What started out in Spring of 2012 as a plot of flowers in downtown Phoenix has morphed into a beautiful art show at Combine Studios. The Valley of the Sunflowers Paper Project is a testament to what happens when you give a group of artists two pieces of well-made paper…
All sorts of creatures have started to emerge from the Scottsdale canal over the past few weeks, thanks to local artists Isaac Caruso and Ashley Macias. The duo equipped themselves with rubber boots and earth-friendly spray paint to create a range of murals in the dried-up canal near the Scottsdale…
Experimental theatre usually plays to a very niche interest group. But the locally-conceived SparrowSong, which opens this weekend at ASU’s Prism Theatre, aims to create an inclusive environment for all types of theatre-goers. SparrowSong is the brainchild of three of ASU’s MFA students who began discussing the project over tacos…
After existing in the purely conceptual realm, the Tempe Museum of Contemporary Art will officially open its doors for the first time this month. Co-founder Christian Filardo originally used the name for his home and workspace where he runs record label Holy Page. From there, the idea grew into a…
This weekend, SRP, in collaboration with Scottsdale Public Art, is offering the public a glimpse of a rare event that isn’t slated to occur again for another seven years: fish herding. The fish are white amur — a species of carp placed in the canals to keep the waters clean…
Let’s start out 2013 with a dose of reality: It’s hard to keep New Years resolutions. According to the New Years resolution statistics published by the Journal of Clinical Psychology for 2012, 25 percent of resolution-makers have already given up on their goal by January 8. The number only grows…
Daniel Funkhouser’s latest pair of exhibitions at Eye Lounge is the best sensory overload we’ve had since the neon comeback of 2012. The local artist’s Family Photos is a series of metallic digital prints that question the absurdity of social norms and play with tropes of childhood and adolescence, and…
In 2001, AZ DES reported that 40 percent of the Greater Metro Phoenix population changes every 5 years. This jarring statistic was the springboard for a series of projects undertaken by Matthew and Maria Salenger of colab studio culminating in their most recent endeavor, Individualocracy, which is up for funding…
You might notice something a little bit different in the surroundings if you’re traveling on College Avenue this month. Funded by the Tempe Neighborhood Grant Program, local architect and academic Jason Griffiths worked with the community in the neighborhood just south of Southern to design street furniture that could express…
Bucky Miller’s photographs are deceptively simple. Destroyer, Miller’s most recent exhibition, is a collection of pieces from the past year that have a quiet but powerful presence. The show is as much about the sequencing and arrangement of the works as it is about the photos individually. The associations and…
If you’re looking to pick up a Christmas present for the art lover in your family, you might want to try your luck this Saturday at Art Intersection’s second Annual Silent Auction. With some of the starting bids are as low as $60 and immediate purchase prices in a variety…
If you are already a regular at some of the many Western-themed galleries in Old Town Scottsdale, mosey on over to the Phoenix Art Museum this month to check out the museum’s second installment of the annual exhibition The West Select. And seriously, don’t forget your cowboy hat. See Also:…
With the holidays approaching (read: already here) it’s important to not let yourself get too bogged down by the growing pile of things you’ve got on your plate. When the To-Do List meets technology a beautiful thing happens — If you’ve ever written something down on a piece of paper…
If you’re looking to do some Christmas shopping this weekend without enduring the insanity of Black Friday, the Carefree Fine Art of the Southwest Festival is a perfect alternative. See Also: – Weekly Freebie: Glendale Glitters – Five Must-See Arts and Culture Events This Week…
Artist and designer Christine Lee will give a talk at the ASU Art Museum this Tuesday evening as a part of ASU’s Crafting a Continuum Visiting Artist Series. Lee works with salvaged materials to create sculptural installations that have been displayed across the United States. We caught up with her…
As suggested by its title, Rinse & Repeat, a show curated by Becky Nahom on view at Bragg’s Pie Factory, makes the audience want to return to each of the artworks on display again and again. Nahom, an Arizona native and ASU transfer who began her art training at New…
Nothing really compares to the time spent in an art studio working with physical art supplies, but realistically there isn’t always an array of materials (or even a pencil and paper) at hand when inspiration strikes away out in the world. Luckily there are some apps out there for creating…
Logan Bellew’s latest installation at Eye Lounge is breathtaking (and it’s not just because the subjects of the photographs are so good lookin’). Angels v.2 is the second installment of a series in which Bellew explores the relationship between age and innocence by way of photographic portraiture. The images themselves…
Local photographer and app developer Tyson Crosbie recently teamed up with Curtis Miller of Flatterline to create an app that would take the hassle out of saving. According to the website, Control is “the simplest budgeting tool since cash.” The claim isn’t very far off. The app allows you to…
The landscape of the Desert Botanical Garden is looking a little different this month, but the new additions aren’t plants (at least not technically). Carolina Escobar’s sculpture exhibition Whispers of a New World spans across the familiar garden trails and offers splashes here and there of something new. See Also:…
To say that Instagram is the most popular photo editing app available today would be an understatement. With user numbers surpassing the 100 million mark, you’d probably be pretty hard-pressed to find an iPhone without the familiar brown vintage camera icon. But for those of us who are beginning to…
If you have a fear of large birds, prep yourself before checking out local artist Kade Twist’s latest exhibition. It’s Easy to Live With Promises If You Believe They Are Only Ideas is a video installation with accompanying sound at ASU’s Harry Wood Gallery in Tempe. Images of California condors…
