Rembrandt in Phoenix

The Phoenix Museum recently completed an expansion which has allowed it to offer its visitors the opportunity to see more great works of art from all over the world. Starting this week there is “Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art: Treasures from the Rijksmuseum,...

Brazilian Roots

I love to listen to Brazilian music when I paint: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Stan Getz etc. I just read this absolutely fascinating article in the NY Times about the origins of Brazilian music: how it was influenced by Arabic culture & how its aesthetic was passed onto American Blues. I have to get...

It’s Film Festival Time

I like the buzz from the Independent film festivals. The Golden Globe, The Film Critics Awards and the Oscars feel like last years stuff, and it is. These Indie films, most times, provide dialog, mystery, intrigue and acting, things that some of the big movies try to avoid. Here is a fellow bloggers ...

Scottsdale Artists’ School-Beaux Arts ‘07

Save the date postcards are in the mail for the 13th annual Beaux Arts’ Fundraiser, which will be held Saturday April 28th, at: The Scottsdale Artists’ School, 3720 North Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Tickets can be purchased by calling the School at (480)...

Meet Jewell Parker Rhodes

As part of the 2007 Celebration of African American Authors held at the Glendale Public Library 5959 West Brown St. (1 block South of Peoria), Glendale Arizona 85308 For more information, please call 623-930-3553 or email clandrum @glendaleaz.com. Ms. Rhodes is the Artistic Director of the Virginia G. Piper...