Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery recently issued the following announcement.
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2019
Time: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Location: Historic Grand AvenueLower Grand Ave and Vicinity, Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Details
Grand Avenue Festival 2019 - FACT SHEET Updated 10/31/1
WHEN?: November 9th, from 11am - 8pm; After Hours, 8pm - 10pm (check each location for late night hours beyond 10pm).
WHERE?: Historic Grand Avenue from 16th Avenue south to Van Buren Street.
WHAT?: The 11th Annual Grand Avenue Festival is produced by Grand Avenue Arts & Preservation (GAP). This non-traditional ‘walking’ and ‘discovery’ arts Festival includes many free activities, including art exhibits, performances, building tours, arts and craft making stations, music, demonstrations, mini-parades, outdoor art installations, hand-painted selfie stands, artist-designed pedi-cabs, and much more:
SECOND SATURDAY RIDE SPONSORED BY Phoenix Spokes People: Meet at Bicycle NOMAD Cafe, 828 N. 2ND STREET in Downtown Phoenix at 8:00am, then roll about 9:00am. Route will be posted on the Phoenix Spokes People FB page and will be 15 miles or so, with a break halfway in a park, to use the bathroom and access water.
At the end, the ride will roll into the Grand Avenue Festival. Always a good time, with lots of things to do and see.
Those wishing to stay for the Festival will be in the right spot. You will be led you back to Bicycle Nomad Café if preferred.
CELEBRATION OF HISTORY: The free “Under the Vintage Roof” tours, headed up by Arizona Preservation Foundation, will include 5 stops this year, with circas spanning 1912 - 1948; tours leave the Conservatory by Pueblo, 1025 Grand, at Noon, 1, and 2pm (length an hour and a half; wear hats and comfortable walking shoes). New adaptive re-use projects not previously seen by the public will be included. An exhibit of photos of Historic Grand Avenue “What’s Grand About Grand Avenue”, will be on display at Modfire, 1316 Grand, at a mid-century modern, cement block former carwash building. The exhibit is curated by local writer/historian Douglas Towne. Books about the history of Phoenix, including “Phoenix, Past and Present” by Paul Scharbach, Robert Melikian, and John Jacquemart and “The Arizona State Fair” by GG George; will be for sale.
SILENT AUCTION: The 1st Annual Grand Avenue Arts & Preservation (GAP) Silent Auction will take place at the historic circa 1947 Thompson Heating and Plumbing building (now Weird Garden) at 1008 N. 15th Avenue. Work by local artists, including this year’s poster image by Ashley Macias, will be for sale all day with the auction terminating at 10pm. Proceeds are split 50/50 between the artists and GAP, with GAP proceeds earmarked for next year’s Festival. Join GAP and participating artists from 5:30 - 7:30 pm for a free reception; enjoy jazz by Alan Jones, light snacks, a “weird garden”, and conversation with new and old friends.
GRAND AVENUE STICKER CHALLENGE 2019 is a self-led scavenger hunt. With “passports” (available at the GAP Info Table in front of Bragg’s Pies, 1301 Grand), participants can earn a vibrant set of 9 - 3” stickers designed by women artists (Ashley Macias/this year’s poster artist, Amanda Adkins, Abbey Messmer, Marisa Hall Valdez, Kristin Wesley, Yuko Yabuki, Mackenzie Schneider, Irma Sanchez and Julie Bird). Try for the “Super Challenge”; stamp your passport at all 16 participating businesses and receive a bonus 5” sticker and a gift certificate from Novel Ice Cream. Not quite up to the Super Challenge? Stamp passports at 12 stations for the “Limited Challenge” and receive the 9 - 3” sticker set. Only 20 Super Challenge sets will be awarded; with 100 additional sticker sets awarded on a first come, first served basis. Or purchase $20 sets at the GAP Info Table while supplies last.
FREE POSTERS by artist Ashley Macias, posters commemorating this year’s sticker artists, as well as commemorative letterpress posters by Hazel & Violet, will be at the GAP Info Table in front of Bragg’s Pies, along with info on the “Grand Avenue Sticker Challenge”, Festival t-shirts, Festival logo stickers, tattoos for the kids, and more.
HOUSE OF CIRQUE can be spotted throughout the day, and will delight young and old alike with exotic costumes and an entourage of strolling musicians, jugglers, interactive bubbles, dancing skeletons, community participatory hula hoopers, acrobatic stilters, and an other-worldly 4-legged stilt creature.
HANGING GARDENS AND WOVEN FENCES: Artists and community members create art from recycled materials on trees, branches, posts, fences, and in the right-of-way.
KALEIDOSCOPE ART GARDEN with work by Michael Wright and Meredith Miller, Rene Leanne and Chromatest, Carrie Abts, Dillon Girgenti, Robin Bidwell and Shawn Vermillion, Corinne Vivers, Lonna Olsen, Erin Magorian and Chris J. Dahler, and Asylum, will be exhibited at The Triangle Complex, 1028 Grand.
Royce Carlson will exhibit a 12 foot tall kinetic sculpture “Denizen of the Deep”, in the Bragg’s parking lot (facing McKinley Street).
The annual Festival group show at the Lodge Art Studio, Choice Cuts 3, will include work by Abbey Messmer, Christine Cassano, Joe Brklacich, Kandice Kardell, Lisa Jacobs Handler, Mariah Yager, Maura Bresnahan, Miguel Palma, Rafael Navarro, Tato Caraveo, Thomas Breeze Marcus, and Vincent Chung, with music by Third Seven at 6:30pm.
FASHION GALORE with:
4-5pm: Enjoy the back-to-back Mash-Up Fashion Show and Untrashed Recycled Fashion Show at Weird Garden, 1008 N. 15th Avenue. The “Mash-Ups” include 13 artists and designers (ASU Fashion students Miranda Heinrich, V Thomas, Piper Hill; Asylum; Emma Bush; Lamark Cole; Mayra Mayume; Irene Marie (Weezy’s Playhouse); Michele Meyer; Stacy Eden; Astrid Guri Olafsen; Lydia Quinones; Scott Stanton; Morgan Winburn; Denise Yaghmourian. They were given a starter bag and will receive a stipend to transform their item by cutting, sewing, gluing and adding to. The Untrashed Recycled Fashion Show is a community event, with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes for children, youth and adult categories.
7pm: Snood City and Weezy’s Playhouse present “Master Your Monster: A Spectacle of Art, Performance & Fashion” at 1022 Grand Avenue. Be prepared for wickedness, sexiness, and cleverness, orchestrated through an evolutionary story of past, present, and future.
8pm: WEARizona and Hamati Designs co-host “Looks + Beats”. Join Marshall Shore (Arizona’s Hip Historian) for this annual event at Unexpected Gallery, 734 W. Polk Street. Doors open at 7pm with local designers, make-up artists, and models.
7-10pm: Creative Mastermind Connections, a fashion and networking event for the arts, at Grand Arthaus, 1501 Grand.
DRINKS + BEATS PROGRESSIVE HAPPY HOUR - Join Tuft & Needle at their beautiful circa 1917 building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, from 6-7pm for drinks and snacks, then continue on to the McKinley Club across the street, located in the original Phoenix Motor Company circa 1947, 734 W. Polk Street, from 7 - 8pm for a repeat. Marshall Shore’s Looks + Beats will start next door at Unexpected Gallery at 8:15pm (complete with stilt walkers and Taiko drummers).
MAKE-AND-TAKE STATIONS AND OTHER FREE ACTIVITIES:
Mural making from 1 - 3pm sponsored by MariSol Credit Union and in their lot at 1515 W. Roosevelt Street. Watch Mario Garcia, Sabree Garcia, Erik Carrasco and Sean McArdle work their magic.
Make creative parasols at Onyx Gallery from Noon - 8pm, in the Music Lounge. There will be a step-and-repeat photo booth for capturing completed designs. Ages 10 and older. After hours from 8 - 11pm, the space will host giant Jenga, giant Uno, corn hole, and other games, along with music. 21 and older.
Kitty Krafts Korner, 15th Avenue, Roosevelt and Grand (Desert Sun Plaza corner), will host craft projects until 8pm including Walter Hive’s “Beatrice” mobile crafting bus with a mosaic-making workshop; Jose Benavedaz’s Madonna Art Car + 3D wire-crafting; origami by Kimberly Terasaki; and Kristin Wesley’s cool cat decorating activity. Teri Tersaki’s Tumbleweed students will be displaying a sculpture made from decorated CD’s. An art car creation from Walter Studios, and Burners Without Borders, will make this corner ‘the-place-to-be creative’.
Join Kyllan Maney in front of the Desert Sun Plaza, and help color-in her large chalk mural (inspired by the “hanging gardens” along Grand Avenue), while creating baked “shrink art” jewelry. The mural will glow-in-the-dark after the sun sets!
Hat-making with the Bergamot Institute in front of Bragg’s Pie Factory, 1301 Grand. Pom poms, flowers, stuffed animal parts, fabric, sequins, and all manner of bling are available to design and make the crazy hat of your dreams (or nightmares).
Joe Willie Smith, outside Barrio Cafe Gran Reserva, 1301 Grand, teaches instrument-making from recycled materials starting at Noon. If desired, participants can take completed instruments to Fushicho Daiko Dojo, 925 Grand, to join in mini-parades at 1, 3, 5, and 7pm; to the 45 minute drum circles at Desert Sun Plaza, 1325 Grand, at 3 and 4:15pm.
Valley Metro hosts a coloring table, with artist-designed coloring pages, in front of The Lodge (SW corner of McKinley and Grand), geared toward children and adults. Look for the roll-out of Valley Metro’s Artsline bus on Grand at 12th Avenue, unveiling a colorful bus “wrap”with artwork by the Fortoul Brothers.
Just north of Fillmore on Grand Avenue, bicycle-powered sewing-machine artist Paul Nosa will sew patches on request. He takes your concept and makes a machine-stitched patch for free. His own one-of-a-kind stitched artwork will be for sale.
Charissa Lucille, owner of Wasted Ink Zine Distro, will show visitors how to create a zine, and zines by Arizona artists will be for sale, in front of La Melgosa,1023 Grand.
Don’t miss Sarah Schweiger’s stellar creative face and body painting in the 1100 block of Grand, from 12:30 - 5:30pm. And balloon twister Joy Young, wandering the route from 1:30 - 7:30pm, will make visitors a quirky, free balloon creation.
Dragon decorating at Fushicho Daiko Dojo, 925 Grand, will take place all day until 8pm. Enjoy the invigorating sound of Taiko drummers while decorating “Bonita the Dragon”. Join the Taiko drumming mini-parades at 1, 3, 5 and 7pm (and show off any instruments, hats, parasols, painted faces, or other accessories created during the day). The colorful dragon canopy was painted by local artist David Chacon.
PHOENIX GUITAR SHOW AND SWAP MEET, jointly hosted by Thompson Guitar and Thrift and Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, at 1012 Grand, from 11am - 4pm. Multiple music and instrument related vendors will be on hand.
VINTAGE VW’s at the Phoenix Trolley Museum will feature 1979 and older VW’s, with a celebrity appearance by Herbie the Love Bug, and a special guest appearance by the Creighton Chorus from Monte Vista School at 3pm.
DRUM & MUSIC CIRCLE: Shakti Drummers will facilitate a free community drum & music circle at Desert Sun Plaza, 1325 Grand (back building), that relies on community participation; no experience needed! Arrive at the start time (3 and 4:15pm) so drummers can begin and end together (45 minute sessions). Several types of instruments will be shared or bring your own! Or you can make an instrument with Joe Willie Smith in front of Bragg’s Pies, 1301 Grand, starting at 11am. Parking available at the Desert Sun lot, on-street, or at the MercyHill Church lot (NE corner of 9th Avenue and Fillmore). FB: Free Community Drum/Music Circle at Grand Ave Festival.
SELFIE CORRAL: We know you can take a cool selfie – let colorful Grand Avenue be your backdrop. Look for the “selfie corral” located at Oasis on Grand, 1501 Grand, with hand-painted designs by Luster Kaboom. Choose from a polluted river scene, circus performers, an undersea motif, super heroes, and even a political backdrop. And wherever you post, please tag #GrandAveFest to help spread the love!
TRANSPORTATION? Free, whimsical 6-seater pedi-cabs, decorated by local artist Luster Kaboom, will ferry visitors to destinations. Visitors can catch them at designated “Transportation Stops” or call dispatch at 602.252.1152 to be picked-up along the route. There is plenty of free street parking along Grand; and look for designated lots that say “Festival Parking”. Parking lots at The Armory;TransAm Cafe; Desert Sun Plaza; Bragg’s Pies; La Melgosa (rear); Unexpected (rear; & across the street); Tuft & Needle. Temporary bike racks will be provided by Valley Metro at Oasis on Grand, Bragg’s Pie Factory, The Lodge, 11th Monk3y, Fushicho Daiko, Unexpected, and elsewhere.
WHY?: As the Producer of the annual Grand Avenue Festival, GAP’s goal is to celebrate neighborhood sustainability, encourage creative recycling, highlight the arts, promote the small business community, and foster the preservation and adaptive re-use of valuable neighborhood architecture and resources
WHO?: Grand Avenue Arts & Preservation (GAP) is an all- volunteer Arizona non-profit corporation that advocates for the arts and preservation of Historic Grand Avenue and connects like-minded individuals and organizations. The Grand Avenue Festival received Phoenix Magazine’s “Best Arts Festival” in the August, 2019 edition.
HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE?: Check out the FB event page “Grand Avenue Festival 2019” to find out ways you can make an “Untrashed Recycled Fashion” or “Hanging Gardens & Woven Fence” artwork that will be exhibited during the event. Or, show up and grab a Festival Guide at any of the info tables along the street, or from a Wandering Guide, and plan your route and start exploring! Visitors can find large blown-up maps and a list of events attached to trees and fences to make finding things easy. Or start at either end of the street, north or south, and begin walking to discover the diagonal magic of Grand Avenue.
FESTIVAL CONTACT: Director, Beatrice Moore: muppetsrealmom@gmail.com
UNDER THE VINTAGE ROOF: Jim McPherson: jmcphersoniii@cox.net
WEARizona’s “Looks + Beats”: Marshall Shore: marshall.shore@gmail.com
RECYCLED FASHION SHOW: Morgan Winburn: morgan.winburn@gmail.com
SILENT AUCTION: Kristin Wesley: kristinwesley@cox.net
ON-SITE & ON-AIR INTERVIEWS: Stacey Gordon: staceyrebecca@gmail.com
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Cat Hubler: grandfestvolunteer@gmail.com
WEB: GrandAvenueArtsandPreservation.org or FB: Grand Avenue Festival 2019
Twitter: @grandavefest. @historicgrandave. #grandavefest.
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Source: Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
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