What if
you pair a poeta performance troupean installation artist a Native dance group
with an astronomera forest service experta group of studentsan emerging playwright ?
What if
you pair a poeta performance troupean installation artist a Native dance group
with an astronomera forest service experta group of studentsan emerging playwright ?
What if
you pair
a poeta performance troupean installation artist a Native dance group
with
an astronomera forest service experta group of studentsa playwright ?
What happens when you pair a poet with an astronomer, a performance troupe with a forest service expert, a renowned installation artist with students from an after school program, or a traditional Native dance group with an emerging playwright? Unexpected experiences emerge that are authentic and evocative of the diverse lived experiences of the Southwest.
ARTx invites the creative contributions of many to create a current, experiential, interactive, and ever evolving festival. Think SXSW (South by Southwest), TEDx meets Scottsdale’s Canal Convergence, Edinburgh Fringe meets Miami’s Art Basel.
The shape, color, and energy of the festival is rooted in an annual call for entries that juries events, activities, and installations city-wide and then is further extended by a crowd-sourced fringe.
ARTx will play a critical role in helping Creative Flagstaff fulfill its mission to foster creative opportunity and affirms the commitment to interdisciplinary creativity. A festival, done right, focuses philanthropy and corporate support for arts and culture, gains the attention of the media, gets the community involved, focuses collaborative and interdisciplinary energy, and leaves a lasting and positive impact on the community, year after year.
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2024 inaugural Experience
ARTx: Art + Ideas Experience Arizona seeks to elevate Flagstaff as a sustainable and accessible community for creative practice, artmaking, placemaking, and exploration. The 2023 mini-fest laid the groundwork for the inaugural 10 day festival held May 17-26, 2024.
Join us for the inaugural ARTx festival experience as we host artists, collaborators and thinkers as they invite the public to engage and immerse themselves in public art.
The full scale event includes a constellation of experiences, flowing throughout our neighborhoods across the city. Unique experiences surprise locals and visitors alike, in unexpected places.
FESTIVAL
COMMITTEE
The festival committee is appointed by the Flagstaff Arts Council Board of Directors.
- Chris Verrill, Chair
- Gina Marie Byers, Co-Chair
- Pearl Tsosie, NACA
- Jana Weldon, City of Flagstaff
- Stephanie Stallings, flagstaff symphony orchestra
- Kathleeen McGeever, NAU
- matthew hayden, FlagLive
- manny hernandez, DBA
- Julie Sokol, Creative Flagstaff Staff, ARTx Festival Director
Dark Sky Aerial, TILT, 2018
SUPPORTERS
The following organizations have expressed written support for the festival.
- Arizona Historical Society
- City of Flagstaff
- Coconino Community College
- Flagstaff Festival of Science
- Flagstaff Unified School District
- Lowell Observatory
- Museum of Northern Arizona
- Northern Arizona University
- Theatrikos Theatre Company
Many others have participated in regular festival stakeholder meetings.
