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The art scene in Scottsdale is one that behaves according to waves, like any art scene possibly, with ebbs and flows that respond to many unpredictable factors. Yet for all the urban centers in the metropolitan Phoenix area, Scottsdale has always enjoyed a bit more economic activity than other areas. The luxury hotels Scottsdale offers are one sign of its vital presence, where visitors come from all over the world. Some come to enjoy the lovely climate when the winters are hard most everywhere else, and some come to see the art.

There are local and international artists whose works are represented by some of Scottsdale’s most exciting galleries, and for new developments in contemporary art, Chiaroscuro has a curatorial staff whose eyes are set on the future, and this makes it a lovely place to visit in the present.

One might have the chance to see an exhibition by the Phoenix-based Paticia Clark . She works as a professor at ASU, and her video installations have been shown widely. Her main theme is Cuba, which is something of an obsession for this visionary artist, and her work often ties local concerns with those of the island off the coast of Florida, and the intersections reveal hidden traces of common and uncommon languages. It, too, speaks of the future, firmly and with compassion to those occupying a very complex and compelling present moment.

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