Featured photo: Detail from “Permeable Facades and Internal Alterations,” as installed at the Tempe Center for the Arts in 2015. Photo courtesy of Christine Cassano. As proof that biology and technology, the organic and the industrial, can dialogue with each other in the name of art, Phoenix need look no further than the mixed-media wall pieces, sculptures and … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Christine Cassano
Featured photo: The Bruce Munro installation “BLOOMS” on the Scottsdale Waterfront. Photo by Deborah Ross. Although a few longtime Scottsdale galleries have moved or bitten the dust in the past couple of years, in many cases new galleries have taken their place, and the best of the established bunch are still going strong. Strolling along … Continue reading Plenty to delight the eye in Scottsdale’s art district
Featured photo: Central Arizona Project, Arizona, 2014, by Marilyn Szabo. Archival inkjet print, 18″ x 27″ — Image courtesy of Tilt Gallery. Through June 26, 2015, you can glimpse the magnificent black-and-white photography of Marilyn Szabo at Tilt Gallery on Main Street in Scottsdale. The solo exhibition highlights Szabo’s work from the recently released coffee-table … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Marilyn Szabo
I was walking behind a tourist near Main Street in Scottsdale last night as she remarked, “Look at those pretty pink petals on the ground.” Hmmm, I couldn’t quite gather the same enthusiasm for bougainvillea detritus accumulating on the sidewalk after a windy day. My anecdote just goes to show that appreciation of nature, along … Continue reading Scottsdale art walk: Doing the happy/sad dance
This is usually the time of year that visual arts events in the Phoenix area come to a crescendo just before the summer doldrums set in. Consequently, there’s lots going on at the museums and galleries and at outdoor events — a kind of full bloom of art, before heat withers the petals. I get … Continue reading Phoenix art shows: Get ’em while it’s not too hot
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