Officially dubbed Hip Hop Day by the mayor of Phoenix, Greg Stanton, it looks like Arizona has its newest official holiday to celebrate. Taking place every 3rd Saturday of November, this years Hip Hop Festival took things to new heights for themselves and the community of artists it serves. Invited to come and capture the experience of the festivities, there was definitely plenty to see.
The second installment and another successful showing from Square 1 Phx, “Vibes & Verbs” not only gave us exactly what we were looking for in the poetry portion of the series, but shows us the progression of how the experience is growing.
Branching into event production with a group of other creatives assembling a group called Square 1, “Vibes & Verbs” was Part 2 of a 3 part series of artistic and creative experiences happening at MonOrchid Gallery in downtown Phoenix and we can’t wait to get ready for the next one. Setting the vibe and focused on the poetry and literary portion of the series, the Director of Literary Arts Jay Tatum (@unflawedsoul) took the reigns of hosting this time around and did a good job in putting together a colorful and Afropunk themed environment for everyone to play into. Alongside the other team members of Square 1 PHX Tatiana Young, Brandon Greer, and Felicia Gaines, it turned out to be another great showing that surpassed everyone’s expectations…
Draping the walls of the popular gallery and creative space MonOrchid in Downtown Phoenix, Chris Maker takes this opportunity to display his collection of work that’s taken him exactly 10 years to piece together. The once architect turned artist, has a lot to say about the style and the shapes he places together build his architecture and design-inspired artwork.
Glorious and perfectly located outside the patio of the newly opened Cobra Bar in Downtown Phoenix, collaborators El Mac and David Choe meet up again to create this Medusa inspired mural as their newest project.
Vibrant, bold, and expressive, Robert Gentile takes front and center with an impressive solo exhibition at MonOrchid Gallery in Downtown Phoenix.
Slamming the worlds of larger than life oil paintings and the digitized relationship we have with current technology, Justin Bower’s is set to release his newest exhibit “The Humiliations” this week at UNIX Gallery in New York.
Just when you needed a visual to describe that animal you have roaming around hiding inside of you, Devin Mitchell gets you as close as he can with his new Faces of the Wild portrait series.
Artur Bordalo (aka Bordalo II) might play with junk and trash, but what he makes out with it is far from that. Colossal size sculptures taking up whole sides of buildings, these gems do more than make for a mixture of something cool and amazing to look at, but they’re out to represent something too.
An illustrator from Gdynia, Poland, Patryk Hardziej is gaining major recognition for his surrealist style of work creating characters that live in a world like no other.
An engaging experience for artists and people of all types, the Clarendon Hotel is back again with its self-hosted art installation show, ARTELPHX.
Eye-catching from the jump, Thomas Lamadieu just might be carving out a new lane with this blended style of quality vertical view photography and some pretty charismatic illustrations.
The ever-growing in popularity Fred Tieken shows off his creative and colorful outlook in his most recent art exhibit, For The Birds.
Known about and first exposed to Fred and his very distinctive artwork at ARTELPHX, a huge installation showcase at the Clarendon Hotel, I still can’t turn away from his colorful and impressionistic work.
