In the Details: A Journey into the Contemporary Art of Brazil
The Past/Future/Present exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum presents the viewpoint of cultural norms and traditions explored by the artists through Brazilian contemporary art....
Devil’s Advocate: Farewell from our graduating editors
The top three editors of Downtown Devil say farewell as they prepare to graduate and pass on their roles for the next school year.
Sarah...
Phoenix Rising: Friends, Phoenicians, downtowners, lend us your voices
Is downtown Phoenix undergoing a booming revival of urban principles that will lead it to thrive as a more dense core of activity, or...
Phoenix Rising: Artists can fight back by teaming up
As more and more of Phoenix is subsumed by luxury apartment developments, the artist community risks being pushed out of Roosevelt Row.
Phoenix Rising: Students must address systemic flaws in student government
Arizona State University’s presence in downtown Phoenix has an immense impact on the surrounding area for better or for worse. Meanwhile, the voice of...
Phoenix Rising: Placemaking requires a compromise between developers and activists
Placemaking is a pretty popular development and planning term to describe the creation of livable spaces, but whose place are we making in downtown...
Downtown Angels: Wear denim on Wednesday to protest sexual assault
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Several events throughout the month in downtown Phoenix aimed to raise awareness about sexual violence and how to...
Phoenix Rising: An updated Visual Artist Rights Act could protect downtown artists
As debates over the future of Augustine Kofie’s mural on the western wall of the Flowers building at Fifth and Roosevelt streets continue, it...
Phoenix Rising: Downtown should be a Connected Oasis
As downtown Phoenix leaders begin considering the updating of the Downtown Strategic Vision to guide another wave of development, they are faced with an...
Phoenix Rising: Complete Streets provide safety for all instead of speed for suburbs
Straddling the demands for suburban speed and urban safety, the Complete Streets Policy sacrificed ambition for acceptance and showcases the immense amount of work...