EVENT INFORMATION
September 13, 2019
Friday, 6–10 p.m.
Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St.
FREE
Held in September, Mesa Arts Center’s annual Season Kickoff Event celebrates the start of each season and is inspired by exhibitions opening in the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum. The festival offers an evening of celebration and entertainment, with live music, art studio demonstrations, five new exhibitions, hands-on activities, delicious foods and more!
FLOURISH: The Art of Life on Earth
Bloom and grow wild at the 2019-20 season kickoff event! The free, family-friendly festival is inspired by Flora & Fauna, one of five exhibitions opening in the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum this fall. Through the exhibitions, live entertainment, artmaking, demonstrations, delicious food and drink and more, the event invites us all to look closer and celebrate the incredible, fascinating world in which we live.
ACTIVITIES
- Succulent cuttings by Desert Botanical Garden
- Compost demonstrations with Recycle City
- Art Studios open house and demonstrations
- Glass hotshop
- Glass flameworking
- Ceramics
- Painting and drawing: instructor exhibition
- Printmaking
- Metal
LIVE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES BY
- CAZO Dance Company
- More to be announced soon!
TASTY EATS
- Bring your own water bottle! Stay hydrated and fill your own water bottle at City of Mesa’s Water Resources Water Bar
- Freak Brothers Pizza
- Awesomesauce Bowls
- SuperFarm SuperTruck
- Udder Delights
- Paletas Betty
- Not Your Granny’s Apples
- Cuties Lemonade
- More to be announced soon!
BOTANICAL VENDORS
SW Herbs
Holistic Earth Remedies
Ahimsa Essentials
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE
- Blooming flowers projections by Kendra Sollars
- Photo station by Lauren Lee
For more information, click here.
