Scream meets big screen
It’s a fab month for film options here in Arizona as assorted venues present offerings you can’t find in local movie theaters. Phoenix Art Museum presents “Munch: Exhibition Live!” this Wednesday, July...
View ArticleFoster kids enjoy a day filled with art
More than 120 youth ages 6 to 18 will spend tomorrow enjoying all sorts of arts activities as Phoenix Art Museum and Phoenix Theatre partner to support children served through Free Arts for Abused...
View ArticleArt meets Rhino
In Allen Dutton’s “Historic Rhinos of Arizona,” the Phoenix native replaces horses with rhinoceros as he imagines life on a fictional Western estate. It’s one of eight books written by the Phoenix...
View ArticleBeyond the blockbuster
You won’t see trailers for these babies at most local theaters, but the following films and other off-the-beaten-path offerings are every bit as intriguing as most of what you’ll find in mainstream...
View ArticleSomething Shakespeare this way comes
Something Shakespeare this way comes — thanks to big screens and stages throughout Arizona. This weekend is your last chance to catch Southwest Shakespeare Company’s “Winter Repertory,” which features...
View ArticleJewelry as memoir
Most days we don’t give much thought to the baubles that adorn our bodies, but a simple peek inside the jewelry box reveals a lot about its keeper. I’m using box in the broadest sense here, knowing...
View ArticlePainting a life
A teacher once saw a young student doodling at his desk, and looked closer to discover he’d been drawing a portrait of her. The student was William H. Johnson, whose works are currently featured in an...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name?
Once upon a time, recalls Phoenix Art Museum director Jim Ballinger, you could have walked directly through the Phoenix Art Museum to the front door of the Heard Museum. There’s long been a “central...
View ArticleOnce upon a sculpture
I was intrigued as a young child by my father’s replica of an Auguste Rodin sculpture of two intertwined lovers called “The Kiss,” fascinated less by the subject matter than the way it’d been rendered...
View ArticleSurprised by “The West Select”
If you’re saddling up for a weekend of art adventures, better add “The West Select” at the Phoenix Art Museum to your list. This year’s iteration of the annual round-up of Western art rides off into...
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