesses who have made a major and statewide impact on the arts and culture will be considered for the awards, presented by Arizona Citizens for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the…
He is the man with the cardboard sign. She is the woman with the blanket and bedroll. She pushes the shopping cart. He is sleeping in the shadow of the church. We see them everyday. Yet, it’s easy to forget one simple truth: They have names…
Sometimes, you walk into a gallery and it’s like you’ve bitten off more than you can chew. We get that it can be overwhelming, and so do the people behind PhotoTapas. In its third year, this series of events, overseen by Art Intersection, aims to give guests smaller tastes of…
What happens in the studio, shouldn’t always stay in the studio. Studio Visit is a weekly series that profiles artists in their studios. Up today: Recent graduate from ASU’s MFA Drawing program, Joseph Shetler. Joseph Shetler, a 30-year old artist currently based in Phoenix, comes from a fairly diverse background…
Whether you’re more into opera or erotic/exotic art, we’ve got a fun selection of ways to spend that special day — plus the night before and day after. Think theater, circus arts, museum play date, ballet, and more. Exotic Art Show February 13 Alwun House Fetish attire is welcome, but…
Artwork, street performers, food trucks, and super-size boom boxes made this month’s First Friday an especially lively affair. Folks visiting Roosevelt Row had fun with way-finding, thanks to towers of arrows pointing the way to local art venues and local businesses, and signs signaling nearby sources of artwork, coffee, beer,…
After whooping it up in Super Bowl mode during recent days and weeks, we figure it might be tough for some of you to do the quiet, contemplative art thing during this month’s First Friday. So we’re thinking it’s a good week to check out shows with a heavy entertainment…
You don’t have to be an art expert to enjoy art. But every now and then, it’s nice to give the neurons a nice workout while learning a bit more about all things visual arts — so we’ve assembled a list of ways you can learn more about everything from…
Americans have a thing for Persian rugs, which have their roots in the region that makes up modern-day Iran. We love the symmetry of their central designs and detailed borders, which typically sport beautiful medallions or floral patterns that conjure images of idyllic lands. You’ll find a different sort of…
What happens in the studio, shouldn’t always stay in the studio. Studio Visit is a weekly series that profiles artists in their studios. This week: Phoenix artist and writer, Paul Elliott. If there’s anyone in Phoenix that dabbles in just about everything, it’s Paul Elliott. He’s an artist and writer…
Sure, traveling to Tuscany even with just a cell phone camera will probably result in some photos that will, at the very least, make your Instagram followers a little jealous. But imagine traveling through the picturesque northwestern Italian landscape with an internationally recognized tintype artist. Join Phoenix-based photographer David Emitt…
As rain drenched the myriad of locals and tourists gathered for pre-Super Bowl activities in downtown Phoenix on the evening of Thursday, January 29, a warm glow emanated from a pop-up Roosevelt Row welcome center set up inside Capture 12 gallery as people explored neighboring small businesses. Across the street,…
Tilt Gallery recently settled in at a new Scottsdale gallery space at 7077 East Main Street. Jackalope Ranch checked in to see the new digs and learn more about an upcoming exhibition of mythologically-inspired works by Brenton Hamilton…
Midcentury Modern aficionados, go ahead and schedule a reminder for noon on Sunday, February 1. That’s when tickets to the 2015 edition of the Modern Phoenix Home Tour go on sale. In recent years, the tour has highlighted mostly residential architecture from big names including Ralph Haver and Paolo Soleri…
Curious members of the human colony descended on Lisa Sette Gallery on Saturday, January 10, for the opening of “The Brief Forever” featuring works by Mayme Kratz and Alan Bur Johnson, and “Nostalgia” by Neha Vedpathak. Drenched in honey-colored light from the impending sunset, the gallery sat quiet like an…
Business types will tell you it’s best to keep a one-minute “elevator speech” at the ready. Typically, that’s about all the time you get to reply after someone asks about what you make or do. But 32 Arizona artists and arts organizations had the luxury of a full six minutes…
What started with a petition to save one building is poised to morph into a full-blown movement protesting developments that significantly would change the urban landscape of Roosevelt Row. Though some are preparing pop-up art experiences for Super Bowl fans who visit Roosevelt Row, arguably the best-known arts district in…
The first round of Third Friday exhibitions in 2015 is setting the bar high for the rest of the year. It was a pretty quiet evening on the streets, but most of the galleries were filled with work and people to view it. Most of these exhibitions will be around…
We don’t know if you worship on Sunday or sleep in the like the rest of us. (And frankly, we don’t care.) But chances are, you can appreciate good design when you see it. While we’ve taken the time to pay tribute the coolest buildings in metro Phoenix, from hospitals…
We’re figuring the year’s first Third Friday is bound to be busy, after a relative lull in some parts of the metro Phoenix art scene for First Friday earlier this month. By now, you’ve either recovered from New Year’s festivities, or you need a little jump start to make it…
While the trio of petitioners who’ve so far gathered just over 900 signatures continue to hope for a final-hour reprieve on the fate of the building at 222 East Roosevelt, home of the GreenHaus until Cole and Dayna Reed move their business to Portland, there’s no real reason to expect…
