Phoenix’s 27th Art Detour will showcase downtown’s arts community this weekend with exhibitions, pop-up galleries, bike and walking tours, food trucks and a free trolley circulating the activities. Here are some of the galleries, shops and shows worth checking out:
Galleries
“Abstractions in Design”
Drive-Thru Gallery & Studio (918 N. 6th St.)
Friday, 6-10 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Brian Klein’s black and white architectural photography is dizzying and immense. The photos distort familiar buildings and cityscapes found across the country.
“instApache Filtered Rezolution: Social Media Now”
Bokeh Gallery at MonOrchid (214 E. Roosevelt St.)
Friday, 6-10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Douglas Miles has said that his art can’t help but be political because he is Apache and lives on the San Carlos reservation. His heavy use of social media to promote his art and social activism is honored in this exhibition of his Instagram photos and his recent art protesting the Oak Flats land swap and copper mining.
“Feminism Today”
Shade Gallery at MonOrchid (214 E. Roosevelt St.)
Friday, 6-10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
MonOrchid brings today 13 prominent female Arizona artists to collectively explore the social roles women inhabit, from artist to mother, wife to daughter.
“SEVEN @ {9}”
{9} the Gallery (1229 Grand Ave.)
Friday, 6-10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Seven Masters of Fine Arts students from ASU display works from what will become their master theses. The students’ specialties range from photorealistic paintings to experiential abstracts.
“8th Annual Mutant Piñata Show”
The Frontal Lobe Community Space and Gallery (1301 W. Grand Ave.)
Friday, 6-11 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Mutant Piñata Show is a veteran favorite of Art Detour weekend. About 100 piñatas — cute, creepy and everywhere in between — will hang from the ceiling of the Grand Avenue gallery.
Festivals and Shows
Detour de Grand
Starts at 915 NW Grand Ave.
Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5p.m.
A free celebration of bikes, beers and bands along Grand Avenue. Phoenix Spokes People will lead an Art Detour group bike ride, Phoenix Ale Brewery and other local restaurants and trucks will provide food and drinks, and more than five musical acts will perform.
Paint Phoenix 5th Street Block Party
5th Street
Saturday, 2-10 p.m.
The street art festival celebrates its second year with a block party featuring bands, DJs, a beer garden and vendors. Highlights include a skate demo from Apache Skateboards and a performances from Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra and Wooden Indian.
EXPLODING PLASTIC INEVITABLE Party
Phoenix Art Museum (1625 N. Central Ave.)
Friday, 6-10 p.m.
Kick off Art Detour weekend with an Andy Warhol-inspired soiree at the art museum. Wooden Indian will channel the Velvet Underground, the Four Chambers Press team will be out in full force to spread local lit and a dozen local vendors will be hawking their goods. The shindig is free and special exhibitions will be at a discounted price, including the Andy Warhol: Portraits show, which will be $2 (the price Warhol always charged for his own parties).
Pop-Ups and Shops
“Stop Making Sense” Screening
The Lot: What Should Go Here Pop-Up Park (1005 N. 2nd St.)
Saturday, 8:30-10 p.m.
Talking Heads fans and concert movie buffs alike can bring their blankets and chairs to the park adjacent to MonOrchid to watch the Talking Heads’ classic 1983 film.
Hazel & Violet
1301 NW Grand Ave.
Friday, 6-9 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.
The letterpress studio will host a workshop on pressing basics on Saturday. The shop will also host artist Catherine Slye Friday night and have a 10 percent sale on prints on Sunday.
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