Film on famed Scottsdale designer to debut / Scottsdale Progress A documentary film on a world-renown Indigenous fashion designer with deep roots in Scottsdale will debut in December. “ART is Culture, Culture is ART,” directed by the Indigenous filmmaker Nathaniel…

Arizona State University has appointed a new curator at large for its museum. Erin Joyce, who worked at the Heard Museum for several years and was raised in northern Arizona, would like to include more artwork from Indigenous communities.

Newly released data by Americans for the Arts as part of the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 study shows Arizona’s nonprofit arts and culture sector generated more than $1 billion in economic activity in 2022.

After amassing a collection of more than 2,000 Native and Western art pieces, Phoenix supermarket magnate Eddie Basha built a gallery and welcomed the public to see it free of charge. Now that gallery is closing, and the Heard Museum…

An Arizona State University team, led by technical communication and UX expert Claire Lauer, was awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation to further develop an engaging mixed-reality grant and accompanying museum installation designed to convey the complexities of…

Scottsdale Arts receives largest gift in its history / Scottsdale Independent Scottsdale Arts recently received notification from the Michael and Ellen Ziegler Trust that the Ziegler estate has awarded more than $11.5 million to the organization, most of which will…

Arizona invests $5.4 million in nonprofit arts sector / Daily Independent The Arizona Commission on the Arts announced 367 grant awards totaling $5.4 million to an array of organizations and programs, from world-class museums to rural arts centers. The agency is now…