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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

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The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [SMoCA] presents modern and contemporary art, architecture and design from around the globe. SMoCA's minimalist building has five galleries for showcasing changing exhibitions and works from the Museum's growing permanent collection. SMoCA also features an outdoor sculpture garden housing James Turrell's "Knight Rise", a public "skyspace" for observing the ever-changing light of the desert sky, and "Scrim Wall", a monumental curtain of translucent glass panels by James Carpenter Design Associates. The Museum presents a wide variety of educational programs and special events for adults and families, including lectures, docent-led tours, workshops and classes. The Museum Store at SMoCA offers classic design objects and furnishings, contemporary jewelry, art and architecture books and imaginative gifts for all occasions.

Important Information: Museum visitors may use their cell phones to call a special number and hear short messages from the artists and curators about the artworks on view. This special behind-the-scenes information is provided free of charge, for only a visitor's use of cell-phone minutes. The recordings will also be available as podcasts on SMoCA's website, www.smoca.org.

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    Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

    7374 East Second Street
    Scottsdale, AZ 85251

    Phone: (480) 874-4666   |   Email   |  

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  • • Current Events

      05/10/12- 09/09/12

      Young@art Gallery - Visions: Worth a Thousand Words Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Young@art Gallery - Visions: Worth a Thousand Words Presented by Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art May 10-September 9, 2012 Visions is SMoCA's teen group that involves 40+ high school art students and their teachers. Students meet with local, national and internationally known artists for workshops, gallery talks and studio visits. The resulting artwork reflects the enthusiasm and inspiration gleaned from these monthly conversations. In this exhibition, students explore the theme of narrative, spinning their own visual stories with canvas, photography and sculpture.

      07/08/07- Ongoing

      Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Tours Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Tours Presented by Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art July 8, 2007 - Ongoing These special weekly tours are led by trained docents and cover a variety of exhibits within SMoCA.

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  • Current Events

    05/10/12- 09/09/12

    Young@art Gallery - Visions: Worth a Thousand Words Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Young@art Gallery - Visions: Worth a Thousand Words Presented by Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art May 10-September 9, 2012 Visions is SMoCA's teen group that involves 40+ high school art students and their teachers. Students meet with local, national and internationally known artists for workshops, gallery talks and studio visits. The resulting artwork reflects the enthusiasm and inspiration gleaned from these monthly conversations. In this exhibition, students explore the theme of narrative, spinning their own visual stories with canvas, photography and sculpture.

    07/08/07- Ongoing

    Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Tours Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Tours Presented by Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art July 8, 2007 - Ongoing These special weekly tours are led by trained docents and cover a variety of exhibits within SMoCA.

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    There are no upcoming events at this time.

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  • Past Events

    02/11/12- 04/23/12	Young@art Gallery - The Cutting Edge: Art and Technology Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/30/11- 01/23/12	Young@art Gallery - Artists and their Children Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/29/11- 01/22/12	Artists Tell Stories (Mostly About Themselves) Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/29/11- 01/08/12	Kirsten Everberg: Looking for Edendale Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/28/11	SMoCA Lounge Highlights Public Fall Opening Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/20/11	Zocalo in Scottsdale: Is Arizona the Front Line of American Politics? Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/15/11- 01/15/12	People's Biennial Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/06/11	Annie Han and Dan Mihalyo in Conversation with Professor Jason Griffiths Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/01/11- 11/09/11	Young@art Gallery - Speak Peace: American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children's Paintings Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    09/22/11	Critic Dan Nadel in Conversation with Artist Jon Haddock and Book Signing Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    07/28/11	Self-Publishing for the Comic Artist Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    07/14/11	Architecture + Art Gallery Talk Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    06/30/11	Annual Summer Family Night - Imaginary Worlds Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    06/25/11- 09/22/11	Lead Pencil Studio Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    06/24/11	SMoCA's Summer Opening Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    05/21/11- 10/02/11	Koinos Kosmos/Idios Kosmos Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    02/12/11- 06/05/11	Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    01/15/11- 05/01/11	Dance with Camera Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    12/11/10	Organic Architecture and the Work of Paolo Soleri: Keynote lecture by Alan Hess Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    12/11/10	Soleri's Principles in Action: A Panel Discussion Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/20/10	Mothers Who Write, Mothers Who Read Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/04/10	Rare 16mm Film Screenings of Hollis Frampton Films Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/10/10	SMoCA Gallery Talk featuring Gallery Owner Charlotte Jackson and Artist William Metcalf Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/09/10- 01/02/11	Modernity and Its Discontents Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/09/10- 01/02/11	Jean Shin and Brian Ripel: Unlocking Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/09/10- 01/23/11	Bridges: Spanning the Ideas of Paolo Soleri Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/09/10- 01/17/11	Bridges: Connecting Earth to Sky Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    09/19/10	SMoCA Lecture and Book Signing by Author Susan Vogel Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    09/18/10	Student Day Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    09/04/10- 01/23/11	Thirty Years of Collecting: A Recent Gift to the Museum Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    06/12/10- 08/22/10	Re-imagining the West: Selections from the Permanent Collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    05/22/10- 09/19/10	90 Days Over 100? Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    05/22/10- 09/19/10	Spy Hopping: Adventures with Sue Chenoweth and the Permanent Collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/18/10	Film Screening: Chuck Close Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/04/10	Gallery Talk with Artist and Printmaker John Armstrong Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    02/12/10- 05/09/10	Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    02/03/10	Music and Popular Culture Lecture Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    01/21/10	Mark Chai and Rani Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    01/02/10- 05/23/10	Rewind Remix Replay: Design, Music & Everyday Experience Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    12/10/09	Free Sketching Activity in SMoCA's Galleries Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    12/03/09	Alberto Rios and Brian Diamond Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/20/09	Conversational Tour of the Nick Cave Exhibition with the Curator Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/14/09	Free Public Reading by Mothers Who Write Class Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/12/09	Sketching in the Galleries Inspired by Nick Cave's Artwork Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    08/29/09- 01/24/10	SouthwestNET: Looking Through the Other End of a Telescope Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    07/30/09- 11/29/09	Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    07/18/09- 01/24/10	Unexpected Wegman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    07/16/09	Lineage: Tracing Generations of American Photography Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    07/09/09	Artists on Artists: Rooted in the Real Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    06/18/09	Objective Intimacy Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    05/14/09- 01/03/10	Visions: "Juxtapositions" Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    05/08/09- 05/09/09	Exchanging Ideas: Photography, Abstraction and Metaphor at Mid-Century Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/29/09	Spring Homeschool Day at SMoCA Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/14/09	Architectural Slide Slam Presentation of New Projects Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/05/09	Founding Fathers of Modern Phoenix Tour Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/04/09	Free Expo Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/04/09	The Architecture of Enterprise: Uplifting Design of Modern Phoenix 1945-1975 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/04/09	Progress and Preservation Trough the Lens Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/04/09	Mythic Influence: Calvin C. Straub's Work in Phoenix Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/03/09- 04/05/09	5th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo: Progress and Preservation Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    04/03/09	Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/25/09	Double Feature Funny Film Night Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/21/09	Sunrise Viewing of SMoCA's Skyspace Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/18/09	Lino Tagliapietra: A Lecture In Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/12/09	Valley Fever Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/11/09	Ansel Adams and Harry Callahan: Influence and Innovation Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    03/04/09	Improv Artist Presentations Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    02/25/09	Laughing at Ourselves: Daumier, Duchamp and Picasso Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    02/19/09	Gallery Talk on Photographer Frederick Sommer Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    02/14/09- 02/15/09	SMoCA's 10th Anniversary Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    02/13/09- 07/05/09	Seriously Funny Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    01/31/09- 08/09/09	At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    01/13/09	The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    12/20/08	Special Winter Solstice Skyspace Viewing Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    12/11/08	Flip a Strip Presentation and Discussion Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/28/08	Friday Night Art Lounge Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/20/08	Meet Janet Echelman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/13/08	SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/13/08	David William Foster Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/13/08	Stitched: All New SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/13/08	Representation and Latin American Film Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    11/05/08	John Kaliski Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/30/08	Fiber Optic Design Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/22/08	The Friday Night Knitting Club Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/16/08	Flip a Strip Presentation and Discussion Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/10/08	Interactive Comedy Duo Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/05/08- 01/18/09	Heresies/Herejias: A Retrospective by Pedro Meyer Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/05/08- 01/18/09	Flip a Strip Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    10/04/08	Flip a Strip: Opening Party and Awards Ceremony Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    09/20/08	Special Equinox Skyspace Viewing Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    09/20/08- 02/01/09	Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    06/14/08- 09/21/08	Branded and On Display Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    05/17/08- 09/07/08	Pae White: Lisa, Bright and Dark Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
    05/10/08- 09/07/08	Pushing Paint Around: Selections from the Permanent Collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art