First Fridays About Artlink Art Detour 26

Artlink, Inc. is one of the oldest, all-volunteer run, 501-C-3 arts organizations in Downtown Phoenix. Our mission is to maintain and enhance our current regular events, including the monthly First Fridays art walk, the annual Art Detour self-guided tour, a Juried Exhibition and an art-related fundraiser.

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Enjoy the spirit and culture of Downtown Phoenix as you mingle with thousands of other residents and visitors. Tour more than 70 art galleries, venues, and related spaces.

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Art Detour 26 is a free, two-day, self-guided tour of artist studios, art spaces, and other art venues in Downtown Phoenix organized by Artlink, Inc. in cooperation with participating venues.

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Artlink Gallery

To help support artists in downtown Phoenix, Artlink manages a gallery in a space donated by the City of Phoenix.

Located at: 424 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (MAP)The Artlink A. E. England Gallery is located in an historic building at Civic Space Park. The gallery’s mission is to feature established and emerging artists who push the boundaries of art as expression, test the limits of media, and broaden the perspective and consciousness of audiences. Artlink A. E. England Gallery is open to all disciplines of art, to include experimental, digital, traditional, and integrations thereof.

 

Current Exhibition


An Exhibition of Paintings by Stacie Schimke

June 7th- June 21st, 2013

Opening Reception: June 7th, 6-10 pm
Closing Reception: June 21st, 6-9 pm

Global Warming, 4′ x 4′ acrylic on canvas

For the month of June, Artlink’s A. E. England Gallery presents the work of Stacie Schimke. The pieces displayed in the exhibition are abstract responses to the climate change dialogue. Schimke’s textured color fields evoke the unusual and foreboding weather patterns of global warming. The large scale of her work creates unending, distant horizons that envelope the viewer in her dystopian scenes. View more of Schimke’s work.

Artist Statement:

I am inspired by design: graphic, architectural, object, interior, and the combination of color and texture. My eye is drawn to the details, the spiderweb in the corner of a door, the numbers on the face of an old pocketwatch. Photography and painting are the devices with which I display my design sense. This series of paintings expresses my disquietude with climate change – both allegorically and literally. I approached this project by studying words around climate change and reinterpeting them into abstract images.

 

The gallery will be closed during the months of July and August.

 

Call for Artists

The Artlink A. E. England Gallery is seeking emerging as well as established contemporary artists in a wide variety of visual media for solo and group exhibitions. Requirements for Submissions:

  • Submit a minimum of 10 different pieces and no more than 2 to 3 photos of each piece in .jpg format. Maximum dimension of 1000 pixels in either direction.
  • An image list describing the art work “title, year of creation, dimensions and medium” in either .pdf or word .doc file format.
  • Artist resume in either .pdf or word.doc file format.
  • Artist statement in either .pdf or word.doc file format.
  • Contact info “e-mail, phone number” in either .pdf or word.doc file format.

Please e-mail submissions and any inquiries to: thegallery@artlinkphoenix.com

Links

Facebook page    Facebook group    Civic Space Park

Curators

Sally Russell, Curator Pamela Householder, Assistant Curator Past Curators and DirectorsCory Weeks Angelica Jubran-Bishara Alison Sweet Amanda Washburn Cory Weeks Daniel Funkhouser Lauren O’Connell Julie Ganas M. Jenea Sanchez

Past Exhibitors

Edna Dapo Jillian Schley Derek Baehr Patrick Fisher Julio Rodarte Paolo Acuna Eric James Scott LaMadline Bruce Rivera Levi Smith Pete Vaca Dub Weir Ronna Nemitz Jonni Cheatwood Troy Caro Jill Centino Lito Ramos Melvin Silao Junjie Verzosa Jeff Davis Alison Sweet Daniel Funkhouser Forrest Solis Jen Urso Kris Sanford Lee Davis M. Jenea Sanchez Marilyn Szabo Paco Velez Peter Christenson Siri Khandavilli

Press

“Art Detour Goes Off Beaten Path, Gets Back on Track” College Times, Mar. 15 2012 By Jacob Wipf “Hometown Low Down: This Week in Valley Media” Desert Living Today, Mar. 9 2012 By Alanna Watson “3/17-18: Art Detour 24 in downtown Phoenix” AZ Central, Mar. 13 2012 By Lisa Nicita “A.E. England Gallery to Host a Public Hanging for Art Detour” Phoenix New Times, Mar. 13 2012 By Robrt Pela “From the Wire | Artlink Invites Valley Artists to Public Hanging – UPDATE” Downtown Phoenix Journal, Mar. 6 2012 By DPJ Staff “Joseph “Sentrock” Perez: Heart Felt Rhymes at the Artlink A.E. England Gallery,” Phoenix New Times, Sep. 1 2011 By Niki D’Andrea “Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend,” Phoenix New Times, Jul. 15 2011 By Claire Lawton “Join + Cast Releases its Guide to Phoenix Art at A.E. England Gallery,” Phoenix New Times, Jul. 1 2011 By Joseph Schmidt “Weird Science,” Phoenix New Times, June 16, 2011 by Tricia Parker “Class Menagerie,” Phoenix New Times, May 5 2011 By Nicholas Gerbis “”Schrödinger’s Menagerie” at A. E. England Gallery,” Phoenix New Times, May 4 2011 By Jessica VanZalen “Girl Power,” Phoenix New Times, Dec 2 2010 By Nicki Escudero “Forrest Solis Acting Out,” Java Magazine, October 2010: pg. 18 By Scott Andrews “Forrest Solis Takes on Children’s Lesson Books in “Acting Out: Prescribed Lessons,” By Jessica VanZalen “Phoenix Transect Project Unveils New Documentary Show,” By Steve Jansen “QuickPHX: Art” “Jen Urso Exorcises Her Personal Demons In White Space at A.E. England Gallery,” Phoenix New Times, January 2010: pg By Wynter Holden “Jen Urso’s White Space at A. E. England Gallery,” Java Magazine, January 2010: pg. 15 By Scott Andrews “Interview with Jen Urso”, By Scott Andrews – Hearsight Magazine “Meaning Maker: Responding to Local Art Experiences”, By Claire Lawton – Phoenix New Times,