In 1946, Pablo Picasso, who was already recognized as one of the world’s leading painters, sculptors and graphic artists of the 20th century, decided to take on a new medium.

Looking for something fun and creative to do to beat the heat? Country Ceramics has just the thing to cure your creative cravings.

Her passion is plants, his art.

Joani Castillo loves the Lord so much that she could just dance — or sing or act or mime. Yet she’s on a mission to help people cultivate and refine their skills of art and expression as callings from God to serve churches and the world.

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Today’s artists and crafters use the Internet not only to promote themselves, but to sell their wares. Good-quality images sell a product; inferior images don’t.

Join other families at ASU Art Museum’s First Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday to make a colorful hand-felted wall hanging.

Some artists use canvas. These artists went a different way — irrigation pipe.

The New School for the Arts, which has trained budding artists and performers in the East Valley at the high school level for eight years, plans to open to seventh and eighth-graders this fall.

Jody Gnant’s dreams are held together by a clever Canadian man with a paper clip. The Phoenix singer/ songwriter was looking for a way to finish her album when she stumbled upon Kyle Mac-Donald and a seemingly crazy scheme that’s warming hearts across the country.

Jody Gnant’s dreams are held together by a clever Canadian man with a paper clip. The Phoenix singer/ songwriter was looking for a way to finish her album when she stumbled upon Kyle Mac-Donald and a seemingly crazy scheme that’s warming hearts across the country.

Susan Beiner is concerned that "artificial" has replaced "authentic" in society - from genetically altered foods to mass manufacturing.

The stage is set at Gilbert Learning Foundation and Performing Arts for students to find success and a creative outlet or sport.

Native American entertainers, including a storyteller, flute player and hoop dancer, will perform at this weekend’s Chandler Indian Art Market.

You could probably attend a show a week this coming arts season and still not see the variety of performances on tap Friday at Mesa Arts Center.

Light broke through cloudy skies Saturday, revealing brilliant colors and forms at the Scottsdale Arts Festival.

The face of Asia is changing and can be seen in artwork including modern language embedded in Chinese calligraphy, photos of graffiti covering decaying buildings, and beautiful furniture distorted beyond its usefulness.

March 2005

These are not your mother's dinner plates. When ceramic artist Howard Kottler depicts the classic “American Gothic” couple on dinnerware, he's irreverent.