Let me be plain, there is no great virtue to being the "starving artist". Starving doesn't imply anything other than one's inability to adapt.

There is one key reason to write and issue press releases: to gain exposure.

You can sign on the back, on the edge, on the top, embedded within the composition, wherever. Makes no difference.

Why do I have to write an artist statement? It's stupid. If I wanted to write to express myself I would have been a writer.

The number one question artists ask is how to get representation, and this is a bit of a catch-22...

With the mere mention of Arizona triggering thoughts of high noon gunfights and John Wayne, it is clear that the looks and locales of those movies have made an impact on the world’s collective psyche. But the value of the state’s predictably clear weather, low production costs, and proximity to Los Angeles has attracted Hollywood. And they’re not here to shoot just Westerns anymore.

Phoenix has a immense palette of available dining destinations, but why not take a break from the over-designed and homogenized chain restaurants and spark your taste buds as well as your brain?

How do you evolve from being a low-budget non-profit to a fiscally sound non-profit with the resources to fund current and future projects?

Call it alternative, indie, community, or small -- theatre in the valley has something for everyone.