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March 9, 2008
Phoenix holds an open art area on the first friday of each month. It is more like a flea market that is dominated by the works of art students. There is a lot of adhoc street stalls with paintings being hung from wirechain fences, or displayed on card tables. There are also a lot of small one room galleries up and down the road. One of the more interesting small galleries showing had work by Matthew Mayes.
There was also a series of places that had bands playing, from metal, to pop, to rap, to hip hop to buskers - and even a bass player and drummer just playing with each other. The stress looks like an old residential one from the 1950s and most of the galleries and shops are converted tract housing. The quality of the art was not high, it was student level, same with the music and the stalls - which is why it had a flea market feel.
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Sounds great Cam. At least something is happening on the ground. Who knows it may develop into a creative economy if it is nurtured.