Art

Artist Rosa Kilgore wearing earrings and necklaces from her latest collection

Don’t miss your chance to add exquisite jewelry to your collection during Rosa Kilgore Jewelry Sample Sale happening Saturday,  March 30, 2019 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at Studio AFUERA. 

Photo of Lauren Hinkson.

The Heard Museum’s newest exhibition, the “Josef Albers in Mexico” show, is an ode to the vibrant and brightly-colored abstract works of Mr. Albers, himself. Though Albers was a masterful artist, most notably known for his unique perceptions of art and the charismatic pieces that he created, he also inherited a unique appreciation for the world in which he lived in and traveled. The show provides an insight into the unparalleled mind of one of the world’s greatest abstract artists...

The process of mummification is one, that to this day, scientists are still attempting to fully understand. While the fad was found to be particularly prominent and popular in European civilizations, the concept was – at one point in time – adapted globally by a wide variety of growing civilizations and communities.

There are no ancient Egyptian texts that described how embalmers mummified their dead, so the process could not yet be understood until modern scientists tested the practice for themselves. It wasn’t until 1994, that Egyptologist Bob Brier and anatomist Ronn Wade used recreations of ancient embalming tools...

This weekend, the Arizona Opera will welcome to its stage “Silent Night”– a Pulitzer Prize-winning performance that tells the tale of the Christmas Eve cease-fire that was negotiated across the battlegrounds of World War I in 1914. During this evening, a reported 100,000 French, British and German troops laid down their weapons in an effort to acknowledge each soldier’s humanity. The timeless tale is a thrilling and beautiful reminder of the power in finding one another’s humanity.

AZ Foothills had the opportunity to chat with Silent Night’s Composer, Kevin Puts, and Librettist, Mark Campbell, ahead...