First Friday at PhxArt

Join us on February 7 for PhxArt’s First Friday where we are observing and celebrating Black History Month with an evening of captivating performances and artmaking workshops. With free general admission, you will experience: 🎹 Gaines’ multi-sensory work Manifestos 3 (2018). The multimedia performance functions as a systematic transliteration of three revolutionary manifestos into musical notation: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech from (1967), Terry Adkin's Visionary Recital (1993), and James Baldwin’s essay Princes and Powers (1957). The musical notations, as written and arranged for piano by Gaines, will be played live by pianist richard valitutto with live video operated by Mads Falcone. 🗣️ A conversation with Rashaad Thomas, poet, freelance journalist, scholar, activist, and genre-fluid artist; and Dr. Rashad Shabazz, Associate Professor of Geography and African American Studies, Arizona State University. 🖼️ An installation by Black River Life’s Artist Collective in the Dorrance Sculpture Garden. 🎵 A sound and visual Installation by Ashley LaRae Sampson and Cierra Holston. 👩‍🏫 Bilingual Docent-led art tours of Charles Gaines: Numbers and Trees (Arizona Series). 🎨 Artmaking activity to create layered portraits inspired by Charles Gaines with Bryan Beckon. ✍️ In-gallery sketching with Aileen Martinez. 🎶 Live music with PhxArt’s resident DJ J-ME LEE. 🌮 Delicious food and drinks from vendors Island Boyz Jerk Spot, Bearded BBQ, Harlem Coffee, El Fogón de Joy and ARTenders. 🚨 PLUS $10 OFF ANY MEMBERSHIP (ON-SITE OFFER ONLY!)