Pulitzer Prize winning author, Edward O. Wilson, writes in his book, The Origins of Creativity, that the birth of the Humanities occurred at least 100,000 years ago when our hominid ancestors developed language and started
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The Mesa Arts Center is expanding our artistic vision with an ongoing exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Museum – Main Street and Center – offering special Enchroma (think plastic 3D or polarized) glasses that allow
The Town of Fountain Hills may be famous for its namesake 560-foot spout and rolling landscape (ArtBeat covered artist friend Michael Schuessler at his booth during the annual Spring Art Festival in 2018), but this
LOCAL PHOENIX METRO: Click for tickets selling fast, a Vincent Van Gogh exhibit that will truly gobsmack you is almost here! Showing for 3 months in the Old Town Scottsdale area, this touring event is
Placemaking is a buzzword in cities all around the world as a political, socio-economic movement guided by philosophies from multi-science disciplines. Making a place is not simply giving a plaza a name or putting a
Tempe Arizona’s Grey Box Collective isn’t an ordinary dance troupe. They grapple with real-world issues, the titles of their performances including themes such as Emp_t_y: Trauma. Fatigue. Burnout. Or Structural War Zone: Body. Space. Power. GBC’s overall
Right Livelihood has many precepts but the basic tenet espouses the expression of Life Purpose through honest occupation and reverence toward fellow humans and the natural world. According to various religious and ethical articles, Right
Without a voice or a supportive environment, human potential is seldom realized to its fullest. Thanks to the Rising Youth Theatre non-profit organization and their esteemed group of supporters in Phoenix, every person who walks through the door is offered a platform from which to
Ask any local and they will probably know, through osmosis at least, that arts and culture are Scottsdale’s superpower. There is no better example of this supremacy than the longest running art show in Arizona – Celebration of Fine Art – which
Meet the Meat Market, Distinctly Different 
Shady Lady, a Lamp’s Best Friend 
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Phoenix – Education is the Key 
The Artistry of Growing a Community Garden