The Fear and Loathing show on Nov. 24 will be the final show at Wet Paint's current location at Forest Avenue and Seventh Street. The entire neighborhood was recently sold and will be converted for new use, pushing out other businesses in the area.
"We definitely want to keep both of these entities {the store and the gallery} going, but this way we can cover more ground now," Clay Elliott says.
After five years of pioneering Final Fridays in the downtown Tempe area, Wet Paint will be joining phoenix's successful arts community.
"We haven't had much luck getting some of the other businesses involved in Final Fridays," Elliott says. "It will be nice to go to Phoenix and fit in, instead of trying to build something by ourselves here."
Wet Paint is looking to take successful elements from the Lebowski show and apply them to Fear and Loathing.
"Since Fear and Loathing will be our last show [at Wet Paint], we want to try to get all of the artists who have shown in our past shows involved with that," Elliott says.
A screening of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" will accompany the pieces of art, followed by a performance by Tempe funk/hip-hop group Drunken Immortals. The group features visual talent from Wet Paint employee Dumperfoo. He creates art as the band performs.