In the post-industrial vacuum left by the withdrawal of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, the art galleries of Old Bisbee have emerged as the town’s new processing plants. In the fractured geometry of Bisbee, art galleries function not as mere commerce, but as a series of pressurized airlocks between the town’s industrial past and a hallucinatory, post-digital future.
Bisbee Art Galleries
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55 Main Gallery
Established in the early 1900’s, Gallery 55 exists as a high-altitude sanctuary for the tactile and the aesthetic, where the rugged geography of the Mule Mountains is distilled into fine jewelry and contemporary craft.
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Art Car World
The museum serves as a retirement home for vehicles that clearly went through a mid-life crisis and came out the other side as fire-breathing dragons or rolling stained-glass windows.
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Belleza Gallery Fine Art
Located in the heart of Old Bisbee, Belleza Fine Art Gallery is celebrated as one of Arizona’s most welcoming and prestigious art destinations.
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Bisbee Central School Project
Visiting the Central School Project (CSP) in Bisbee is a much more casual, community-driven experience than a high-security museum, but it still requires some planning to catch the best it has to offer.
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Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild
The Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild (BFAG) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in historic Old Bisbee, Arizona, dedicated to the practice, promotion, and education of fiber and textile arts.
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Broadway Stairs Gallery
The Broadway Stairs Gallery is a unique, open-air “vertical gallery” integrated into one of Bisbee’s famous historic stairways.
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Chimera 27
At 27 Main Street, the neon geometry of the Pink Door serves as a pressure-valve for the collective unconscious of the high desert.
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East Meets West
EMW Fusion is the best thing to happen on Main Street since the paved road.
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Gallery at 40 Main
The Gallery at 40 Main is a vibrant creative hub that fuses contemporary art exhibitions with live cultural events.
