ArtLink A. E. England Gallery

For the month of September the traveling exhibition 26 Blocks will be showing at the Artlink A. E. England Gallery. 26 Blocks is an art project that celebrates downtown Phoenix.

26 of metropolitan Phoenix’s most talented writers were paired with 26 of the City’s most celebrated photographers. Each pair collaborated to create their interpretation of one of 26 randomly selected city blocks in the downtown Phoenix area.

The writer/photographer partners created their personal perspectives and interpretations of the most intriguing aspects of the culture and/or past, present or imagined future of each block. Then, renowned artist Raphael Navarro added to the collaboration by creating 26 original sculptures for each City block.

The combined photographs, written pieces and sculptures then premiered on May 7th and has traveled through varies venues throughout downtown Phoenix. Since then, 26 Blocks has become one of the most talked about art events in downtown Phoenix.

At a time when Arizona and Phoenix are in the national spotlight and our City is often portrayed as a hostile community facing boycotts from other cities and states, 26 Blocks promotes Phoenix in a highly positive way that encourages everyone to look at our incredible home from very different perspectives.

Exhibition Dates: September 1st – September 25, 2010

OPENING RECEPTION: September 3, 2010, 6-10PM
CLOSING RECEPTION: September 17, 2010, 6-9PM

Exhibition Participants:

1 SCULPTOR :

Rafael Navarro

26 PHOTOGRAPHERS :

Andy Delisle, Bill Timmerman, Brad Armstrong, Brandon Sullivan, Chris Loomis, Christiaan Blok, Dan Vermillion, Dayvid Lemmon, Denny Collins, Ellen Barnes, Jason Grubb, Jeff Newton, Jesse Rieser, John Covington, Jon Balinkie, Mark Peterman, Michael Lundgren, Rick Gayle, Andrew Urban, Rodney Rascona, Scott Baxter, Stephen G. Dreiseszun, Tim Lanterman, Tony Blei, Tyson Crosbie, Werner Segarra

26 WRITERS :

Andrea Avery, Ashlea Deahl, Betty Webb, Dallas Gold, Dan Frey, David Tyda, Ed Sweet, Jeffrey Brooker Fischer, Jennifer Allen Halloran, Joe Bardin, Joey Robert Parks, John H. Lindauer, Jonathan Clark, Karen Werner, Lauren Gilger, Len Gutman, Malia Politzer, Steve Price, Paul Atkinson, Paul Messinger, Sally Ball, Scott Hermanson, Steven Beschloss, Tim Mcdonald, T.M. Mcnally, Walt Lockley

Please visit the project website at: 26 Blocks