Visual art, music, architecture, performing arts, and the creative forces shaping Arizona’s cultural identity.
On a breezy but sunny Arizona winter day, John Randall Nelson answered his door wearing comfortable jeans and a paint-spattered denim jacket. A gray beanie, crocheted from yarn, hugs the crown of his head. He’s a tough-looking guy, tall and sturdy with a strong Romanesque nose, but he’s quick to grin with a smile that emanates from the inside.
The greatest piece of advice that artist and set designer Jason Adkins ever received was from his high school art teacher back in his native Tennessee: “Don’t overthink it.”
Cave Creek’s newest fine art gallery, The Blue Gem, is home to endings, beginnings and full circles.
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Writer Sue Kern-Fleischer Photography by Scott Baxter [dropcap]T[/dropcap]ess Mosko Scherer is going through a transformation
Writer Lara Pi Photographer Loralei Lazurek [dropcap]P[/dropcap]aradise Valley resident and Valley arts philanthropist Mary Way
Writer Amanda Christmann Photography Courtesy of Winquist Photography [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n an unassuming corner of a quiet
Writer Amanda Christmann [dropcap]T[/dropcap]here’s something about the weathered granite boulders of Carefree, the jagged contours