Sky Black + Mural Mice

At 4,500 square feet, this may be the largest mural in Arizona. Most people walk past the Orpheum Theatre without ever looking up.

Lindsey DeStefano

Two years of planning. Fifty-eight hand-mixed colors. One 2023 Viola Award winner. This mural is hidden in an alley most people never enter.

Sage, Jill & Dan Drilevich, Ricco Disefan

Behind Collins Back Door Cafe, a Prohibition-era speakeasy hides in plain sight. The painted fake bricks are part of the story.

Joe "Mural Joe" Cornelius

A house painter who turned big walls into his canvas. Sherwin-Williams features him on their website. This one took two months.

Joe Sorren

A Pop Surrealist painter who grew up in Flagstaff. A friend wrote an entire novel inspired by this mural. The word "veridic" means truthful.

Sara Hooker, Robert Zappanti, Dion Wright

Part of the PAWS program, which planned 40 public art installations across Coconino County. This is number 15.

Jetsonorama, Black Sheep Collective, Cory Begay, others

Five murals tucked into a single alley. A physician who has practiced medicine on the Navajo Reservation for 27 years. A Dine artist painting water as life.

Lyle Motley

Ten to twelve hours a day for six weeks. Roughly $15,000 in materials. When someone injected glue under the paint 15 years later, Absolute Bikes had it restored.

Historic (1880s-1950s)

Before billboards, businesses painted their ads directly on brick walls. These faded advertisements are Flagstaff's oldest surviving street art.

Historic (1940s-1950s)

The old Babbitt's Garage once sold automobiles on San Francisco Street. The glass art on its facade dates to the mid-twentieth century.

Joe Sorren

Joe Sorren's second appearance on the tour. Six panels telling the story of Flagstaff, from the courthouse to the cattle roundups to the Weatherford Hotel.

Deelswa Designs

The artist asked the Sutcliffe family about their favorite flowers, then positioned them to represent the five family members.

Sean Griffin, tatocaraveno

A portal artist born in Nairobi, Kenya. A pine cone rendered in blue and gold. A 1963 office supply store reborn as a dog-friendly brewery.

Sean Griffin, Sky Black

The tour ends where it began: with Sky Black. His Learning to Fly bookends the journey that started at The Sound of Flight. Step through the portal.