First Friday

 | 5-8 pm

TICKETS: Voluntary Donations, begins at 5pm

Separate tickets are required to view special exhibition Eric Fischl: Stories Told at an additional cost. Click HERE to purchase special exhibition tickets.

Join us for First Friday, featuring in-gallery sketching, bilingual tours, and live music. Enjoy the sounds of resident DJs Jaime Lee (@jmelee) and Alex Castles (@alexcvstles). Participate in in-gallery sketching with Aileen Martinez (@look.see.draw). Don’t miss the Los Guias Bilingual Tours at 6 and 7 p.m. Enjoy delicious treats from food vendors such as El Fogon de Joy and Harlem Coffee.

Not a member yet? Click here to join.

First Fridays are made possible through the generosity of APS and Lexus.

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

Whiteman Hall

TICKETS: Free for Members | $5 for the general public 

GALLERY CLOSURES - Please note that the second floor of the North Wing, featuring the Art of the Americas + Europe galleries and the Thorne Miniature Rooms, is currently closed for a major renovation. Refreshed galleries will open in late November with all new installations!

General Admission tickets include all exhibitions and installations, including The World of Anna Sui.

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

Tickets are required to view special exhibitions. Please follow our exhibitions page to view the current special exhibitions. All other exhibitions are included with general admission.

From 3pm-8pm 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.

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 Family Fundays are made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, and additional support from Applied Materials Foundation and Desert Diamond Casino West Valley. 

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.

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

September 28, 2025 | 1 PM

Presented in Whiteman Hall

TICKETS: $15 for Members (tickets will discount at checkout) / $20 for general public*

*Ticket does not include Museum general admission

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.

Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?

Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.

National Theatre Live is a telecast and not a live performance at the Museum. Running time: 120 min.

National Theatre Live screenings are made possible in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.

Special Exhibition Tickets (after 5pm)

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

Tickets are required to view special exhibition Eric Fischl: Stories Told during First Fridays.

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.

Free admission for Maricopa County Community College District (MC3@PAM) students is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men's Arts Council.

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

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.

LEARN//National Scrollathon Artist Lecture with Steven and William Ladd

September 17, 2025 | 6:00 PM

Included in General Admission | Free for Museum Members

Hear from National Scrollathon founders and artist brothers, Steven and William Ladd, and learn about the National Scrollathon project in Arizona and Phoenix Art Museum’s contribution to America’s Cultural Project and the national goal of Uniting America. In dialogue with Jeremy Mikolajczak, Sybil Harrington Director & CEO, the conversation will highlight this nationwide artistic collaboration culminating in 2026 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States—the Semiquincentennial.

MARS SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, September 20, 2025

10 am – 7 pm

TICKETS: FREE for Members and the general public

El Movimiento Artístico del Río Salado (MARS), a Phoenix-based arts collective and gallery, was established in 1978 by and for local Chicano artists. MARS: Revisited is a one-day symposium at Phoenix Art Museum that explores the cultural history, artistic development, and community impact of MARS on the Valley’s contemporary arts ecosystem and the broader Chicano Arts movement. For more information, visit https://phxart.org/mars-symposium/.

Symposium livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6POxo4Blv4

SYMPOSIUM TIMELINE + PANEL INFORMATION 

10 am – 11 am | Keynote presentation by Amalia Mesa-Bains

11 am – Noon | Panel 1: MARS and the Chicano Aesthetic

• Angélica Becerra (Bradford and Christine Mishler Associate Curator of American Art, the Huntington Art Museum Library and Botanical Gardens)
• Marissa Del Toro (Independent Curator and Assistant Director of Programs and Exhibitions, NXTHVN)
• Martín Moreno (Artist)

Noon – 12:15 pm | Break

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Panel 2: MARS and Alternative Art Spaces

• Robert C. Buitrón (Artist)
• Cory Imig (Co-Founder, Impractical Spaces)
• Melissa Rachleff (Professor of Visual Arts Administration, NYU Steinhardt)

1:15 pm – 2:30 pm | Lunch Break

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Panel 3: MARS and Community Programs + Services

• Carmen Guerrero (Executive Director, Cultural Coalition)
• Liz Lerma (Artist)
• Terezita “Tere” Romo (Independent Curator and Affiliate Faculty in the Chicana/o Studies Department at UC Davis) 

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Break  

3:45 pm – 5 pm | Panel 4: The Legacy of MARS 

• Sam Gomez (Founder, Sagrado Galeria)  
• Annie Lopez (Artist) 
• Christian Ramírez (Cohn Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Engagement, Phoenix Art Museum) 
• Stephanie Roman (Executive Director, CALA Alliance)  
• Dr. Mathew Sandoval (Associate Professor and Dean’s Fellow for Access and Inclusive Excellence, ASU Barrett the Honors College) 

5 pm – 7 pm: Post-symposium gathering and entertainment 

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MARS: Revisited is organized by Christian Ramírez, the Cohn Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Engagement at Phoenix Art Museum, and Dr. Mathew Sandoval, Associate Professor and Dean’s Fellow for Access and Inclusive Excellence at ASU Barrett the Honors College, with assistance from former MARS artist Annie Lopez and Dr. Anita Huizar-Hernandez, Associate Professor of Border Studies at ASU and Associate Director of the Hispanic Research Center. Project partners include ASU’s Hispanic Research Center, Cultural Coalition, and Xico Inc. 

MARS: Revisited is made possible through the generosity of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Terra Foundation for American Art. 

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a new live music series. Every third Thursday from 5-8 pm, we're bringing popular local and regional acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with general admission. You can also 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. 

October 16th

Whiteman Hall

76th STREET

Opener – thems

ABOUT 76th STREET

Nashville-based pop/rock duo 76th Street is the creative force of life-long best friends Haley Gold and Spencer Bryant, whose friendship and musical chemistry began in elementary school. Known for their soul-stirring harmonies and raw, evocative songwriting, 76th Street creates a sound that’s both intimate and anthemic, rooted in self-discovery, fierce independence, and queer joy. Their music is an unapologetic celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, creating a space for people to feel seen, empowered, and authentically themselves and drawing influence from Brandi Carlile, Lady Gaga, and the Indigo Girls. 76th Street released their six-song EP WILD in June 2024, with the breakout single “Girl” that captured the attention of millions. 76th Street released their six-song EP WILD in June 2024, featuring the breakout single “Girl,” capturing the attention of millions. 

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union.   

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. 

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a new live music series. Every third Thursday from 5-8 pm, we're bringing popular local and regional acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with general admission. You can also 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.

December 18th

Whiteman Hall

Phoenix Symphony Strings

Presented in partnership with The Phoenix Symphony, experience a stirring string ensemble performance that pairs perfectly with the Museum’s newest European art exhibition, Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection.

ABOUT THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY

Presented in partnership with The Phoenix Symphony, experience a stirring Baroque performance that pairs perfectly with the Museum’s newest European art exhibition, Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection. This collaboration reflects The Phoenix Symphony’s core mission to provide extraordinary musical experiences that inspire and advance our community. By pairing world-class music with world-renowned art, this program deepens connections across disciplines and offers audiences a richer, more immersive cultural experience. The exhibition coincides with The Phoenix Symphony’s Christmas Baroque Concert, December 20–21, 2025, at the Orpheum Theatre, creating a unique opportunity to celebrate the Baroque tradition through both visual and musical masterpieces.

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union.

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.

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a new live music series. Every third Thursday from 5-8 pm, we're bringing popular local and regional acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with general admission. You can also 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.

January 15th 2026

Dorrance Sculpture Garden  

Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra

ABOUT PHOENIX AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA

PHOENIX AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA [PAO!] proudly carries the musical and social torch that was first lit by the powerful duo of FELA KUTI and TONY ALLEN, original inventors of the Afrobeat sound in Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa. Led by funky heiress Camille Sledge the 16-strong orchestra is composed of the most ambitious and outrageous musicians in Phoenix today – making it the hottest super-group on the Hot City scene!

Beginning with a strict repertoire comprised of classic Afrobeat music, PAO! has now penned an abundance of original material that melds the eclectic heritage of the ensemble with that classic Afrobeat style. The outcome is a truly powerful sound that pays homage to the masters while maintaining a fierce individuality, acting as a loud voice-piece of solidarity and understanding for the global community. In 2023, the band will find themselves releasing and supporting their 3rd studio record "The Times" as well as more new music that has been crafted during this time of prolific societal unrest.

From concert hall to music festival, fashion show to fundraiser, PAO! has shared the stage with such musical icons as George Clinton and The Roots, as well as lesser-known masters including Bombino, Vieux Farka Touré, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Orgone, Dengue Fever, Turkuaz, Sudan Archives, The Dip, and Los Esplifs.

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union.

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. 

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a new live music series. Every third Thursday from 5-8 pm, we're bringing popular local and regional acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with general admission. You can also 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. 

February 19th

Dorrance Sculpture Garden – picnic, weather backup Whiteman

Sunflower King 

ABOUT SUNFLOWER KING

Join us in February to hear the amazing saxophone covers of popular songs from Sunflower King!

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union.

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. 

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a new live music series. Every third Thursday from 5-8 pm, we're bringing popular local and regional acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with general admission. You can also 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.

March 19th

Dorrance Sculpture Garden

The Hourglass Cats

ABOUT THE HOURGLASS CATS

Sonoran outfit The Hourglass Cats are a desert rock-n-roll, reggae, and hip-hop collective based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Known for their high-energy live shows, relentless gigging schedule, and for recording and performing all their music in 432 Hz, The Hour Glass Cats find their true uniqueness in their ability to effortlessly blend multiple genres to create a sound smoothie that is very unique to the Sonoran desert they call home.

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union.

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. 

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a new live music series. Every third Thursday from 5-8 pm, we're bringing popular local and regional acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with general admission. You can also 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.

April 16th

Dorrance Sculpture Garden

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.

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. 

Films at PhxArt | The Shape of Water

October 15, 2025 | 6 PM

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

Cinema’s great modern mythmaker Guillermo del Toro uses the hallmarks of classic horror and fantasy to tell a strange and sublime fable about outsiderhood, connection, and love’s transcendence. An ineffably touching Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a mute janitor at a top-secret government laboratory who finds herself drawn to the facility’s newest research subject: a humanoid amphibian—for whom she is soon risking everything, amid the stifling conformity of 1960s America. 

A triumph of visual imagination that combines elements of sci-fi, noir, and the golden-age musical, this swooning cinematic dreamscape—winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director—is a monster movie with a human heart.

Estimated runtime: 123 min.

Recently named to The New York Times’ list of 100 Best Films of the 21st Century.

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

Films at PhxArt | Y tu mamá también

September 24, 2025 | 6 PM

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

Alfonso Cuaron’s critically-acclaimed landmark film is structured as a road trip from Mexico City to a paradisiacal beach in Oaxaca, revolving around a love triangle involving the upper-class teenager Tenoch (Diego Luna), his humbler best friend, Julio (Gael García Bernal), and a Spanish visitor, Luisa (Maribel Verdú). Shot with elegance and dexterity by Cuaron’s Oscar-winning collaborator, Emmanuel Lubezki, Y tu mamá también combines raunchy subject matter with emotional warmth, and culminates in a startlingly erotic finale.

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Recently named to The New York Times’ list of 100 Best Films of the 21st Century.

Estimated runtime: 106 min.

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

SOUNDCHECK

SOUNDCHECK at Phoenix Art Museum is a new live music series. Every third Thursday from 5-8 pm, we're bringing popular local and regional acts to the Museum for raw, unmissable performances.

Tickets are included with general admission. You can also 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. 

November 20th

Whiteman Hall

fearofmakingout

ABOUT FEAROFMAKINGOUT

Phoenix-born band, fearofmakingout, pulls from emotionally resonant indie, moody alternative, and internet-era nostalgia to create music that is vulnerable and sometimes messy on purpose. They’ve always written for real people - for friends, for lovers, for the ones working hard and the ones barely holding it together.

Rooted in the desert but reaching far past it, fearofmakingout is proudly tied to the Mexican heritage of some of its members and the city that raised them. They take care with what they share, and when they do, it comes fast and full. No polish. No pose.

Ask what kind of band they are and the answer might change. But it’s always going to be true.

SOUNDCHECK is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from Desert Financial Credit Union.

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.

MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival 2025

TICKETS: $10 for Members | $15 for non-Members

The world’s first global film festival is back at PhxArt! Join us on October 5 for the 28th annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival, where over 100,000 film lovers in over 500 venues across six continents 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 2026 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.

Estimated runtime: 150 min including intermission.

Curator Talk: AZ Artist Awards

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

6:30 - 7:30 pm

Free for Members | Included with Pay-What-You-Wish admission for the public

Curator Talks @ PhxArt are a great way to engage with Museum curators in the galleries. Sessions are casual and welcoming, providing space for visitors to learn exclusive information about our exhibitions and artworks on view. Each walk-and-talk will also feature Q & A opportunities for you to discover even more!

This November, join Christian Ramírez, the Cohn Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Engagement, for an in-gallery conversation about the AZ Artist Awards exhibitions with Lehmann Emerging Artist Award recipients Omar Soto and Elizabeth Z. Pineda.

Discover intimate views into the exhibition’s featured works, all thanks to exclusive curator + artist insight.

Registration is required. Capacity is limited.