In addition to the opening of the PHX Sky Train at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Monday, the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program hosted an art tour of the public art projects that were added to beautify the train stations.
The Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation held its annual fundraiser, Equinox, at Cibo on Thursday night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The funds raised by the event will go toward Roosevelt Row programs such as Growhouse, the Roosevelt Row Merchant Association and A.R.T.S., a program that reuses vacant lots, Cea said.
Robrt Pela, a well known member of the Phoenix art scene as the former curator of Willo North Gallery and a columnist for the Phoenix New Times, will be opening his own art space in May. The R. Pela Contemporary Art Gallery will be located on McDowell Road.