Artist: Michael Matthew Woodlee Medium: Photography, SX-70 Polaroid This photograph was made at a lake outside of Phoenix. When summer arrives, I try to leave to explore the lakes we have here, as I did when I was a kid. I was born in Phoenix in 1984 and have lived here...
Artist: R.C. ProctorMedium: photograph on linenThe countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we'll have 100 creative representations of Phoenix. No scope or requirement on medium or size -- we'll include photography, painting, sculpture, video, installation, literary, and more. What...
Artist: UnknownMedium: Vintage PostcardWritten on the back: Located near central part of bisuness section. Completely modern. Frequently chosen as convention headquarters for large delegations. The countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we'll have 100 creative representations of Phoenix. No...
The tender: Jenna Cacciamani The bar: Mellow Mushroom (740 S. Mill Ave. 480-967-6355) The pedigree: When Cacciamani's manager at Applebee's needed a bartender about 8 years ago, she was originally opposed-- she was working tables, was fine with the money she was earning and liked her regulars. But she eventually ended up...
Artist: Bird AveMedium: Illustrated Poster The countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we'll have 100 creative representations of Phoenix. No scope or requirement on medium or size -- we'll include photography, painting, sculpture, video, installation, literary, and more. What...
Artist: J.R. WilliamsMedium: Phoenix Tourism AdvertisementIn 1930, cartoonist J.R. Williams (of Out Our Way fame) was commissioned to draw a panel for the Valley of the Sun. The advertisement was used in conjunction with winter rates on the Transcontinental Railroad to "a romantic desert country of intriguing wonders." The countdown to Best of...
i am so attached to my place that my place has become attached to me from Jen Urso on Vimeo. Artist: Jen Urso Medium: video This video draws comparisons between the toughness and resiliency of the desert with my own strength and, because of organisms living in the desert soil,...
Artist: Rupp Aerial PhotographyMedium: Cartography The Phoenix Color Mural is an enormous aerial photograph and color-coded map of Phoenix (c. 1995) that's on display on the second floor of the Phoenix Public Library.The countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we'll...
Artist: UnknownMedium: PhotographyThe countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we'll have 100 creative representations of Phoenix. No scope or requirement on medium or size -- we'll include photography, painting, sculpture, video, installation, literary, and more. What do you see...
Artist: Bob Petley Medium: Photograph postcard (c. 1976) Back of the postcard reads: Famous Camelback Mountain. World-renowned landmark on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona, about which are clustered private estates and most of the million-dollar winter resorts of the Valley of the Sun. This view is from the south side of...
Artist: Clifton Batchelor Medium: PhotographyThe Phoenix Arrow is a sign carved into the Usery Mountains, 30 miles from Sky Harbor Airport. Story goes, the sign dates back to the 1950s and created as a guide for lost pilots. Today, the sign's seen by passengers on commercial flights approaching from the east...
Artist: UnknownMedium: Postcard The back of the postcard reads: Phoenix' most modern inn combines motor hotel convenience with metropolitan hotel service. Phoenix and Scottsdale shopping centers are close by. The Oasis, intimate restaurant and cocktail lounge in Caravan Inn East, is one of Phoenix' most popular dining places.The countdown to Best...
Tempe's MADCAP Theaters announced over the weekend that they'll be closing for the summer and canceling all film programming until the school year starts back up (or until it cools down). The independent theater on Mill Avenue is currently raising funds to repair its air conditioners, a job they estimate...
Name: Steve Dreiseszun Medium: Digital Photography Created in March 2010, this image was my contribution for the 26 Blocks project, Block "V" in Downtown Phoenix. Tasked with telling the story of the "0/0" block of Phoenix, once considered our 'town square' and now part of the new CityScape project, I felt a...
Artist: Sam Gomez Medium: Photography I often capture a manifestation of the Phoenix in the Arizona sky, but this has to be one of the most detailed images that I have caught this year above downtown Phoenix. Then with it ascending made it more magical. The Phoenix a representation of rebirth,...
Artist: Francisco GarciaMedium: Mural (on 23rd Avenue and Buckeye Road in Phoenix)In 2009, I had read an article in the New Times of a Maricopa County deputy who had broken a mothers arm and interrogated her. Their reasoning for committing such an act was because she was undocumented, from my...
Not all Phoenix fun comes with dim lighting and fancy cocktails. Sometimes, there's nothing better than endorphins, sunshine, and sweat. Lover of all things outdoors, The Outsider explores the more natural side of Phoenix. The annual Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Series features a full marathon, a half marathon, and a two-person, half...
Allison Crouse Medium: Digital Photography My panorama is made up of about 15 images of the Salt River. I was very fortunate to see the wild horses that morning. I was trying to capture the serenity of the river in the early morning. It is such a calm and yet wild place...
Artist: Monica Robles Medium: Digital Photography Ever since I moved to Phoenix I have been fascinated by this hotel. I was drawn to the old neon sign and interesting textures on the weathered walls. I feel this hotel has many stories to tell. I just love that Phoenix still has pre...
Headlines struck familiar tones on June 16. The Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-2, after Justin Upton nailed a 10th inning walk-off home run. Broadway Road was closed between Rural Road and Mill Avenue. A Glendale woman was arrested on charges of pimping out a 17-year-old girl. And a...
Six years after construction began, and following nearly three years of inactivity, one of the towers at Sixth Street and Maple Avenue in Tempe will welcome its first residents on Monday.The project began in 2005 as the overly ambitious Centerpoint Condominium towers, a brainchild of developer Ken Losch and his...
Medium: PosterThe countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we'll have 100 creative representations of Phoenix. No scope or requirement on medium or size -- we'll include photography, painting, sculpture, video, installation, literary, and more. What do you see when...
