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Visual Artist Safwat Saleem Uses Dark Satire In ‘Concerned, But Powerless’ Exhibit
By Lauren Gilger Lauren Gilger: Visual artist Safwat Saleem likes to use satire — sometimes dark satire — in his work. He’s a Pakistani-American who became a U.S. citizen last year. And as he watched the 2016 election unfold, his wit came out in a series of soliloquies that he’s
Hiking-trail veteran due at arts venue
By Wrangler News Staff As weather heats up and the warmer days of spring remind residents of West Chandler that they live in the desert, the Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery in Downtown Chandler presents Martin Gatrost: Pacific Crest Trail now through Feb. 23, 2018. Photographer, avid hiker and
Odd creatures inspired artist featured at Vision Gallery
A childhood love of a claymation video game inspired a Chandler artist to create pieces illustrating wild creatures, robots, monsters and aliens on display at Vision Gallery. “Josiah Copley: Creature A Day” is an exhibit of wood pieces based on drawings of various creatures influenced not only by video
Vision Gallery exhibit could alter views of contemporary art
By Colleen Sparks A new exhibit at a Chandler gallery will feature bold, bright colors and provocative subjects stretching the limits of what is perceived as contemporary art. Shape Shifters will feature the artwork of Phoenix artists Rachael Goodwin, Lisa Von Hoffner, and Mike Jacobs at the Vision Gallery
Chandler’s public art praised by arts leader
Photo by William LeGoullon By Weldon B. Johnson for AZ Central Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, praised Chandler's use of art in public places during a visit Monday morning. Landesman, who visited several communities in Arizona Monday and Tuesday, stopped by Chandler's Vision
