First Friday
5-8 pm
TICKETS: Voluntary Donations, begins at 5pm
Separate tickets are required to view special exhibition Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan 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, with additional support from Arizona Community Foundation.
ARIZONA COSTUME INSTITUTE HOLIDAY LUNCHEON
Join Arizona Costume Institute on December 9, 2024 to celebrate fashion and support the PhxArt fashion-design collection at its annual Holiday Luncheon. Enjoy an elegant day at Arizona Biltmore Resort, beginning with a champagne reception and style-focused luxury raffle, followed by lunch and an engaging program with an internationally recognized fashion designer Christian Siriano!
Program:
10:30 AM
Champagne Reception
Luxury Raffle
11:30 AM
Luncheon and program with fashion designer Christian Siriano and Helen Jean, Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion Design
An Evening with Christian Siriano:
Patrons who purchase a $1,500 VIP ticket will receive one invitation to a private event with the designer the evening of December 8, 2024.
Tickets:
$500-level tickets have sold out. If you are sitting at a table being hosted, please contact support-aci@phxart.org to purchase your seat.
Style Icon: $350 - SOLD OUT
Fashionista: $500 - SOLD OUT
Designer: $1,000
VIP: $1,500
For sponsorship, underwriting and table inquiries, email support-aci@phxart.org.
Not able to attend, but still want to donate? Click HERE
Pre-purchase your raffle tickets here!
Pre-purchase your tickets online for our luxury drawing to save time the day of the event. Pre-purchased tickets will be available at check-in.
1 Luxury ticket for $30
5 Luxury tickets for $100
20 Luxury tickets for $300
50 Luxury tickets for $500
VIP Raffle tickets for $100 each
3 VIP tickets for $250
5 VIP tickets for $350
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Listings as of 11.10.24
To Be Continued...
Thomas Carlton Rogers II
MAJOR SPONSORS
Anonymous
My Sister's Closet
Miriam Sukhman
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Charlene Berge-Blum
Jon and Carrie Hulburd
Hugh & Barbara Lytle Foundation
Catherine and Jim Tuton
David and Christina Watson
Blue Cross Blue Shield Arizona
Capital Insight Partners
Jane Jozoff
Lisa Shapiro
Martha Martin Henkel
Brenda Howard
Ben Lytle
Lynne K. Love
Donna Johnson
THANK YOU
Jacquie Dorrance
Sally Pope
Allison Bertrand and Jean Spangler
Lily Merino and Joseph Leeds
Dionne Najafi
DeeDee Vecchione
Cathy Dickey
Lisa Portigal
Lana Breen and Britt Rand Sanchez
Linda Cohen and Meredith Cohen
Jenna Condas
Mary Beth Evans
Elizabeth Garrett
Jane Jozoff and Gloria Cowen
Lee Family Foundation
Neiman Marcus Scottsdale
Jen Powell and Tiffany Derks
Saks Fifth Avenue
The Scout Guide Phoenix & Scottsdale
Robin Steiner and Linda Langer
Paula Taylor and Adrianne Kalyna
Carol Warstler
J.Lauren/Jan Bracamonte
ADDITIONAL THANKS
Wunderkind
Paradise Valley City Lifestyle
Lux Florist
ACI Holiday Luncheon Raffle Tickets
Pre-purchase your tickets online for our luxury drawing to avoid waiting in the queue the day of the event. Pre-purchased tickets will be available at check-in.
1 Luxury ticket for $30
5 Luxury tickets for $100
20 Luxury tickets for $300
50 Luxury tickets for $500
VIP Tickets for $100 each
3 VIP Tickets for $250
5 VIP Tickets for $350
Lenhardt Lecture:
| 6:30pm
Free for Members | $5 for the general public
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.
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*If you have not registered on the site yet, please do so here in order to reserve your Member ticket online.
An active PhxArt Membership is required for this event. To renew your Membership, click here.
Questions? Call 602-257-2124 or email membership@phxart.org
Lenhardt Lecture:
| 6:30pm
Free for Members | $5 for the general public
PhxArt Family Funday
Two times a year, Phoenix Art Museum hosts PhxArt Family Fundays, an all-ages, free-access day with complimentary admission to every gallery and exhibition and arts-engagement programming suitable for visitors of all ages, interests, and abilities.
* All materials provided; first come, first served while supplies last.
PhxArt Book Club:
| 6:30 pm
Location: The Lemon Art Research Library, located inside the Museum Administration Building
This program is intended for audiences 18 years and older.
National Theatre Live: Fleabag
December 20, 2026 | 1PM
$15 for Members | $20 for Non-Members
Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, the one-woman show returns to the big screen this winter at Phoenix Art Museum.
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, was captured live on stage from London’s West End in 2019.
National Theatre Live is a telecast and not a live performance at the Museum.
National Theatre Live screenings are made possible in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
General Admission tickets include all exhibitions and installations.
TICKETS: $23 Adults | $20 Seniors | $18 Students (with valid ID) | $13 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.
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
Free for Members | Included in general admission for the general public
Advance registration required
Share the joy of early literacy and art-inspired play with our youngest Museum visitors (ages 0-5). Families and friends are invited to join us in the galleries for multisensory learning experiences and to make memories together. Children must be accompanied by their grown-up(s). Limited capacity; advance reservations required.
Hosted the first Thursday of each month at 10:30 am.
Storytime is made possible by First Things First, the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children's Art Programs and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs.
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.
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
October 31, 2026 | 1PM
$15 for Members | $20 for Non-Members
Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation.
We will be screening the version that features Cumberbatch as the Creature.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil, are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic tale.
Captured live on stage in 2011, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.
National Theatre Live is a telecast and not a live performance at the Museum.
National Theatre Live screenings are made possible in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
PhxArt Senior Book Club:
| 6:30 pm
Location: The Lemon Art Research Library, located inside the Museum Administration Building
Museum Members Only Event
RSVP is required. RSVPs are taken on a first-come, first-served basis
Not a member and want to attend? Click HERE to join or call (602) 257-2124.
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
September 27, 2026 | 1PM
$15 for Members | $20 for Non-Members
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.
National Theatre Live is a telecast and not a live performance at the Museum.
National Theatre Live screenings are made possible in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
In Conversation: Modern Treads with Susan Driver and Rachel Zebro
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Located in Singer Hall
6:30–7:30 pm
Free for Members | $5 for Non-Members
Join Rachel Zebro, Curator of Modern Art and Manager of Collections and Archives, and Susan Driver, Curator of the Collection of Discount Tire for a conversation about the current exhibition, Modern Treads: The Discount Tire Poster Collection.
Together, they will explore the Discount Tire poster collection, a graphically rich display of modern advertisements started in 1982 by the company’s founder, Bruce T. Halle. At the turn of the 20th century, industry giants such as Michelin, Dunlop, Continental, Pirelli, and Goodyear recognized the poster as an effective form of communication and turned to talented lithographers for eye-catching designs. Drawn exclusively from the Collection of Discount Tire, these vibrant posters reveal the intersection of artistic innovation and industrial advancement.
About Susan Driver
Susan Driver is Curator of the Collection of Discount Tire and Registrar of the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection. Throughout her 20-year tenure at Discount Tire, she authored Posters from the Collection of Discount Tire (2007) and contributed to various publications, including The Forgotten Years of Bibendum. Michelin’s American Period in Milltown: Design, Illustration and Advertising by Pioneer Tire Companies (1900-1930) (2015). She curated Masters of the Road: International Vintage Posters from the Collection of Discount Tire at Eastern Michigan University (2008) and was instrumental in the coordination of Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2007) and Order, Chaos and the Space Between: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection at Phoenix Art Museum (2013).
Kids Day at PhxArt
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Free for Members | Included with general admission
Every second Sunday of the month, join Phoenix Art Museum for Kids Day! Enjoy special family friendly programming for all ages, including in-gallery art-making activities and Storytime programming designed to engage and connect visitors with the Phoenix Art Museum Collection and special exhibitions.
Kids Day is made possible by Desert Financial Credit Union, with additional support from the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs
Arizona Costume Institute presents
ACI Member Lunch and Lecture: Celebrating 60 Years of Arizona Costume Institute
Monday, September 21
11:30 am // Lunch
Noon // Presentation
Singer Hall
TICKETS: The luncheon is for current ACI Members, and you may bring one guest. Luncheon tickets are $45 for current ACI Members; $55 for their guest (ticket will discount for Member at checkout).
You are invited to a special Member Lunch and Lecture hosted by the Arizona Costume Institute! Join us to discover the historical relevance of the Phoenix Art Museum’s newest fashion ensembles and learn why these remarkable pieces are vital additions to the permanent collection.
In honor of ACI’s 60th anniversary, Archivist Aspen Reynolds will share a brief presentation showcasing highlights from the ACI archives. Following the presentation, select members of ACI will share personal stories and cherished memories from the organization's past six decades.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow members, celebrate 60 years of style and community, and see how your support continues to shape our collection. We look forward to seeing you there!
Buffet Options:
Lemon and Thyme Grilled Chicken
Falafel
Olives, Feta, and Tomato
Roasted Vegetables
Red Bell Pepper Hummus with Pita
Greek Yogurt cups with Honey
Fresh Fruit with Chocolate Dipping Sauce
Please reserve your tickets by September 14.
Films at PhxArt: The Social Network
September 30, 2026 | 6PM
Free for Members | $10 for Non-Members
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg began work on a new concept that eventually turned into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.
Nominated for 8 Academy Awards and winner of 3 including Best Screenplay the film is considered one of the best films of the 2010’s and appeared on over 70 critics best of lists. See it on the big screen before the followup The Social Reckoning hits theaters in October.
SOUNDCHECK
September 25, 2026 | 7PM
$10 for Members | $28 for Non-Members (Includes Museum Admission)
SOUNDCHECK is back. One Friday per month from 7–8 pm, Phoenix Art Museum turns into a live-music venue for one hour: unplugged sets, local and regional acts, and art all around you. Season one brought you 76th Street, fearofmakingout, and The Phoenix Symphony. Season two goes bigger with Arizona Hall of Fame recipients, Meat Puppets.
Formed in Phoenix in the early 1980s, the Meat Puppets turned punk's creative freedom loose on country, psychedelia, and Southwestern desert weirdness, making landmark albums like Meat Puppets II and Up on the Sun before Kurt Cobain brought brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood onstage for Nirvana's MTV Unplugged and introduced them to a generation. More than 40 years in, the founding trio is back together, joined by keyboardist Ron Stabinsky and guitarist Elmo Kirkwood. As drummer Derrick Bostrom puts it, "This doesn't feel like an oldies act. It feels like the culmination."
Tickets include all-day access to the Museum.
SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council,
with additional support from the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts.
SOUNDCHECK
October 30, 2026 | 7PM
$10 for Members | $28 for Non-Members (Includes Museum Admission)
SOUNDCHECK is back. One Friday per month from 7–8 pm, Phoenix Art Museum turns into a live-music venue for one hour: unplugged sets, local and regional acts, and art all around you. Season one brought you 76th Street, fearofmakingout, and The Phoenix Symphony. Season two continues with MRCH this October.
Indie electronic duo MRCH makes moody music you can dance to. With songs featured in TV shows like The Twilight Zone, Search Party, The Vampire Diaries, The Sex Lives of College Girls, etc. As well as upcoming film Capsized (premiering at EIFF Aug 2026) ~ the duo has carved out a niche cinematic presence. They’ve toured independently, supporting bands including Cannons, CHVRCHES, Foster the People, Bad Suns, and more.
Tickets include all-day access to the Museum.
SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts.
WORKSHOP: Puppet Making with Chris Ignacio
Saturday, September 26, 2026
10:30 am–12:30 pm
$40 for Members | $50 for Non-Members
Join artist Chris Ignacio for a hands-on workshop and build a one-of-a-kind puppet from found objects and recycled materials. You will receive step-by-step guidance from the artist as you explore construction techniques, then learn the basics of bringing your puppet to life through movement and manipulation.
All materials are provided. Ages 18 and up. Space is limited to 18 participants, and reservations are required.
Participants are encouraged to bring a small personal object or trinket that they are comfortable parting with.
In Conversation: 2025 Lehmann Emerging Artists
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
6:30–7:30 pm
Free during Pay What You Wish Wednesday
This September, join Christian Ramírez, Cohn Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Engagement, along with 2025 Lehmann Emerging Artist Award recipients Jan Talmadge Davids and Chris Ignacio, for a special discussion on the Arizona Artist Awards exhibitions. Discover intimate perspectives on the featured works through firsthand curator and artist insights.
Registration required. Capacity is limited—reserve your spot today.
Films at PhxArt: Little Miss Sunshine
October 2, 2026 | 6PM
Free for Members | $10 for Non-Members
The Hoover family—a man (Greg Kinnear), his wife (Toni Collette), an uncle (Steve Carell), a brother (Paul Dano) and a grandfather (Alan Arkin)—puts the “fun” back in dysfunctional by piling into a VW bus and heading to California to support a daughter (Abigail Breslin) in her bid to win the Little Miss Sunshine Contest. The sanity of everyone involved is stretched to the limit as the group’s quirks cause epic problems as they travel along their interstate route.
The film received four Academy Award nominations, including a Best Supporting Actor win for Alan Arkin. Presented in celebration of the Route 66 centennial and in support of the exhibition, Modern Treads: The Discount Tire Poster Collection.
Films at PhxArt: Marie Antoinette
October 7, 2026 | 6PM
Free for Members | $10 for Non-Members
Sofia Coppola brings Converse sneakers and a dreamy synth-pop soundtrack to eighteenth-century Versailles for this exuberantly subversive, extravagantly stylized anti-biopic of one of history’s most infamous (and perhaps misunderstood) figures. Kirsten Dunst portrays the ill-fated teenage princess Marie Antoinette, who marries the young and indifferent Dauphin of France (Jason Schwartzman), soon to be crowned King Louis XVI. Feeling isolated in a royal court rife with scandal and intrigue, Marie Antoinette defies both royalty and commoner by living like a rock star… which serves only to seal her fate.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the 2006 film was nominated for the Palme d’Or and won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. This fall, a new documentary titled Making Marie Antoinette will be released to mark the occasion. Originally filmed by Sofia Coppola’s late mother, Eleanor, the project was recently completed by Sofia herself.
Films at PhxArt: Amadeus
October 28, 2026 | 6PM
Free for Members | $10 for Non-Members
Sumptuous, deliciously irreverent, and graced with immortal music, Miloš Forman’s marvelous adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s play was one of the great cultural events of the late 1980s. This lavish saga of genius, rivalry, and treachery was not only a critical triumph but a box-office hit, garnering eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director.
From a nineteenth-century insane asylum, aged composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham, delectably diabolical) recalls the events of three decades earlier, when the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce, memorably giddy, giggling) first gains favor in the court of Austria’s Emperor Joseph II. Salieri rues the fact that his own music never rises above mediocrity, and he remains permanently incensed that God would bless such a vulgar and obnoxious young whippersnapper as Mozart with divine genius. Unable to match Mozart’s talent, Salieri devises a duplicitous scheme that will be the downfall of them both.
In collaboration with the Southwest Shakespeare Company, which will perform Shaffer’s play November 14–19.
29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
October 4, 2026 | 2PM
$10 for Members | $15 for Non-Members
The world’s first global film festival is back for the 29th edition! MANHATTAN SHORT 2026 screens annually to over 100,000 film lovers in over 500 venues across six continents. Cinephiles gather for one reason…to view 10 incredible short films and vote for Best Film and Best Actor. All finalists will become eligible to enter the 2027 Oscars.
In 2024, four MANHATTAN SHORT Finalists were Short-Listed for the 2025 Oscars, with two films being nominated including the eventual winner for Best Short Film, "I'm Not a Robot".
Watch the films, and YOU be the judge! Ballots are supplied upon entry. Ballots from all screenings around the world are tabulated to determine the global winner!
ACI Holiday Luncheon Add On: Autographed book by Harris Reed
Enhance your Luncheon experience with an autographed copy of Fluid: A Fashion Revolution.
Fluid: A Fashion Revolution by Harris Reed and Josh Young
A bold, visually driven history of gender-fluid fashion, Fluid traces the evolution of style beyond the binary―from the flamboyant self-expression of glam rock icons to the groundbreaking designers redefining fashion today.
Led by influential designer Harris Reed, this richly illustrated volume explores how clothing has long served as a powerful tool for identity, rebellion, and transformation. Blending cultural history with contemporary design, the book highlights the figures and movements that challenged traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity, pushing fashion into new territory.
At the heart of the book is Reed’s own work, worn by cultural icons including Harry Styles, Adele, Sam Smith, Iman, and Beyoncé, each look contributing to a wider shift in how fashion communicates identity. Through behind-the-scenes insights, archival references, and striking photography, Fluid reveals the creative process behind garments that challenge convention and spark conversation.
Book will be available for pick-up at the Holiday Luncheon on December 7.
Films at PhxArt: 9 To 5
September 25, 2026 | 6pm
Free for Members | $10 for Non-Members
Celebrate the life and legacy of Dolly Parton with a special screening of 9 to 5 on 09/25!
Following the passing of the one-and-only Dolly Parton on August 25, we are honoring her unmatched cultural legacy with a tribute screening of her magnetic film debut.
9 to 5 stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton as three fed-up colleagues who finally turn the tables on their smug, tyrannical boss (Dabney Coleman). As the fiercely capable secretary Doralee Rhodes, Dolly brought the same effervescent spark, warmth, and wit to the screen that made her a country music superstar.
Directed by Colin Higgins, this farcical revenge comedy became a massive cultural hit, breaking ground for workplace empowerment in cinema and paving the way for decades of female-led comedies. The combustible chemistry between its three leads remains just as electric today.
Join us in celebrating a once-in-a-generation talent who made brilliance look completely effortless. Raise a glass to the Queen of Country as ARTenders serves up Dolly-inspired cocktails and her signature Dolly Wines (drinks available for purchase).
Dolly, we will always love you!