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Latest ESA data strengthens my support for ESAs
ESA opponents can’t get enough of sharing ABC 15’s recent “investigative” report. I couldn’t understand what they were so excited about because the report actually pointed out the program’s success.
Artists want complete control over their public exhibitions but governments say it’s not that simple
If things had gone as originally planned, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum would be launching its fall exhibition Friday. But officials postponed the show six weeks before the opening over concern that a painting by activist-artist Shepard Fairey could be seen as "disparaging toward some City of Mesa employees."
Phoenix: Gay discrimination case about commerce, not 1st Amendment
The city of Phoenix is fighting back against a bid by a Christian law firm to get the state's high court to conclude that businesses have a right to refuse to provide certain services to gays.
Tempe artist cooks meals and fashions robot sculptures for a cause
Alexi DeVilliers wakes up around 5 a.m. every Saturday to make around 100 meals and then his wife Denise cleans the kitchen afterwards. He then drives from Tempe to downtown Phoenix and drops off the food at a shelter that caters to the elderly homeless.
Jim Covarrubias: Adorning hallways of the Senate
If you’ve ever wandered beyond the first floor of the Arizona Senate, you’ve likely seen the work of Jim Covarrubias, a Phoenix-based artist whose paintings have adorned the hallways of the second and third floors for more than a year. Covarrubias, whose downtown Phoenix studio is full to the brim of paintings, has a wide variety to choose from, and has curated and adjusted the work on display[...]
Fate of the hidden museum
As the Burton Barr Phoenix Central Library approaches its 20th anniversary, the potential and promise of an integrated curriculum of art and literature lie ahead with a renewed focus on the body of knowledge art is capable of contributing to the overall curriculum of the library.
Tucson lawmaker: Career as artist provides flexibility and perspective for work at Capitol
TUCSON - "Life's too short for beige," Steve Farley said, standing in his backyard looking at the color palette he's painted his home: sandy peach, Easter-egg turquoise and a rich purple. But what stands out the most also happens to be what Farley does for a living: hundreds of painted ceramic tiles on the back of his house together form a two-story saguaro cactus in shades of green and gray.
