In 2024, Heidi Dauphin and Laura Spalding Best were paired up to create an installation for Artlink’s Annual Gala at the Phoenix Art Museum. The two initially were uncertain how their practices would mesh as Dauphin is a mixed media/ceramic artist while Best is best known for her found object paintings and murals. However, after their first meeting, they formed an instant connection and friendship. Their conversations lasted for hours, discussing their individual practices. Among the many commonalities between both of their work was their desires to collect objects whether it be personal everyday items or found objects. Each of

How do you bring scientific thought to life? How do you explain the mystics of the world in a tangible way? These are some of the questions that Valerie Navarrete is grappling with in her newest body of work. Navarrete has always had a profound love for both the arts and sciences. In college, she double majored in painting and molecular cellular developmental biology. In her graduate program, Navarrete began researching epigenetics, the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect how your genes work. It was through this research that she discovered CH Waddington, a scientist