First Friday in Phoenix



Phoenix Galleries Draw Art Lovers to Downtown

Azunderground Dj's Havok and Labelwhore will be performing @ Fate Aug. 6th Havok(drum and bass) from 8-10pm, Labelwhore (Electro) from 10-12pm

Fate
905 North 4th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
PHONE: 602 254 6424
EMAIL: [email protected]

Fate Asian Cuisine and Fine Art Gallery
Fate! This place is not your average Asian Cuisine Resturant. Fate has live entertainmemt 6 days a week and is in the heart of the growning Roosevelt Art district.

Open studios tours are a good way to experience art and artists. Every first Friday evening of each month you can take a free self-guided tour of downtown Phoenix galleries, studios and art spaces. It's called First Friday. First Friday is organized by Artlink, a nonprofit organization "...dedicated to bringing together artists, the public, and businesses for a greater understanding, appreciation, and promotion of the arts and the development of a strong and vital downtown Phoenix arts community."

The annual Art Detour, originally designed as simply an open studios tour, was founded in the spring of 1988, and has attracted hundreds of artists and thousands of art lovers downtown every year. The galleries and alternative art spaces open year-round were joined by music venues, cafes and individual artist studios and, during the 1990s, Artlink decided to organize this into the First Friday event. First Friday has grown - during the 1998 Season there were 13 spaces open each Friday. There are now more than 40 participants in the First Friday art walk. Spaces are situated from Indian School Road to Buchanan Street, from 12th Street to 17th Avenue - impossible to walk in one night. A free Shuttle-Link service allows Phoenix First Friday visitors to reach most of the spaces. Although the bus service does not yet travel to all the art spaces, it does allow people to find only one or a few parking spaces in order to enjoy a variety of art on Friday evenings. The downtown Phoenix First Friday event is not about glitz or champagne or cocktail parties - it is about the inner-city urban experience. Artists living and working downtown exhibit downtown. Upwards of 3,000 people enjoy what is offered during each First Friday event, and several exhibitions sell half of their offerings during these openings.

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