ArtsIn the Studio with Sculptor Carlos Page
See Cave Creek sculptor Carlos Page’s pieces and creative space in person at the Hidden in the Hills Artist Studio Tour this month.
See Cave Creek sculptor Carlos Page’s pieces and creative space in person at the Hidden in the Hills Artist Studio Tour this month.
Chandler resident Carol McDonald never imagined she would become an artist after retiring in 2018 from her “left-brain, analytical business administration career.” Over the years, she had taken a slew of art classes, but never thought of herself as “remotely artistic.” For Christmas in 2018, McDonald’s husband bought her an easel and a canvas and encouraged her to paint. She experimented with different paints, colors and textures and discovered that she enjoyed expressing herself through...
Kick-start the Holidays at the Princess The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has transformed into a winter wonderland for Christmas at the Princess, through Jan. 2. The annual festival glows with more than 5 million lights and features ice skating, train rides, photos with Santa, fire-pit tables, s’mores, an ice slide, Ferris wheel, carousel, nativity garden and light shows. Call for times and ticket prices. Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, 7575 E. Princess Dr., Scottsdale, 480-585-4848, scottsdaleprincess.com. Meet the...
Curt Mattson knows horses better than the back of his clay-dusted hands. His distinctive sculptures of the animals are a testament to his childhood growing up on ranches along the West Coast. Mattson realized in his late 20s that life on the range would soon render him broke – or broken – and turned to art as another expression of his investment in the life of cowboys. His clay sculptures dig beyond the flesh of...
From winter festivals to country concerts and the return of the circus, here are our top 10 picks for events happening this November and December.