First Friday

5-8 pm

TICKETS: Voluntary Donations, begins at 5pm

Separate tickets are required to view special exhibitions Eric Fischl: Stories Told and Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection at an additional cost. Click HERE to purchase special exhibition tickets.

Join us for First Friday, featuring in-gallery sketching led by Sketchclub Café (@sketchclubcafe), music by resident DJ Jaime Lee (@jmelee), delicious drinks by ARTenders, and Docent-led tours at 5:30pm and 6:30pm.

Not a member yet? Click here to join.

First Fridays are made possible through the generosity of APS and Lexus, with additional support from Arizona Community Foundation.

General Admission tickets include all exhibitions and installations, including Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection.

The second floor of the Museum’s North Wing is temporarily closed for important fire safety upgrades. While this includes the Art of the Americas + Europe galleries and the Thorne Miniature Rooms, many other galleries and exhibitions remain open. Ticket pricing has been reduced during this time to reflect the change in gallery access.

TICKETS: $25 Adults | $22 Seniors | $20 Students (with valid ID) | $15 Youth (6-17) | Free for Museum Members, and youth 5 and under

Not a member yet? Visit the Museum for free all year long. Click here to join.

Please follow our exhibitions page to view the current special exhibitions. https://phxart.org/art/exhibitions/

General Admission tickets include all exhibitions and installations, including Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection.

TICKETS: $28 Adults | $25 Seniors | $23 Students (with valid ID) | $18 Youth (6-17) | Free for Museum Members, and youth 5 and under.

Not a member yet? Visit the Museum for free all year long. Click here to join.

Please follow our exhibitions page to view the current special exhibitions.

Wednesday Exhibition Tickets (after 3pm)

TICKETS: $10 Adults | $5 Youth 17 and younger | FREE for Museum Members

Separate tickets are required to view special exhibitions Eric Fischl: Stories Told and Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection at an additional cost during Pay What You Wish Wednesdays.

From 3 pm-8 pm every Wednesday, Phoenix Art Museum offers voluntary-donation hours for general admission and reduced rates to view special-engagement exhibitions. Consider making a donation to support your Museum and these free-access times for our community.

Not a member yet? Click here to join.

Lemon Library Book Club: 

 | 6:30 pm

Location: The Amphitheater inside Phoenix Art Museum

TICKETS: Free event. Please reserve your ticket and check in at the Visitor Services Desk.

This program is intended for audiences 18 years and older.

The afterpARTy 

Special Exhibition Tickets (after 5pm)

TICKETS: $10 Adults | $5 Youth 17 and younger | FREE for Museum Members

Tickets are required to view special exhibitions Eric Fischl: Stories Told  and Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection during First Fridays.

You can pre-purchase a discounted $10 drink ticket toward your choice of spirit or wine at the bar. This option is available only for individuals 21+. IDs will be checked on-site. 

Curator Tour: Dynamic Stillness

Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Norton Gallery

TICKETS: Free with General Admission. Space is Limited.

Join Emilia Mickevicius, Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, for an intimate, in-gallery conversation exploring Muscle Memory: Lens On The Body.

Mickevicius will examine how photographers across generations have documented the vitality, complexity, and inherent motion of the human form. The tour highlights works that capture the strength and vulnerability of the body as represented through the camera lens.

About Curator Tours

Curator Tours offer a dynamic opportunity to engage with Museum curators in the galleries. These sessions provide visitors with exclusive insights into current exhibitions and artworks on view, along with time for Q&A.

ACI Colorwear Exhibition Opening

In Conversation: Muscle Memory with Emilia Mickevicius, Claire Warden, Marcus Carmichel, and Mehrdad Mirzaie

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Great Hall South

TICKETS: Free RSVP

Join Emilia Mickevicius, Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, for an expansive conversation with regional artists Claire A. Warden, Marcus Carmichael, and Mehrdad Mirzaie.

Drawing from the themes of Muscle Memory: Lens on the Body, this panel will share how they utilize photography to document movement, strength, and vulnerability. Together, the group will discuss the camera’s unique ability to capture small gestures that speak to larger stories of identity, migration, and the lived experience of the body over time.

Artist Bios

Claire A. Warden (b. Montréal, Québec) is an interdisciplinary artist working in still and moving image media. Her work challenges representation, portraiture, racialized experience in the United States through abstraction and experimental image-making. A recipient of the New Artist Society award from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Warden has been named one of LensCulture’s Top 50 Emerging Talents and a Photo Boite 30 Under 30 Women Photographer. Her work is featured in Harper’s Magazine and Light Work’s Contact Sheet, and she has completed residencies at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and the Penumbra Foundation.

Marcus Xavier Chormicle is a 2025 United States Latinx Artist Fellow and an MFA candidate at the University of Arizona. In 2021, he founded the Cristian Anthony Vallejo Memorial Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a space dedicated to Indigenous and Latinx artists and the exploration of generational cycles, migration, and spirituality. A graduate of the Walter Cronkite School at ASU, Chormicle’s practice focuses on artistic reflections of daily life and Indigenous ways of expressing place. He recently held his first museum solo exhibition at the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Mehrdad Mirzaie is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist, assistant curator, and educator whose practice centers on the politics of memory and historical erasure. Working with photography and alternative image-making processes, he explores how visual histories are preserved, reinterpreted, or lost in regions marked by censorship and state violence. Mirzaie is the founder of the Tasvir Archive Project, a research initiative dedicated to Iranian photographic practices. He holds an MFA from Arizona State University and is currently pursuing an MA in Art History, focusing on the global context of image-based art from Iran.

Films at PhxArt: Arco

TICKETS: Free for Members | $8 for non-Members

Join us for a special screening of the Oscar®-nominated animated feature ARCO, a magical and beautifully animated journey through time produced by Fit Via Vi Films.

The story follows Iris, a young girl who discovers a mysterious boy named Arco in a rainbow jumpsuit. Hailing from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is a reality, Arco finds an unlikely protector in Iris, who risks everything to help him return home. While it serves as a poignant climate-change allegory, the film is ultimately a celebration of friendship and the unmatched warmth of traditionally rendered cel-animation.

We are honored to host this screening in celebration of the film’s Academy Award nomination and its producers, Bill and Mary Way, whose dedicated support continues to be vital to Phoenix Art Museum’s film programming.

Estimated runtime: 89 min.

Films at PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.

General Admission tickets include all exhibitions and installations, including Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection.

TICKETS: $25 Adults | $22 Seniors | $20 Students (with valid ID) | $15 Youth (6-17) | Free for Museum Members, and youth 5 and under

Not a member yet? Visit the Museum for free all year long. Click here to join.

Please follow our exhibitions page to view the current special exhibitions. https://phxart.org/art/exhibitions/

Small Symposium Saturday

TICKETS: Includes General Admission and access to all talks; guests are welcome to attend any or all sessions.

Miniature Model Making 101 with Jorge Ruiz 

10AM - 11AM

Have you ever wanted to build your own miniature world but didn't know where to start? Join local artist Jorge Ruiz for a lecture demonstration that will mix his personal history with the craft. Jorge will share “pro tips” for beginning your own journey into the exacting world of miniature making.

Narcissa Thorne: Modern Miniaturist of the Thorne Rooms

11AM - 12PM

Dr. Christopher “Kit” Maxwell, Curator of the Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, examines Narcissa Niblack Thorne as a powerhouse of interwar design. While often dismissed by architectural authorities as an amateur in her time, Thorne engaged closely with current design debates and built a wide audience through exhibitions at museums and world’s fairs. Dr. Maxwell will explore how her rooms, which depict centuries of European and American interiors, illuminate 1930s questions of taste, gender, and the cultural uses of the past. 

Thorne Room + Miniatures Panel

1PM - 2:30PM

Engage with a diverse group of scholars and makers in this lively cross-disciplinary discussion. Topics will range from the legacy of the Thorne Rooms to the role of miniatures in modern in pop culture.

·       Moderator: Rachel Zebro (Associate Curator of Collections, Phoenix Art Museum)

·       Panelists: Dr. Christopher “Kit” Maxwell, Corinne Botz and Jorge Ruiz 

Small Symposium is made possible by Cathie Lemon.

DIY Weathering Effects with Jorge Ruiz 

TICKETS: $20 Workshop ticket | $10 for Members

Learn the art of the “lived-in” look. In this two-hour, hands-on workshop, local miniature artist Jorge Ruiz teaches the specific painting techniques used to achieve realistic weathering on models and miniatures. All materials are included, and attendees will take home their own weathered miniature object. This is intended for ages 16+.

Small Symposium is made possible by Cathie Lemon.

Senior Coffee Social 

Museum Members Only Event - Registration opens

RSVP is required. RSVPs are taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

Join us on the second Thursday of each month for a Member-Only Coffee Social presentation, hosted in Singer Hall in the Administration Building of the Phoenix Art Museum. Coffee and light pastries will be served. Doors open at 10 am and presentation starts at 10:30 am.

Not a member and want to attend? Click HERE to join or call (602) 257-2124.

Storytime

10:30am - 11am

TICKETS: Free for Members | Included in general admission for the general public

Advance registration recommended

Designed for our youngest PhxArt visitors (ages 0-5) and their parents or caregivers, Storytime is a wonderful opportunity to share the joy of early literacy, art-inspired play, and hands-on learning with family and friends. The Storytime series is offered on the first Thursday of each month inside the Museum.

Storytime is made possible by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs, and Traditional Legacy Schools.

HOURS
Monday | Closed
Tuesday | Closed
Wednesday | 10am - 7pm
Thursday – Sunday | 10 am – 5 pm

HOLIDAY HOURS
Closed on New Year’s Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
View calendar for special events, extended hours or other closures.

HORARIO
lunes | cerrado
martes | cerrado
miércoles | 10 am – 7 pm
jueves - domingo | 10 am - 5 pm

HORARIO FESTIVO
PhxArt está cerrado el Día del Año Nuevo, el Día del Trabajo, el Día de Dar Gracias (Thanksgiving), y la Navidad.
Vea el calendario de eventos especiales, horarios extendidos u otros cierres.

Pay What You Wish Wednesday (after 3pm)

TICKETS: Voluntary Donations, begins at 3pm 

From 3pm-8pm every Wednesday the Museum offers voluntary donation times for general admission and reduced rates to view special engagement exhibitions. Consider making a donation to support your Museum. 

Not a member yet? Visit the Museum for free all year long. Click here to join.

Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays are made possible through the generosity of SRP and City of Phoenix.

Eric Fischl Lecture Series: Marilyn Minter

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Reception and Award Ceremony | 5–6:30 pm

Lecture | 6:30 pm

TICKETS: Free for Museum Members + MCCCD students | $5 for the General Public

Celebrating 21 years of the Eric Fischl Lecture Series, the 2026 lecture features Eric Fischl in conversation with contemporary artist Marilyn Minter. Known for her distinguished hyper-realistic style, Minter explores themes of beauty and desire through compositions that offer a close-up, visceral view of the body. Join us for a dynamic conversation between the two artists as they discuss Minter’s studio practice, her evolution as an artist, and the boundaries of contemporary art.

About the Artist

Marilyn Minter (b. 1948, USA) is one of the most provocative and influential contemporary artists of our time, known for her raw, hyperreal explorations of beauty, power, and desire. Working across painting, photography, and video, she challenges conventional aesthetics by fusing glamour with grit and seduction with subversion.

Drawing from fashion, advertising, pornography, and art history, Minter’s work examines how pleasure, femininity, and consumer culture collide. Her signature style—lush, high-gloss surfaces drenched in sweat, glitter, and condensation—blurs the boundaries between attraction and repulsion, reality and fantasy.

Since the 1970s, Minter has been a fearless disruptor, using her art to critique the idealized images sold by mass media. Whether through her infamous "bush paintings," billboard interventions, or sultry video works, she continuously pushes against cultural taboos surrounding sexuality and feminism. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her 2016 retrospective, Pretty/Dirty, cemented her legacy as a pioneer who amplifies what others shy away from.

About the Eric Fischl Lecture Series

In 2005, contemporary painter, sculptor, and author Eric Fischl returned to Phoenix College to give back to his alma mater and support aspiring artists. Honoring the college’s influence on his life, Fischl brings world-renowned artists to Phoenix annually to present the Eric Fischl Series.

Curator Tour: Oceans of Influence in Viceregal Art

Thursday, April 9, 2026 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Location: North Wing

TICKETS: Free with General Admission. Space is Limited.

Join JoAnna Reyes, Adjunct Curator, Art of the Americas, for an intimate look at Art of Viceregal Latin America gallery. Discover the artistic traditions and innovations of the viceregal period, an era when global exchange transformed visual culture across the Americas.

Reyes will explore works from the 16th to the 19th centuries, a time when Spanish-ruled viceroyalties served as vital trade hubs linking Europe, Asia, and the New World. As ideas and materials circulated across the Atlantic and Pacific, local artists responded with creativity by blending Indigenous techniques with influences from as far away as China and Japan to reinterpret forms like lacquerware and ceramics.

About Curator Tours

Curator Tours offer a dynamic opportunity to engage directly with Museum curators in the galleries. These sessions provide visitors with exclusive insights into current exhibitions and artworks on view, along with time for Q&A.

Ed Mell: A Closer Look with Dr. Mark Sublette

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Singer Hall

TICKETS: Included with Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesday

Join Dr. Mark Sublette for an in-depth exploration of the work of American artist Ed Mell (1942–2024). Beloved for his vibrant color palette and angular compositions, Mell captured the monumental cloud formations, geologic strata, and desert life of the Colorado Plateau and Sonoran Desert. Dr. Sublette’s talk examines Mell’s artistic practice and distinctive approach to interpreting dynamic landscapes, with a special focus on works currently on view in the Museum’s newly renovated North Wing.

Born in Phoenix, Mell was deeply connected to Arizona’s arts community for more than 50 years, maintaining a studio just blocks from Phoenix Art Museum. Ed Mell: In the Studio presents, for the first time, a selection of oil studies and works on paper created between 1974 and 2023. Never before publicly exhibited, these works offer rare insight into Mell’s creative process and the evolution of his final paintings.

Dr. Mark Sublette Bio

Dr. Mark Sublette is the founder of Medicine Man Gallery, an authority on the artwork of Maynard Dixon, and the author of numerous catalogs on Native American art. A former physician, Dr. Sublette is a dedicated educator who shares his extensive knowledge of the American West through lectures, publications, and social media.

Sublette co-curated the Maynard Dixon’s American West exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of the West (2019-2020), a major retrospective showcasing over 250 works by the iconic artist. In 2021, he was awarded the Ambassador Circle Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tucson Museum of Art, followed by the 2022 C.M. Russell Heritage Award for his biography, Maynard Dixon’s American West, Along the Distant Mesa.

Sublette is the host of the long-running Art Dealer Diaries Podcast, featuring interviews with collectors, dealers, and art enthusiasts. He is also the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series and the Westin Blackwood Art Detective series. In 2024, he opened the Maynard Dixon and Native American Art Museum in Tucson, Arizona which also features work by Arizona icon Ed Mell.

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a live music series. Every third Thursday from 6-7 pm, we're bringing popular local acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with all-day access to Phoenix Art Museum —arrive early and explore the galleries before the show. Pre-purchase a $10 drink ticket and save up to $5 compared to the standard on-site bar pricing. Valid for one spirit or glass of wine. Must be 21+ with a valid ID. Performances are FREE for PhxArt Members—be sure to reserve your ticket to guarantee your spot.

April 16th

Pariah Pete

Presented in partnership with VIVA PHX, enjoy a blend of musical genres by Pariah Pete.

ABOUT PARIAH PETE

Pariah Pete, also known as "Pariah Like Mariah with a P," is a unique artist known for blending Hip-Hop, Indie, and Jazz/Soul, while cultivating a strong sense of community through his music. Defining his style as “desert jazz rap,” his mission is simple: to build connections—whether through his onstage rapport or personally delivering tickets across Phoenix. His vulnerable lyrics and the melodic sounds of his backing band, The Mercuries, create a perfect harmony. Drawing inspiration from both classic and contemporary artists like Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, and Gil Scott-Heron, Pete’s music is shaped by a wide range of influences.

As a Phoenix-based artist, he began writing music at just 9 years old. Raised by a single Polish immigrant, one of his earliest musical memories is of 50 Cent's "In Da Club," which contrasted with the jazz his mother often played at home—an influence that would shape his own sound. Currently, Pete is focused on releasing music and performing alongside his band, refining his unique position in the musical landscape, and building his community both online and offline.

About VIVA PHX

Downtown Phoenix comes together for VIVA PHX 2026, April 15-20. Six days of mostly FREE concerts, art, talks, culinary experiences, and community.

Whether you’re local or visiting from beyond, this is your invitation to connect with everything that makes Arizona special. Culture happens when we're together.

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union and the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts.

Small Symposium Sunday

TICKETS: Includes General Admission and access to all talks; guests are welcome to attend any or all sessions.

The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death 

1PM - 2PM

Step into a macabre, dollhouse-sized world of true crime. Created in the early 20th century by Frances Glessner Lee (1878−1962), a contemporary of Narcissa Niblack Thorne, the Nutshell Studies are exquisitely detailed crime scene dioramas used to train homicide investigators. Join author and photographer Corrine Botz for a deep dive into how these little rooms revolutionized forensics and continue to captivate pop culture today.

David Gonzalez and the Homies  

2PM - 3PM

Librarian Jesse Lopez presents a look on David Gonzalez, the trailblazing Chicano artist behind the iconic Homies. From his early work in Lowrider Magazine and Teen Angel to the global phenomenon of the Homies universe, learn how Gonzalez’s lived experiences helped define a generation of Chicano art aesthetics.

Small Symposium is made possible by Cathie Lemon.

In Conversation:  Hayashi Kaku with Colin Pearson

April 29, 2026 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Singer Hall

TICKETS: Free Admission

Join us for an evening with artist Hayashi Kaku, a featured sculptor in Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan. In conversation with Colin Pearson, the Museum’s Curator of Asian Art, Hayashi will discuss the avant-garde spirit of the exhibition and share personal insights into her creative practice, her time-intensive process, and the philosophical ideas that shape her work.

About the Artist

Born in Taiwan in 1953, Hayashi Kaku studied at Tokyo University of the Arts under “Living National Treasures” Fujimoto Yoshimichi Nōdō and Tamura Kōichi. Her work is celebrated for its physical power and demanding execution; she meticulously kneads and shapes clay, bending the material to her will until a dynamic, expressive form emerges. Her sculptures are characterized by undulating surfaces, intricate linear patterns, and high-contrast glazes in striking shades of iron red, yellow, and metallic oxides. Hayashi's practice is a deep exploration of nature’s duality, capturing both the variable and immobile forces of the world around her. Many of her works are inspired by the spiritual significance of the Kegon waterfall near her home and studio in Tochigi Prefecture. Beyond her artistic mastery, Hayashi is a trailblazer in ceramic science. As a long-time professor at Bunsei University, she established the ceramics program and led a research team to develop a now-patented firing technique using Kan-taro, a volcanic glass mineral. This innovation significantly shortens drying times and reduces the risk of breakage during the firing process, a development that has become indispensable to leading ceramic artists worldwide. A prominent figure in contemporary Japanese ceramics, Hayashi Kaku has received numerous prestigious commissions, including a multi-panel installation for Mibu City Hall. Her work is held in major international collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park.

19th Annual Papp Chinese Painting Seminar

April 23, 2026 |10:30 am–12:30 pm

Singer Hall

TICKETS: Free Admission

The year’s seminar features a contemporary focus on the life and work of Chinese American artist Hung Hsien, widely known in the U.S. as Margaret Chang. Chang's work is celebrated for its elegant fusion of traditional ink painting, meticulous brushwork, and elements of Abstract Expressionism.

We are honored to welcome B U.K. Li, the preeminent scholar on the artist and son of renowned art history professor Chu-tsing Li. Drawing from extensive interviews conducted with Chang over the past several years, Li will offer unique insights into her career and artistic practice. The presentation will feature a close look at three works by Chang from the PhxArt collection, alongside examples from other modernist painters who influenced her journey within the Chinese tradition.

About the Speaker

B U.K. Li, MD,  is an Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. A pioneer in the field, he established the first multidisciplinary pediatric Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Program at Lurie Children’s, treated over 1,200 children, and published more than 70 articles and guidelines. He is also a Past-President of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.

Beyond his medical distinction, B has been a lifelong advocate for Chinese art. Through his father, Professor Chu-tsing Li (the J.H. Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History at Kansas University), B has known Hung Hsien for over 50 years. Acting as an “art nephew,” travel companion, and collector, he played a proactive role in her recent solo retrospectives at Asia Society Texas and Hong Kong. Today, he continues in his father’s footsteps by rekindling international attention on Chang's innovative abstract ink paintings.

Curator Tour: Step into the Kaleidoscope

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | 6:30–7:30 pm

TICKETS: Included with General Admission*

*Ticket price includes Museum general admission

Explore the intersection of hue and history with Curator Helen Jean. In this Curator Tour of Colorwear: A Kaleidoscope of Fashion, Jean highlights prismatic treasures from the Museum’s 60-year fashion archive. From bold, avant-garde ensembles to meticulously crafted accessories, discover how color is more than just an aesthetic choice, it’s a visual language designers use to define identity and influence culture. Join the tour and see the collection in a whole new light.

About Curator Tours

Curator Tours offer a dynamic opportunity to engage directly with Museum curators in the galleries. These sessions provide visitors with exclusive insights into current exhibitions and artworks on view, along with time for Q&A.

ACI Met Gala Viewing Party

Monday, May 4, 2026

Location | Camello Restaurant, 2525 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016

2:30 PM | Photos, Shopping, Raffle, and Hosted Reception

3 PM | Livestream from the Met Gala Red Carpet

Join us for a fashion-filled afternoon celebrating the Met Gala, the annual haute couture fundraising event held to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. Enjoy light bites and beverages, courtesy of the new Camello Restaurant at The Esplanade, while previewing fashions, purchasing raffle tickets and posing for photos as you watch a livestream of celebrity arrivals on the red carpet. 

Tied to the featured exhibition, the dress code for the Gala is “Fashion Art”, which invites guests to express their own relationship to fashion as a dressed art form and celebrate the countless depictions of the adorned body throughout art history.

Dress to impress! Join us dressed in your interpretation of this year’s theme for an afternoon of camaraderie, couture, and style.

Please RSVP by April 27

Active ACI members may bring one guest.

Juneteenth  

June 19, 2026 | 10 AM – 8 PM

$10 admission for the general public all day

In celebration of Juneteenth, PhxArt is open with $10 admission all day, including access to special-engagement exhibition Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection. 

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a live music series. Every third Thursday from 6-7 pm, we're bringing popular local acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with all-day access to Phoenix Art Museum —arrive early and explore the galleries before the show. Pre-purchase a $10 drink ticket and save up to $5 compared to the standard on-site bar pricing. Valid for one spirit or glass of wine. Must be 21+ with a valid ID. Performances are FREE for PhxArt Members—be sure to reserve your ticket to guarantee your spot.

June 18th

Dorrance Sculpture Garden/Whiteman Hall

The Joeys

ABOUT THE JOEYS

The Joeys are a 3 piece Rock n’ Roll outfit from Phoenix, Arizona. Dean Cheney, Logan Cormany, and Hayden Lamm began performing together in 2019 and have been frequenting local music clubs and festival lineups ever since, having opened for such acts as The Black Lips, 10cc, and The Meteors. They were voted “Best Band” in Phoenix Magazines' 2025 “Best of the Valley” issue. The Joeys also won the Proof is in the Pudding in 2019, one of the biggest music competitions in Arizona, and opened for Alice Cooper at his annual Christmas show. With inspirations ranging from The Stray Cats, The Doors, Everly Brothers, and X, The Joeys combine classic and modern songwriting with a distinctive Southwestern flavor. Their live shows are explosive and exciting, always offering a crowd good variety, whether it’s a fast paced rocker, a slow heartfelt ballad, and anything in between. During the summer of 2024, The Joeys collaborated with local legend Bob Hoag for their newest collection of songs, “Sonoran Dreams,” which was released in January of 2025.

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union and the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts.

You can pre-purchase a discounted $10 drink ticket toward your choice of spirit or wine at the bar. This option is available only for individuals 21+. IDs will be checked on-site. 

You can pre-purchase a discounted $10 drink ticket toward your choice of spirit or wine at the bar. This option is available only for individuals 21+. IDs will be checked on-site. 

The Worlds of Wes Anderson: Rushmore

TICKETS: Free for Members | $8 for non-Members

The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (Bill Murray, in an award-winning performance).

Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion tunes, Rushmore defies categorization, capturing the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth, and cinematic panache. 

Estimated runtime: 93 minutes.

Films at PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.

The Worlds of Wes Anderson: Fantastic Mr. Fox

TICKETS: Free for Members | Included with General Admission

Fantastic Mr. Fox is the story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family in a new foxhole in a beautiful tree—directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist.

Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel is a meticulous work of stop-motion animation featuring vibrant performances by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, and Bill Murray.

Estimated runtime: 87 minutes.

Films at PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.

The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Grand Budapest Hotel

TICKETS: Free for Members | Included with General Admission

Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the world wars. At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel, the concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his young protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) forge a steadfast bond as they are swept up in a scheme involving the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune—while around them, political upheaval consumes the continent.

Meticulously designed, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a breathless picaresque and a poignant paean to friendship and the grandeur of a vanished world, performed with panache by an all-star ensemble that includes F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray.

Estimated runtime: 100 minutes.

Films at PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.

The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

TICKETS: Free for Members | $8 for non-Members

Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew, Team Zissou, set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline copilot (Owen Wilson), a pregnant journalist (Cate Blanchett), and Zissou’s estranged wife (Anjelica Huston).

Wes Anderson has assembled an all-star cast that also includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Seu Jorge, and Bud Cort for this wildly original adventure-comedy.

Estimated runtime: 119 minutes.

Films at PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a live music series. Every third Thursday from 6-7 pm, we're bringing popular local acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with all-day access to Phoenix Art Museum —arrive early and explore the galleries before the show. Pre-purchase a $10 drink ticket and save up to $5 compared to the standard on-site bar pricing. Valid for one spirit or glass of wine. Must be 21+ with a valid ID. Performances are FREE for PhxArt Members—be sure to reserve your ticket to guarantee your spot.

May 21st

Dirt Rhodes

ABOUT DIRT RHODES

Dirt Rhodes is a Diné band fronted by Ryan Alison from Fort Defiance, Arizona, located on the Navajo Nation. His first release "Navajo Country Music" was released in September of 2020. Since, he and his band have graced stages of the southwest with Rez Country sounds. With influences from Texas, Nashville, and The Navajo Nation, Dirt Rhodes aims to highlight Indigenous peoples' long history with Country and Western music.

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union and the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts.