What do privacy envelopes, pulverized rockets, drywall, crime scene tape, and woven cut paper have in common?

They are all materials carefully selected by artists to express an idea. BLUR explores what happens when creatives push the boundaries of traditional media through experimentation. It offers students, community artists, and community creatives the opportunity to view, respond, enjoy, and reflect upon the work of artists who are outside the student arena and are building practices as professional artists. The works in the exhibitions have a common interwoven thread: they are made by artists who use innovative, experimental, trial and error, and risk-taking methodologies in their professional practices.

Participating Artists

Alberto Aguilar (Chicago)

Bob Adams (Phoenix)

Daniel Alcalá (Mexico City)

Malena Barnhart (Tempe)

Alexandra Bowers (Scottsdale)

Christine Cassano (Tempe)

Carlos Contente (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Heather Couch (Tempe)

Joseph G. Cruz (Chicago)

Einar de La Torre (San Diego)

Jamex De La Torre (San Diego)

Daniel Funkhouser (Phoenix)

Rita Grendze (Geneva, IL)

Nick Gutierrez (Tempe)

Wayne Hulgin (San Diego)

Travis IVEY (Phoenix)

Chris Jagmin (Phoenix)

Saskia Jordá (Phoenix)

Jarbas Lopes (Rio de Janeiro)

Ann Morton (Phoenix)

Nick Rascona (Tempe)

Aaron Thomas Roth (Tucson)

Patricia Sannit (Phoenix)

Xana Sousa (Lisbon, Portugal)

Jonah Skurky-Thomas (Denver)

Rossitza Todorova (Tempe)

Rodrigo Torres (Rio de Janeiro)

Jesus Villalba Bedoya (Berlin)

Hadaly Villasclaras (Malaga)