Art + Ideas Experience
May 1-3, 2026
Transforming Flagstaff into an Immersive Art Experience
ARTx is a 3-day Multimedia Art Experience dispersed across Flagstaff in unexpected places, aiming to spark ideas, stimulate conversation, and inspire response.
2026 Keynote Experience:
Guillermo Galindo Transonic Communities
ARTISTS & EXPERIENCES
- Niko Bare Alder Sculpture
- Bryan Cooperrider Flagstaff Incursion
- Caleb Churchill (Belleau + Churchill) Stoop Gallery
- Guillermo Galindo Transonic Communities – Register here
- Jason Gallegos + MOCAF bloom[in]essence
- Neal Galloway Tin Can Conversations
- Chris Johnson Pedal-Powered Projections: Animations on the Move
- Elias Marshall The Engine of Creativity
- Cathy Tompkins Gumball Poet
- Jill Sans Ephemeral Bloom: Weathered By Time
- Laurie Shapiro We Are All Connected to Each Other Through Nature
- Rachel Wilson Wind Dancers
- Tim Westerhaus + NAU Choral Studies The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy
- Essie Windham I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
- Canyon Movement Company Native Flowers Dance for the Flower Moon
- Flag Mountain Town Market + The Hive Radiance Community Arts & Music Market
- Northern Arizona Book Festival The Bibliotrail
- Mountain T’s Mountain T’s Live Screen Printing
- Willow Bend Environmental Education Center Nature Tales: Puppets & Pollinators
LOCATIONS
The Arb, Buffalo Park, Coconino Center for the Arts, Heritage Square, Nackard Gallery, Phoenix Ave, Willow Bend & Unexpected Places…
ARTx is made possible by City of Flagstaff Bed, Board & Beverage (BBB) tax revenues.
We are proud of past ARTx projects and hope they continue to inspire the community to engage and participate in arts + culture:
- Grand piano under the full moon at Buffalo Park open space (Rising of the Flower Moon)
- Modern rock opera about indigenous black footed ferrets (Pop Goes The Ferret)
- Concert of robot percussionists and light show ([un]certainty)
poetry inspired by art from MNA’s collection, displayed on Mountain Line busses (Poetry Maps) - A golden cloud of aspen leaves installed in the historic Nackard Pepsi warehouse, reflecting on fires and flooding in Flagstaff (ENVISION)
- The shape, color, and energy of ARTx is rooted in the submissions for events, activities, and installations each cycle. The inclusion of satellite exhibitions increases accessibility and engagement for all.
ARTx asks, “How does engaging with art in unconventional places affect interpretation and lead to a renewed sense of awareness?”
ARTx
2026 ARTx Project Descriptions
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2026 ARTx Experiences Announced!
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Support ARTX
Be Recognized for your commitment to the arts in Flagstaff. If you are interested in serving as a sponsor for the ARTx, please reach out to us. Email: jcomnick@creativeflagstaff.org
ARTx Sponsors
