THE ART MARKET: At Local Nomad Featuring Perro Y Arena
A vibrant art market showing local and regional artists
Join us for THE ART MARKET at Local Nomad. The event brings together makers, collectors, and Local Nomad enthusiasts for a curated morning of art and connection.
This season, we’re thrilled to welcome Perro y Arena, the ceramics project by Tijuana-born artist Socrates Marko Medina. Known for clay works that echo the textures and tones of the desert, Medina creates sculptural vessels and animal figures that feel both inspired by landscape and alive with myth. His practice moves between architecture, art, and storytelling, infusing each piece with the spirit of the Californias.
Alongside Perro y Arena, the market will showcase a roster of artists that capture the spirit of Local Nomad — collectible, vibrant, fun, and unique. Each brings a point of view that makes the market not just a place to shop, but a celebration of creativity and style.
Come spend your Saturday morning with us as DJ Mitch Freedom spins tunes and we throw a lively art “party” filled with vibrant color, energy, and community. It’s the perfect start to the weekend — coffee in hand, surrounded by art, design, and good company.
Art Curated By: Desert Style AZ
Event Details
October 11, 2025
10am - 1pm
Location: Local Nomad
Uptown Plaza
100 E Camelback Rd #168, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Cost: Free with RSVP
PERRO Y ARENA
Perro y Arena is the ceramics project of Tijuana-born artist Socrates Marko Medina. What started in 2019 as a personal project while living in Los Angeles has since grown into a full-time studio practice back in his hometown of Tijuana. With a background in architecture, art history, and years spent working in galleries and design firms, Socrates brings a thoughtful eye to clay, balancing design, storytelling, and craft.
Through Perro y Arena, he creates pieces that feel connected to place: clay works that carry the textures and tones of desert landscapes, and animal figures that tap into a mystical world of coyotes, hares, and moonlight. His work has been shown in galleries across the US and Mexico, including the Premio Nacional de la Cerámica in Jalisco, and even during San Diego Design Week as an artist-in-residence at the Mingei International Museum Shop.
Each piece is a reflection of his vision: earthy, symbolic - both cultural memory and contemporary design.
BEN LATHAM
Benjamin Latham is a self-taught painter based between Portland, Oregon and Scottsdale, Arizona. Rooted in the American South, his work pulls from desert mysticism, honky-tonk lore, and the evolving cultural identity of the Southwest. Influenced as much by Laurel Canyon’s free-spirited energy as by the grit of West Texas dive bars, his paintings live in the space between realism and myth—timeless yet timely, cosmic yet grounded. Using oil, oil stick, and pastels, Latham builds layered compositions that hum with tension and texture, evoking roadside altars, dusty highways, and desert skies. His work has been exhibited in Santa Monica, New York, and Colorado.
A selection of exclusive prints will be available at THE ART MARKET.
ANJULI MORSE
Anjuli Morse is a fourth-generation Arizonan and self-taught, third-generation artist who brings her background in branding and visual design to her work in mixed-media and abstract painting. Surrounded by art and creativity from an early age, her love for painting began in childhood but was set aside for nearly two decades. Now, with a renewed perspective, she approaches the canvas as a place of exploration—using texture, color, and abstraction to see and interpret the world in fresh ways. Her work is held in private and public collections both locally and internationally.
A collection of original works inspired by a Montana Summer will be available at THE ART MARKET.
ZACH COLLINS
Arizona-based artist Zach Collins, known as “Surf Cowboy,” has been chasing waves for most of his life. Raised on Sullivans Island, he discovered surfing early and has carried the ocean with him ever since, even after relocating to Arizona. With a BFA in oil painting and a background that ranges from working as a sous chef to managing a gallery, Zach ultimately found his calling as both an artist and educator. Today, he teaches art at Camelback High School, inspiring young minds while continuing his own creative practice. Rooted in desert life yet forever tied to the rhythm of the sea, his work embodies the dual spirit of his journey - feet in the sand, eyes on the horizon, and always dreaming of waves. A collection of original artwork inspired by the Southwest will be available at THE ART MARKET.
