Douglas Miles is a member of the San Carlos-Apache tribe. He is a painter, photographer, and activist. He grew up in Phoenix and moved back to the San Carlos-Apache Indian Community.
Alwun House is Downtown Phoenix’s first art gallery. For more than 45 years, the Alwun House has created opportunities for artists, and served as a pivotal beacon in the Garfield community.
First Friday is one of the largest walking art tours in the country, notable for its ability to attract people from all walks of life to one central area.
Ballet Arizona is the state’s premier dance company. We will follow a ballerina and her husband to see what a day in their lives is like and how they prepare for a performance.
In 1970, a Phoenix City Parks supervisor named Helen Mason realized a voice was missing in the city’s art community. From her simple dream, The Black Theatre Troupe, Inc. was born.
Changing Hands is Arizona’s leading independent bookstore, offering new and used books, unique gifts, toys, and more than 300 author events every year.
Nancy Hill owns Hazel and Violet, a letterpress company. Using hand-operated machines from the early 1900s, Hill creates invitations, cards, posters using old fashioned type and ink.
Standing eye level with some of the tallest buildings in Downtown Phoenix is the amazing steel sculpture, “Her Secret is Patience.” It is the center point of the Civic Space Park across from the ASU
Learning to trust your gut is an important lesson at any age. With this jazz improvisation class, high school musicians learn to lean into their feelings and trust their musical guts.
From truck driver to sculptor, Kevin Caron is blowing everyone’s mind by not using traditional tools to make his art. Instead, his sculptures are made using an eight-foot 3D printer he calls Gigante.
The Nash opened its doors in 2012 as a place for students to practice and be inspired by Jazz music. It’s named after Lewis Nash, one of the greatest jazz drummers.
Arizona PBS tells the story of potter Ron Carlos, a member of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, and how he is continuing his elders’ tradition of telling stories through his art.
Folklorico Dance or Baile folklórico, literally “folkloric dance” in Spanish, is a collective term for traditional Latin American dances that emphasize local folk culture with ballet characteristics
Gregory Sale calls himself a social justice artist. His recent projects focus on artwork by formerly incarcerated individuals to shine the light on our often inconsistent penal system.