Rebecca Green

Rebecca Green is kind of a big deal. The artist, who is responsible for the fairytale mural outside of Grand Avenue's The Lodge studio, is currently writing as a guest blogger for Flow Magazine while prepping for her final show in Phoenix at the end of this month.

"Coyote Ghost" will be a farewell show to Phoenix, she says. "It's a way to acknowledge all that the area and the people here have given me."

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Courtesy of Bucketfeet

Artist Joseph "Sentrock" Perez feels invincible.

The Arizona native, who now resides in Chicago, has reasons aplenty to feel that way, but what's inspired the feeling this week is his winning Chicago-based shoe company Bucketfeet's next artist contest. Sentrock submitted a black, white, red, and robin's egg design on a pair of lace-ups into the contest and won based on votes, of which he got more than 5,000.

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Tara O. Photos

Paint & Patron comes to Macayo's Depot Cantina in Tempe on Friday.

If you happen to be friends with any of the local artists competing in Friday night's Paint & Pátron event at Macayo's Depot Cantina in Tempe, expect to get a call from them in the next 24 hours (if you haven't already). Or an e-mail, tweet, Facebook shout-out, or any other form of communication for that matter, short of semaphore or smoke signals.

They're probably reaching out to cajole their nearest and dearest to come out to the monthly art-meets-intoxicants shindig at train station-like Mexican eatery to not only see their latest works but also to help them possibly win one of two artist competitions (either of which boasts a $250 cash prize) during the event. Lucinda Hinojos, the event's co-organizer, says that such rallying of the troops by local artists has been commonplace prior to a Paint & Pátron party.

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Encounter by Lauren Strohacker

It might seem strange to go on a tour in your own hometown, but that's exactly what board members of IN FLUX had in mind when they started planning the IN FLUX Cycle 3 Multi-City Tour slated to take place on Saturday, June 22.

Kirstin Van Cleef, who founded IN FLUX and continues to manage the program for Scottsdale Public Art, says she hopes the tour of public art installations from Scottsdale to Glendale (and everything in between) will help locals to better see the Valley as a unified whole.

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Anthony Vasquez's Falling with Your Memory is on view in "Thermal PHX."

First Friday heats up June 7 with creative works going up all over the city. Here are our seven picks for shows not to miss this artful evening.

What's on your to-see list?

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"Kitty Prowl" by Such Styles

Hello Kitty is approaching 40, which might be a little early for a mid-life crisis, but if cats really do have nine lives, now is as good a time as any for reinvention.

Enter: Chola Kitty -- a feline with spunk.

This Friday, local artist Such Styles is unveiling his series of cat parodies at the Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center in "Chola Kitty Nueve Vidas", a show he calls "a curious look at what didn't kill the cat."

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Joshua Rhodes

Joshua Rhodes is a creator. The man behind Subtle Takeover went to school for graphic design, but he is making a name for himself in the Phoenix community as a man of many modes of expression.

On Friday, June 7, Palabra Studios hosts Rhodes's first solo exhibition in downtown Phoenix. "It's Taking Shape" will showcase mostly acrylic paintings on panel, but in typical form Rhodes doesn't limit himself to the medium -- there will also be some smaller block prints available.

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Photo by Becky Bartkowski

Phoenix is undergoing a beautification process. That's what Kate Saunders, Phoenix Hostel & Cultural Center's volunteer coordinator, calls it.

"There's more commissioned art work, more bright colors and simple figures," Saunders says regarding the current state of Phoenix's ever-changing mural scene. That constant change inspired Saunders to plan and lead a mural tour on Sunday, May 26.

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Claire Lawton

Heads up, letterpress lovers. If you want to attend the first-ever Phoenix Wayzgoose, hosted by the Amalgamated Printers' Association from June 5 through 9, your registration is due today.

Letterpress Central co-founder and local artist Cindy Iverson says that registrants can drop off their forms and payment ($25 to $75) at Letterpress Central in downtown Chandler, but forms that are postmarked May 23 will also be accepted.

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One of the many devils drawn by hot rod art king Coop.

Lulubell Toy Bodega co-owner Amy Del Castillo has an important piece of advice for anyone who's planning to attend tomorrow night's appearance by the Baby Tattoo Roadshow at the Mesa boutique: Come early.

That's because the four popular and highly influential artists who are participating in the tour -- rockabilly culture king Coop, macabre illustrator Gris Grimly, surreal-meets-swanky graphic designer Ragnar, and bizarrely beautiful doll maker Marina Bychkova -- are almost certain to draw a crowd during their stop at Lulubell on Tuesday, May 21. Plus, Del Castillo says, they'll be at the shop for a mere two hours. Better heed her advice and be plenty punctual.

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