By Brian Powell Flinn Foundation  Drew Brown is a Phoenix civic leader whose role in professional and community organizations has made a significant and lasting impact on the city and state.  He retired from the Flinn Foundation’s Board of Directors this…

Arizona Theatre Company announces leadership transitions and national executive director search / Broadway World Arizona Theatre Company has announced the upcoming departures of two key leaders: Executive Director Geri Wright and Chief Development and Marketing Officer Paula Taylor. After five-and-a-half…

Outgoing opera leader to helm Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Arizona Daily Star The Scottsdale-based Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation named Arizona Opera’s outgoing general director and president Joseph Specter as its new president and CEO.  His move to the foundation keeps him…

By Jodicee HarrisFlinn Foundation The Flinn Foundation and Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance have partnered on the exhibition, Art of Achievement: Celebrating 40 years of Flinn Scholars, to display their journeys, evolution, and achievements.  About 200 people attended the…

Three Tucson art shows reflect on border scenes; joys, anxieties of immigration / Arizona Daily Star Three independent exhibits at the Tucson Desert Art Museum, Tohono Chul and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum reflect on the constancy of immigration throughout history, with…

The Desert Botanical Garden is turning 86. How the Papago Park preserve came to be / Arizona Republic The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. From 1939 to this year,…

John and Lauri Maeder craft art in ‘desert lace’ / Sedona Red Rock News  John and Lauri Maeder have discovered a way to reveal unique aspects of cacti innards in their artwork and jewelry. Their process of removing the plant’s…