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.
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First Fridays are made possible through the generosity of APS, 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/
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.
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.
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.
Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 10 | Programming: 10 am – 1pm | Museum open: 10 am – 5pm
TICKETS: $25 Adults | $22 Seniors | $20 Students (with valid ID) | $15 Youth (6-17) | Free for Museum Members, and youth 5 and under
Have you ever imagined celebrating mom with an Italian getaway? Are you a mom who wants that same Italian getaway sans kids? Join Phoenix Art Museum this Mother’s Day for Florentine frivolity, with all the charm of 17th century Italy—no time machine or plane ticket needed.
Programming spans 10 am to 1 pm and features:
· Music by Sweetwater Strings
· Mimosa Bar by ARTenders
· Gelato by Fabio On Fire | Panini & Gelateria
· Charcuterie by Charcute Mobile Charcuterie Bar
· Professional Photos by Kenzie Rich Photography
· Design a personalized tote bag with birth month flowers that celebrate your family
· Craft a Macrame keychain and add custom Shrinky Dink charms
· Decorate a special frame to hold memories with your favorite people
· 10% off at the Museum store for all moms
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.
Small Symposium Sunday Workshop: 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.
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.
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 Corinne 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.
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.
Films at PhxArt: The Passion of Joan of Arc
TICKETS: Free for Members | $8 for Non-Members
Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques—expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, painfully intimate close-ups—to immerse viewers in her subjective experience. Anchoring Dreyer’s audacious formal experimentation is a legendary performance by Renée Falconetti, whose haunted face channels both the agony and the ecstasy of martyrdom.
Estimated runtime: 81 minutes.
Films at PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.
Juneteenth
June 13, 2026 | 10 AM – 5 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.
Films at PhxArt: Call Me by Your Name
TICKETS: Free for Members | $8 for Non-Members
In the summer of 1983, in the north of Italy, Elio Perlman, (Timothée Chalamet) a 17-year-old American spends his days in his family's 17th century villa lazily transcribing music and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). One day Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate student working on his doctorate arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on the novel by André Aciman.
Films at PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.
Films at PhxArt: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
TICKETS: Free for Members | $8 for Non-Members
Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975) with his own screenplay about a family man whose life is changed by an encounter with a UFO, and the result is a genuinely awe-inspiring moviegoing experience. Richard Dreyfuss plays the everyman hero, and Melinda Dillon became the first performer nominated for a Spielberg film for her supporting performance.
John Williams’s nominated score ranges from the atonal to the symphonic, with his five-note theme becoming a key part of the storyline. The film received eight Oscar nominations and won for Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography, with Frank E. Warner receiving a Special Achievement Award for his sound effects editing.
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.