Downtown Mesa Detour: An Arts & Culture Experience

Expiration: Dec 31st 2024

Discover the best of Main Street’s sidewalks & alleyways as you go on a personal hunt for the best of Mesa’s art & culture scene. With your phone as your guide, unveil clues to the city’s most iconic, whimsical and jaw dropping collection of art in Downtown Mesa.


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Around the corner from Mesa Public Schools, a teacher in bronze and a symbol of education's tools
Teaching Children
By: James Avati
As you waddle down Main Street, don't think too hard about this destination. Near the fountain, is an animal who loves migration
Quackers
By: Mike Dwyer
Bibbidi Boppidi Boo, your carriage to the mural awaits you. Tucked in a parking lot, don’t be deceived by this mundane spot
Cinderella
Find 101 reasons to squeal for joy when you find this 'porky' friend
Big Charlie Black
By: Carrie Grantt
Find the lady that hides within Arizona's largest Art Center
Desert Rose
By: El Mac
Frozen in time, these players stand in place, capturing the essence of America's favorite pastime for all to trace
Big League Dreams
Here's a rosy idea! This place is a perfect fit for a royal rear, take a break and ponder here!
The Big Pink Chair
By: Mary Consie
In this mural you'll find beer to drink, a lady that dives, and songs to sing all captured within a wing
What Lifts You
By: Kelsey Montague
Just keep swimming past Cinderella's carriage, and you'll find this Fin-tastic friend!
Surf & Ski
On the corner of Main, find one of your childhood games. You don't have to look too deep, just take a leap!
Spring Fever
By: Kim Kori
Rest "Insured" you will find this Mesa Native in the center of it all
W.H. Passey
By: Larry Passey
Suit up for your next adventure at one of Main Street's earliest businesses
Wayne Pomeroy
By: Larry Passey
The t-rex's gaze is polarized towards this arctic animal
Polar Bear & Cubs
By: Dollores Shelledy
There was an egg, who took a great fall and broke his leg, covered in pepper, they couldn't put him together again.
Humpty Dumpty
By: Kimber Fiebiger
There's 101 ways to explore the desert, but here you'll see the Sonoran sunset & Arizona landscape with very little effort.
Desert Landscape
By: Various Artists
This Mesa Backdrop is "Worth" Melting for
Melting Point
By: Mural Mice
This mural blooms all year round, between two trees is where it's found
Downtown Mesa Mural
By: Lauren Lee
Three hefty souls, on a bench they repose, outside the Brick House Market they doze
They Are Waiting
By: Nnamdi Okonkwo
What's down the alley glowing so bright, a set of murals featuring neon light.
Lost Neon
By: Various Artists
With his bag full of news, he stands in the sun, a bronze tribute to the paperboy who delivers headlines before you tee-off
Home Delivery
By: Steven Schneider
With his basket full of fruit, he sits at the blossom store, a reminder of one of the "C's" that bring prosperity to AZ's core.
The Citrus Grower
By: Art Norby
You may know the superstition of the Lost Dutchman, but dig a little deeper and you'll find this Mesa icon
Wall Street Farmer
By: Art Norby