Category: Arts

Visual art, music, architecture, performing arts, and the creative forces shaping Arizona’s cultural identity.

Born to be Wild

Born to be Wild

In the searing heat of summer, brittlebush and cholla take long pauses, scorched and tested by unforgiving rays of the desert sun.

Architect Gerry Jones

Architect Gerry Jones

High atop one of Carefree’s ruggedly elegant mountains sits architectural designer Gerry Jones’ studio. Gerry pioneered extreme…

Angel Flies to Hollywood

Angel Flies to Hollywood

Asher Angel — a name that has to rank at least 9.9 out of 10 on the perfect performer name scale — is either one of the most grounded, grateful, loving 13-year-olds around, or he’s a great actor…

Christiane Barbato: One Plate at a Time

Christiane Barbato: One Plate at a Time

I follow Christiane Barbato across her backyard and into a small white hut. Inside, dozens of unglazed clay pots and bowls rest upside-down on shelves, waiting.

Baroque Beauty – The Orpheum Theatre

Baroque Beauty – The Orpheum Theatre

The year was 1929. The madcap era of the Roaring ‘20s was over and the country plunged into the Great Depression with the Wall Street stock market crash…

Sculpting Space: Elizabeth Rosensteel

Sculpting Space: Elizabeth Rosensteel

Resource fulness and reinvention is in Elizabeth Rosensteel’s DNA. Her interior design firm, Rosensteel Design Studio, is the culmination of many years…

Alex Bauwens: Bow, Barn and Brush

Alex Bauwens: Bow, Barn and Brush

There’s never been a time when art and horses haven’t been defining elements in the life of Alex Bauwens. An accomplished professional artist…

17th annual Arizona Young Artists’

17th annual Arizona Young Artists’

Finals for the 17th annual Arizona Young Artists’ Competition (AYAC) were held on April 2, and this year, Cave Creek and Phoenix residents were among the winners.

The Next Stage – Desert Stages Theatre

The Next Stage – Desert Stages Theatre

For more than 20 years, Desert Stages Theatre has called Scottsdale home. In 1995, auditions for its first production, “The Ugly Duckling,” were held in the parking lot of Scottsdale Fashion Square…

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