Valley NewsLand Zo: Westward Expansion
Jackie DishnerFebruary 20, 2020
Arizona State University adds the Thunderbird School of Global Management to its growing real estate portfolio.
Jackie Dishner, Author at PHOENIX magazine
The PHiXStudio Session with Kathy Q. Parks
Jackie DishnerJanuary 23, 2020
After losing strength in her arms and legs in her early 30s from a neuromuscular disease, Kathy Q. Parks fell into a depression. “I couldn’t lift my legs to go upstairs. How was I going to take care of my children?” The normally physically active Arizona native, who studied physical education and health at the University of Arizona, remembered how art mesmerized her in high school, so she turned to that. Over time, the use...
Timothy Chapman paints wild, imaginative renderings of animals. He favors zebras that fly or giraffes with leathercraft designs rather than spot patterns. Lately, he’s been into birds (ravens and magpies, in particular), painting them like illustrations in an abstract biology textbook. He adds mountains he grew up near, like Camelback Mountain, on the canvas. The second-generation Arizonan, a Scottsdale-based artist who works out of the Cattletrack Arts Compound, calls his work “invented natural history.” Chapman’s...
ArtsScottsdale Arts Shakeup
Jackie DishnerJune 20, 2019
After a few years of leadership tumult, Scottsdale Arts charts a steady new course.
Color has helped us express ourselves since childhood.
Performing ArtsThe PHiXThings to DoThis Fusion of Art and Music Promises a Transformation
Jackie DishnerMay 23, 2019
The Phoenix Symphony will debut the first of an innovative series of concerts this Friday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m.
The PHiXThings to DoBronze Birds, Books and Mass Transit Share Space in North Scottsdale
Jackie DishnerMay 15, 2019
Take a peep at local artist Mary Lucking's birds and books.
Phoenix General and Framed Ewe at The Colony in Uptown want you to wander to the back of their shared space where they've turned a hallway into a pop-up art gallery.
The first time Barry M. Goldwater picked up a camera, he was a young boy, and it was without permission.
What to look out for during the upcoming Chalk Walk.
You’ve probably seen that white metal arch over McDowell Road near 16th Street – but what is it?
LifestyleStudio Snapshot: Andrew King
Jackie DishnerMarch 31, 2019
Andrew King is a graphic artist by day and a freelance painter and ceramist by night.
LifestyleArtist of the Month: Frank Ybarra
Jackie DishnerMarch 31, 2019
Frank Ybarra’s “Chicano cubism” brings the Valley vibrantly to life.
ArtsArtist of the Month: Rosa Kilgore
Jackie DishnerFebruary 1, 2019
The metalsmithing jeweler has art in her genes.
ArtsArtist of the Month: Joe Netherwood
Jackie DishnerJanuary 1, 2019
It was Joe Netherwood’s childhood love of history and fascination with TV shows like The Lone Ranger that led the Virginia-born draftsman to art.