Robrt Pela

Jun 09

People from MARS: The History of Movimiento Artistico del Rio Salado, a Phoenix-Based Chicano Artist Collective

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Movimiento Artistico del Rio Salado, or MARS, a Phoenix-based artist collective, became an inclusive home for Chicano and Indigenous artists starting in the 1970s.  By Robrt Pela

Feb 28

Art Detour in Phoenix, Now a Month-Long, Takes a Left Turn

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Art Detour, the thirty-four-year-old annual studio tour, has shifted course to match Phoenix’s shrinking arts enclave.  By Robrt Pela

Jan 20

When, Where, and How Did Phoenix’s Downtown Art Scene Commence? Four Local Artists Remember.

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Janet de Berge Lange, Jeff Falk, James B. Hunt, and Annie Lopez—in roundtable style—dish on downtown Phoenix’s art scene pre-America West Arena and prior to First Friday.   By Robrt Pela

Nov 15

Downtown Phoenix Art Existed Before Roosevelt Row. Just Ask Pete Petrisko.

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Pete Petrisko has spent decades participating in and documenting the downtown Phoenix arts scene, which has morphed from the grit of Metropophobobia and Gallery X to a place for brewpub-hopping.   By Robrt Pela