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Planning a trip to Phoenix, but looking for something other than spas and upscale shopping to fill your time?

If it’s too hot to hike the city’s many trails, here’s an interesting game to play while wandering around in air-conditioned comfort: find the mural.

Katrina Montgomery at Phoenix New Times has a list of her forty favorite creations adorning the walls of this desert oasis, which capture the heart and soul of the Valley of the Sun far better than the malls and endless acreage of swimming pools.

Bienvenidos a Arizona

Bienvenidos a Arizona is iconic. Located on the north-facing wall of Deportes America on 16th Street south of Thomas Road, this collaboration between Gennaro Garcia and DOSE may not be new (we covered the piece when it first went up back in 2010), but the colors have not lost their vibrancy.

Water Writes

Backed by the Estria Foundation and Black Mesa Water Coalition, this mural is one of 10 in a global series of Water Writes murals. This particular iteration of Water Writes is a collaboration between Averian Chee, Angel Diaz, Xochitl Enriquez, Jeff Slim, Kim Smith, and members of the Cyphers Center for Urban Art. Located on the south-facing wall ofValley Youth Theater on First Street and Fillmore, it seeks to bring attention to the water issues particular to the Sonoran desert.

Untitled work by Jorrael Elliot

This mural on the west-facing wall of Hair Pollution is almost overwhelming with all of its details, but not in a bad way. Most of the time the muted colors and varied components just make us feel mesmerized.

Full story at Phoenix New Times.

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Photo credits: Katrina Montgomery, Graphics credit: Canva