Arts on the Desert welcomes three artists Saturday, Jan. 13, at The Gallery on the Way with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on the campus of Saint Anthony on the Desert Episcopal Church, 12990 E. Shea …
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Phoenix artist Kristin Wesley is one of over 40 AZ Burners who co-created this year s IGNiGHT.
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Phoenix-based artist Kristin Wesley, whose
Friendly Flowers dot the Grand Avenue landscape, conceived the event, which first launched in 2019. It’s organized by AZ Burners, who volunteered their time to create an immersive art experience that reflects Burning Man principles like radical inclusion and decommodification.
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Last year, they opted not to do the event due to COVID-19 concerns. This year, they’re adapting to be mindful of public health conditions (masks and social distancing are required), while still holding the popular event.
All throughout 2020 since March, anyway a song rattled around in my head: People Who Died, by the Jim Carroll Band. It was a minor hit in the early 1980s; maybe you know it. Carroll, the punk-poet author of
The Basketball Diaries, wrote it as a sort of tribute to friends he knew who died before their time. Some of them met wild ends: a guy killed by bikers, a woman who jumped in front of a subway train. Others left Earth via less dramatic but nevertheless heartbreaking routes. My favorite line goes:
Bobby got leukemia, fourteen years old / He looked like sixty-five when he died / He was a friend of mine. The chorus goes: