Arts & Culture

Arizona Artist Spotlight: The Joy of Showing Up with...

Meet Greater Phoenix-based artist Mike Margolis, featured in GPEC’s Color, Cloth & Culture exhibit Some phrases carry more than their words. “Are you going on Sunday?” sounds like a simple question, but said with the right grin, in the right company, it means something else entirely. You have to see this. That a nod to […]

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Arizona Artist Spotlight: Designing with Purpose with...

Meet Greater Phoenix-based designer and eco-tailor Jadestorm Shamsid-Deen, featured in GPEC’s Color, Cloth & Culture exhibit Most garments come with a label. Jadestorm Shamsid-Deen’s comes with a philosophy. As the founder and inventor behind SWIYYAH®, a Phoenix-based sustainable fashion brand, Jadestorm has spent years rethinking what fabric can be, what it should do, and what […]

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Arizona Artist Spotlight: From Cradle to Canvas with...

Meet artist Irina Tevzadze, featured in GPEC’s Color, Cloth & Culture exhibit Maternity. Maternity carries contradictions. It is tenderness and grit, strength and vulnerability, joy and sacrifice all at once. It is celebrated and underestimated, visible and invisible. For centuries, artists have tried to capture what maternity holds, the quiet resilience at its core, the […]

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A large one-story office building with a colorful mural on the left side and Goodmans logo on the right.

Goodmans connects art and business communities with...

Local interior construction and commercial furniture dealer Goodmans launches art show and mural at Phoenix office As a leading economic development organization for regional growth and innovation, GPEC continually advocates for the advancement of the arts to inspire and connect communities. Among the organization’s efforts is the hosting and curating of a rotating local art […]

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