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Fountain sculpture approved

11/28/2019
The Town Council has approved the location for the Fountain of Light sculpture for the Avenue of the Fountains Plaza in front of Town Hall. The vote at the Nov. 19 regular council session was 6-1, …

Art League calls for artists

11/26/2019
Artists interested in participating in the annual Fountain Hills Juried Art Exhibit have until Dec. 15 to enter. Artists are invited to compete for ribbons and monetary prizes. The entry fee of …

Fountain Festival remains strong after 45 years

10/31/2019
More than four and a half decades after its inception, the Fountain Festival of Arts and Crafts returns Friday, Nov. 8, and will run through Sunday, Nov. 10. The venue is the Avenue of the …

Fall Arts Festival 2014

11/17/2014
Photos taken during the 2014 Fall Arts Festival, hosted along Avenue of the Fountains and Saguaro Blvd., in front of Fountain Park, from Friday, Nov. 14, until Sunday, Nov. 16.

Painting with Parkinson's

11/4/2014
Erhard (Ed) Ciolina, now 80, was in his 60s when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Accepting a new challenge, he began painting in an abstract expressionism style. Ciolina recalls …

Theater season in Valley officially opens in September

8/20/2013
The “season” begins in earnest in the Valley of the Sun in September.. Joining the busy-ness September brings is Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts with a wide variety of …

Love, Loss and What I Wore

6/7/2013
I love being a girl. I'm not a real girly-girl, but I am definitely a girl. One of things I love about being a girl is doing things where there are a lot of other girls around. Such was the case …

Morris expresses emotions with paint

6/4/2013
Artist John (Jack) H. Morris Jr. compares himself to a poet. Where a poet expresses feelings through words, Morris conveys emotions through a variety of materials and layers of colorful …

Blue heron site debated

5/8/2013
The Town Council last week accepted a new public art sculpture entitled “Great Blue Heron” but postponed a decision on where to install it. A difference of opinion between the Public Art …

Cultural arts

5/7/2013
While spoken language presents so many boundaries of national “tongue,” regional dialects and colloquialism, the cultural arts provide a source of international communication. I’m thinking …

Final Phoenix Symphony performances under Michael …

5/1/2013
Michael Christie, who has led the Phoenix Symphony for the past eight years as Virginia G. Piper Music Director, will be conducting his final concerts in Phoenix and Scottsdale next week. Maestro …

Local gallery offers classes

4/30/2013
Fountainside Arts Studio at Plaza Waterfront offers four classes in printmaking and hand papermaking in May and June. Gallery co-owner Marcia McClellan teaches the classes. Six students are the …