A wave of artistic visionaries has taken over downtown Phoenix and solidified why Phoenix is Arizona’s culture, innovation and official capital of the state. "26 Blocks," located on the lower level of ...

Nearly six years ago, Joey Robert Parks came up with an idea: What if he paired writers and photographers to make an exhibit about Phoenix? Not just the major landmarks, but the inner city, the nooks ...

For the ambitious project, writers and photographers were grouped into 26 working pairs. Each pair was randomly assigned one city block in Phoenix to use as a backdrop for their art — specifically, ...