Grand Avenue is about to get even more livable, thanks to a future complex of apartment-converted shipping containers aptly called Containers on Grand. The container-based housing, located at Grand and 12th avenues, is expect to open in March of 2015. While developers have only secured permits for eight units, they…
The Marvel Experience has begun in Scottsdale, and it’s a couple hours of bliss for superhero fans. The first stop of the event’s global tour is at Salt River Fields through January 3. While there are still some technological kinks to iron out, it is a must-see for Marvel fans…
In a city progressively known internationally for its downtown’s mural art, arguably the oldest surviving murals in downtown (along with the building housing them) are now threatened with imminent destruction. So reads the opening salvo of a petition crafted by a trio of Phoenix residents hoping to preserve the building…
The year’s best exhibitions included a fabulous diversity of artwork, from ceramics to mail art, shown in a nifty assorted of places. Think museums, library, galleries, shipping containers, pop-up spaces, and re-purposed spaces that once housed ice blocks and forensic evidence. Several of the exhibits we loved best featured works…
A relatively light crowd during December’s Third Friday meant more opportunities to get up close and personal with artworks normally surrounded by eager viewers. Some suspected protests in downtown Phoenix during this month’s First Friday left folks wary of hitting the downtown art scene, but there was nary a protester…
A little of this, a little of that. It’s what we do this time of year — with food, spare time, and family gathered for the holidays. So we’ve picked five exhibitions that’ll help you explore the diversity of Arizona artists in some delightfully different settings. “Snoop” Halt Gallery, one…
Take note if you’re keen on assuring the metro Phoenix art scene survives and thrives: Kids aren’t getting equal or adequate access to arts education. So says the analysis and recent report prepared by Quadrant Arts Education Research on behalf of the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Commission…
Claire A. Warden spits on her own art. Maybe that’s a little overly dramatic. More accurately, she used her own saliva in the processing for the constructed photographs in her upcoming exhibition, “Mimesis: A Presentation of the Self”. A current Art Intersection artist-in-residence, Warden will be showing about 10 to…
There’s no shortage of Western art in Old Town Scottsdale, where folks encounter the city’s official nickname: “The West’s Most Western Town.” Best known is Ed Mell’s Jack Knife sculpture anchoring the intersection of Main Street and Marshall Way. But soon you’ll find works by Mell and more than 150…
December’s First Friday was filled with opportunities to shop art for the holidays and openings for new exhibitions — but also included one- and two-day events offering a fun assortment of creative works. Here’s a roundup of our favorite finds. The Fates by Lauren Lee Most folks know Lauren Lee’s…
You’ve got plenty of great options for First Friday this month. You can up your localist I.Q., explore darkness illuminated by art, rock the multimedia vibe, and support an emerging artist with our must-see lineup. “Lighthouse” Working with the theme of illumination, guest curator Landy Headley has gathered works by…
The Heard Museum long has been a staple for entertaining swarms of holiday visitors intrigued by katsina dolls and turquoise jewelry. But that’s a cop-out. There’s far more to the landscape of American Indian artwork, as evidenced by the Heard’s newest exhibition, “Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison.” The…
Artist Randy Slack, best known around these parts for presenting the annual “Chaos Theory” exhibition at Legend City Studios in Phoenix, recalls childhood days spent “toodling around” with his dad, an elevator mechanic whose beat included the Luhrs Building originally developed by German immigrants. Today it is part of the…
Throughout the past year, The Paper Knife has never ceased to bring something special to the creative scene in Tempe. Up until September of 2014, there were one or two Paper Knife events each month, if not more. This multimedia collective, encompassing visual art, music, and publishing, accomplished a lot…
It’s dark. The walls are black, the carpeting is black, and even the beanbags offered as seating are black. This dark environment pulls you in as you pass by. It’s hard to ignore the images on the screens and the sounds of revving engines and children screaming. This is the…
Upon entering Richard T. Walker’s exhibition “the predicament of always (as we are)” at ASU Art Museum, the viewer is immersed in sound. Sound sculptures utilizing neon, keyboards, guitars, and rocks surround the space, and a two-channel video, from which the exhibition gets its name, is projected on the back…
Amada Cruz will be Phoenix Art Museum’s new director, the museum’s board of trustees announced in a press release on Monday, November 17. Cruz will take on the role on February 1, 2015, replacing longtime director James Ballinger, who announced in April 2014 his intention to retire after nearly 40…
Before seeing the solo Fortoul Brothers exhibition inside a pop-up gallery in Phoenix, we never wondered what a cosmic stew of Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, and Steve Jobs might look like. But now we think we know, thanks to Friday, November 14’s opening reception for a seamless mix of art…
Man versus machine. To many, it’s a theoretical battle best enjoyed via books or big screen. For artists, it cuts to the very nature of their craft. How do the tools artists use shape their ideas, process, and finished product? It’s an intriguing question posed with full force in the…
We’re fortunate in metro Phoenix to feel the rich influence of Latin arts and culture not only during Dia de los Muertos celebrations, but year-round as well. Local artists including Lalo Cota infuse their work with skulls and other familiar symbols for death. In a world divided by geography and…
It’s been seven years since the Fortoul brothers had an art show in Phoenix. That’s because artist Isaac Fortoul and his manager, curator, and older brother Gabriel run what they call “a nomadic gallery.” Together, under their signature art brand, 40 Owls (a phonetic play on their last name, “for-t-ouls”)…
The Lab in Phoenix is a new space with a simple mission: to bring together creatives in a co-working environment. Located at 818 North Central Avenue, the space is a simple-yet sophisticated environment dedicated to building local culture through art, design, and outreach…
