While the information that follows deals specifically with downtown Phoenix, the nucleus of such "arts districts" may already exist in other parts of our city, or they can surely be be contemplated, formed, and nurtured over the next ten years. Where is YOUR arts district?

Downtown Phoenix Arts District

We have Roosevelt Row. We have Grand Avenue. We have SAMA. But what about the arts in downtown Phoenix? What about a formal Downtown Arts District to showcase what IS downtown and to complement and link to our other central Phoenix arts districts.

Can you guess how many arts venues there now are downtown (roughly bordered by the ASU downtown campus to the north, Warehouse district to the south, and between the 7's)? Look at the list below. Remember, Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue venues are separate.

1. Actors Theatre, Herberger Theater Center
2. Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center, Galeria 147
3. Arizona Opera, Phoenix Symphony Hall
4. Arizona Theatre Company, Herberger Theater Center
5. Artlink Gallery at A.E. England Building
6. Ballet Arizona
7. Bentley Projects
8. Center Dance Ensemble, Herberger Theater Center
9. Children’s Museum of Phoenix
10. Comerica Theatre
11. Crescent Ballroom
12. Downtown Chamber Series
13. Downtown Phoenix Public Art Self-Guided Tour
14. Emeritus Gallery, ASU Downtown Campus
15. For Our Eyes Gallery, ASU Downtown Campus
16. Heart of the City PHX
17. Herberger Theater Center Art Gallery
18. Icehouse
19. iTheatre Collaborative, Herberger Theater Center
20. Legend City Studios
21. Mercado Galleria, ASU Downtown Campus
22. New City Studio
23. Orpheum Theatre
24. Phoenix Opera
25. Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix Symphony Hall
26. The Gallery at City Hall
27. Valley Youth Theater, Herberger Theater Center
28. Vault Gallery, ASU Downtown Campus
29. 411 Gallery, ASU Downtown Campus
30. More?...