Meet the artists from XICO, Inc., featured in the exhibition Teaching Artists, which showcases the creative dialogue between these professional teaching artists and the young artists they mentored from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. The exhibition highlights the distinctive role of teaching artists as professional creatives, who bridge their artistic practice with education to nurture emerging voices and cultivate artistic literacy. 

Teaching Artists reflects on the connections formed through shared creative processes, emphasizing how art can foster a strong sense of community and belonging. Set against the backdrop of our desert environment, the works also explore themes of place, sustainability, and the intricate relationship between people and their environment. Teaching Artists invites viewers to consider how teaching, art, and local ecology intertwine to foster community and inspire future generations of artists and makers.