ASU Art Museum
Bead Museum
Center for Creative Photography
Heard Museum
Mesa Arts Center
MOCA - Tucson
Phoenix Airport Museum
Phoenix Art Museum
SMoCA
Shemer
Tucson Museum of Art
West Valley Art Museum

REPETITIVE EDGE
Sept 12 - Dec 31, 2008

Drawn from Mesa Contemporary Arts' permanent collection, this exhibition examines the recurrence of a particular mark or image in art and the distinguishable patterns that are created.

LOW AND SLOW: THE “ART” OF THE LOWRIDER
September 12, 2008 - January 11, 2009

From the art of pin striping, muraling, and car customizing, this “street” culture has become an accepted artistic movement that is now embraced by art galleries and museums around the world. The centerpiece of Low and Slow is Mister Cartoon’s fully customized 1979 Monte Carlo with a one of a kind flake paint job and muraled frame and chassis. Also on display are customized car part “canvases” by some of the leading lowrider artists including Mister Cartoon, Efrain “Bugs” Gonzales, O.G. Abel, Danny D and Mike Pikel, as well as contemporary artists Sandow Birk, Vincent Valdez, MAC, and Ben Beshaw. Among the car part “canvases” are Estevan Oriol’s lowrider lifestyle photographs, which provide a provocative glimpse into this fascinating culture.

The artists’ car part “canvases” are for sale with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Free Arts of Arizona.

ARIZONA WHEELS & INK
September 12, 2008 – January 4, 2009

With an Arizona focus, the exhibition showcases artwork created by local lowrider and tattoo artists as well as a wall of hubcaps customized by over 30 Arizona artists such as Rachel Bess, Brian Boner, Jeff Falk, Joe Willie Smith, Roy Wasson Valle and Steve Yazzie.

THE PARLOUR
September 12, 2008 – January 11, 2009

In partnership with Urban Art Tattoo, the Project Room is transformed into a makeshift tattoo studio with live tattooing by local tattoo artists for every 2nd Friday from September through January. Artist Such Styles’ graffiti muraled walls provide an extraordinary backdrop for an abbreviated overview of the history and imagery of tattoos from all over the world.

Live Tattooing Schedule:

November 14, 6-10pm
Jason, Americana Tattoo