Behind the scenes at Phoenix Art Museum, curator Helen Jean guards 9,000 pieces of fashion history — and less than 1% ever sees the light of day.
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At the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, the Mounted Native Costume class transforms centuries-old Bedouin tradition into a blur of jewel-toned silk and silver — where 40 pounds of velvet becomes weightless poetry at full gallop.
From John Wayne’s working costumes to hand-tooled parade saddles, Western Spirit Museum reveals how frontier fashion conquered both Hollywood and the range — and why the cowboy hat is the ultimate American accessory.
The Heard Museum’s new exhibition traces how a humble flour sack became an unlikely fashion icon in Indigenous communities — from a treasured fry bread ingredient to contemporary cultural statement.
Step inside Phoenix Theatre Company’s costume shop where Martha Clarke and her team of artisans engineer rock ‘n’ roll swagger, one reinforced seam at a time, for the stage sensation “Million Dollar Quartet.”
Hollywood icon Brooke Shields and master gemologist Robert Procop merge artistic vision with untreated sapphires and celestial inspiration for an immersive jewelry experience arriving March 3 at Grace Renee Gallery in Carefree.
Master wildlife photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen brings 50 years of patience, iconic images and unflinching conservation advocacy to the Phoenix Zoo in a stunning exhibition that proves the most powerful photographs still require showing up and waiting for nature to surprise us.
A photographer who “thinks like a painter” and an architect who builds paintings from color and light: Two artists prove that capturing Arizona’s rugged beauty is less about the tool and more about the eye behind it.
Bruce Moore’s lens captures what most parents can’t explain: the quiet intimacy of mourning doves and the purposeful dance of desert pollinators.
Candied bacon meets premium chocolate in these deceptively simple artisan bars that transform Valentine’s Day — or any occasion — into an opportunity for sophisticated, handcrafted indulgence.