It was July fourth when I spoke with Alassane over video call. Both of us were – of course, given the pandemic – at home. We were happy to smile with a fa... Read More...
Myth-busting is one of the pillars of Papay Solomon’s success.
Hard work is another: His Phoenix studio is lined with large, vibrant, and hyper-realistic pa... Read More...
Eric Kasper, "Abundant Living"
Religiosity has shaped people and cultures of the world in uncountable ways, both subtle and profound. But for centuries – pe... Read More...
Photo: Kristin Bauer
As an undergraduate student at ASU in 2013, I vaguely recall attending a panel at Phoenix Art Museum, moderated by then curator Sara Coch... Read More...
Photo: Martez Cornelius of MCP
With Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” playing through a massive sound system, a lowrider truck with Daytons shi... Read More...
Nick Oza/Gannett
Images can tell stories that transcend time and history, align our collective souls, or change our minds completely. Photojournalist Nick O... Read More...
Photo: Matty Steincamp
Artistic vision sometimes examines the big picture, but other times it focuses on the microscopic. The scope depends on the artist’s ... Read More...
“I liken it to the death of a star, which relates to molten metal being instantly cooled,” Jennyfer Stratman explains to me over a picnic on a farm in... Read More...
I wish I had Rossitza Todorova as a math teacher. Listening to her talk about the “inexhaustible” qualities of geometry reveals a poetry about lin... Read More...
Phoenix-based artist Danielle Hacche’s recent work is a series titled Coalescing Form and Focus. These pieces feature pastel, acrylic, gouache and... Read More...
