Feb, 12, 2026
Media AlertsSpecial Events and Programs
Phoenix Art Museum hosts Caroline Kent for spring Lenhardt Lecture; Women Powered returns with global fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff
PHOENIX (February 12, 2026) – This March, Phoenix Art Museum (PhxArt) will host Chicago-based visual artist Caroline Kent for the spring 2026 Lenhardt Lecture. The Museum will also bring back the beloved program, Women Powered, featuring women’s empowerment advocate Rebecca Minkoff in a fireside chat with Valley entrepreneur and fashion icon Chrissy Sayare. The next edition of monthly music series SOUNDCHECK will showcase The Hourglass Cats. Additional event details and ticket links are provided below.
FEATURED EVENTS
Women Powered: Rebecca Minkoff
Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Cocktail Reception @ 5 pm | Fireside Chat @ 6:30pm
Reception in Dorrance Sculpture Garden, Fireside Chat presented in Whiteman Hall
$45 for the general public | $25 for Members | $15 for college students with active ID. Optional upgrades are available.
Dinner with Rebecca Minkoff | $500
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of PhxArt’s fashion program, the Museum will host a special edition of Women Powered, featuring an inspiring conversation with the nationally renowned New York-based designer Rebecca Minkoff, led by Valley entrepreneur and fashion icon Chrissy Sayare. Minkoff will share stories of her own success, building bold ideas, navigating business, and living at the intersection of entrepreneurship and creativity. This event is welcome to all ages and industries.
Minkoff’s journey began with a fearless leap—moving to New York City at just 18 to chase a dream in fashion. With no roadmap and few resources, she turned a love for design into a global brand synonymous with accessible luxury. But what truly sets her apart isn’t just her success as a designer, it’s her unwavering commitment to uplifting others as she climbs. In 2018, she launched the Female Founder Collective, a powerful network of women-led businesses committed to advancing financial equity and opportunities for women at every level. Through her Superwomen podcast and candid speaking engagements, she shares the unfiltered side of entrepreneurship and life, like navigating setbacks, battling fear, and balancing life with ambition.
Tickets are available here.
Women Powered: Rebecca Minkoff is made possible through the generosity of Major Sponsor To Be Continued… A Consignment Boutique, with additional support from Austin Commercial and Catherine Tuton. In-kind support provided by Fresh from the Kitchen.
Photo: Mike Williams for Tempe City Arts
SOUNDCHECK | The Hourglass Cats
Thursday, March 19 | Bar opens @ 5 pm | Doors @ 5:30 pm | Show @ 6 pm
Free for Members | General admission for the public
On March 19, SOUNDCHECK welcomes The Hourglass Cats to PhxArt Museum.
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 recording and performing all their music in 432 Hz, The Hourglass 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.
Tickets are available here.
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.
Lenhardt Lecture | Caroline Kent
Wednesday, March 25 | 6:30 pm
Presented in Whiteman Hall
Free for Members | $5 for general public
Join us for the spring 2026 Dawn and David Lenhardt Lecture featuring Chicago-based visual artist Caroline Kent. Kent is an acclaimed artist and associate professor in the Art, Theory, and Practice Department at Northwestern University. Her work pushes the boundaries of language and translation through an expansive painting practice that spans drawing, sculpture, performance, and installation. A 2025 USA Fellow and Aspen Arts Prize recipient, Kent has earned major support from the Pollock-Krasner, McKnight, and Jerome foundations. Her work has been featured at leading institutions, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Walker Art Center.
Tickets are available here.
The David and Dawn Lenhardt Lecture engages Valley audiences with some of the most acclaimed contemporary artists in the world. In 2018, the inaugural lecture presented New-York based artist Jim Hodges, and subsequent lectures have featured artists Shara Hughes, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Arcmanoro Niles, Teresita Fernández in conversation with Amalia Mesa-Bains, Derek Fordjour, Rashid Johnson, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe in conversation with Larry Ossei-Mensah, Leonardo Drew, Charles Gaines in conversation with Thelma Golden, and Adam Pendleton in conversation with Dr. Adrianne Edwards. The Lenhardt Lecture is made possible through the generosity of The Dawn and David Lenhardt Contemporary Art Initiative. Lenhardt Lecture Series is supported in part by Prime Steak Concepts.
ON VIEW NOW
Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)
Through June 28, 2026
Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light), organized by the Hood Museum of Art, is the first major solo exhibition exploring the narrative artistic practice of the Chemehuevi photographer and presents more than 50 works Romero created between 2013 and 2024. The exhibition features new and never-before-seen photographs, site-specific installations, large scale photographs, and iconic views across five thematic sections. Informed by her identity, Romero’s visceral approach to representing Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory—both collective history and lived experiences—results in a blending of fine art and editorial styles. Her visual storytelling brilliantly challenges dominant narratives of Indigenous decline and erasure and disrupts preconceived notions about what it means to be a Native American, showing the diversity within Indigenous nations and communities.
Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) is organized by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, and curated by Jami Powell, PhD, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Indigenous Art at the Hood Museum of Art. Its presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Emilia Mickevicius, PhD, the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography. Its Phoenix premiere is made possible by the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Foundation, Every Page Foundation, and John and Lois Rogers. Additional support provided by Prime Steak Concepts. Contemporary art exhibitions and projects are made possible in part by the Rob Walton, Jordan Rose, and Rose Law Group Fund for Contemporary Art. All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.
CLOSING SOON
Greatest Fits (Vol. 1): The Art of Archiving Fashion
Closing March 1, 2026, Greatest Fits (Vol. 1): The Art of Archiving Fashion features more than 80 garments and accessories that offer the first major investigation into the formation of the renowned PhxArt fashion collection.
The Collection: Greatest Fits (Vol. 1): The Art of Archiving Fashion is organized by Phoenix Art Museum and curated by Helen Jean, the Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion at Phoenix Art Museum, with Catherine Wise, the Hirabayashi Intern in Fashion Design, and Summer Rye, intern. It is presented through the generous support of Thomas Carlton Rogers II, Arizona Costume Institute, and Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance. Fashion exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by The Kelly Ellman Fashion Endowment Fund. All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.
For a full list of exhibitions on view now at Phoenix Art Museum, visit phxart.org/art/exhibitions/.
OTHER MARCH EVENTS
Lemon Library Book Club: Never Whistle at Night
Wednesday, March 4 | 6:30 pm
Location: The Amphitheater inside the Museum
Free event.
For more information, click here.
Storytime
Thursday, March 5 | 10:30 am
Free for Members | Included with general admission
For more information, click here.
Storytime is made possible by 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.
Object of the Month: The Clown, Narcisse Virgile Diaz De La Peña
March 5, 7, 19, 26 | 11:30 am
Free for Members | Included with general admission
For more information, click here.
Object of the Month is made possible by CMI Gold & Silver.
Curator Talk: Ancestral Futures
Thursday, March 5 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Free for Members | Included with general admission
Registration required. Capacity is limited.
Tickets are available here.
Saturday, March 7, 14, 21, 28 | 11 am – 3 pm
Free for Members | Included with general admission
For more information, click here.
Create Playdate is made possible by The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs.
Films at PhxArt: Boogie Nights
Wednesday, March 11 | 6 pm
Free for Members | $8 for general public
For more information, click here.
Films@PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films.
Saturday, March 14 | 10 am – 2 pm
Free for Members | Included with general admission
Every second Saturday of the month.
Tickets are available here.
Kids Day is made possible by 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.
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step
Sunday, March 15 | 1 pm
$15 for Members | $20 for general public
Tickets are available here.
National Theatre Live screenings are made possible in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
Curator Talk: Breaking the Mold
Thursday, March 26 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Free for Members | Included with general admission
Registration required. Capacity is limited.
Tickets are available here.
Workshop: Radical Mugs with Pip Coffee + Clay
Saturday, March 28 | 10 am – 12:30 pm
Members $50 | Non-Members $60
Registration required. Capacity is limited.
Age 10+. Ages 18 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets are available here.
OTHER DISCOUNTED + FREE-ACCESS PROGRAMS
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays
Every Wednesday | 3 – 8 pm
Voluntary-donation general admission
Free for Museum Members | $10 special exhibition
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays are made possible by SRP and City of Phoenix, with additional support from Arizona Community Foundation.
Friday, March 6 | 5 – 8 pm
Free general admission | $10 special exhibition
Tickets are available here.
First Friday at PhxArt is made possible through the generosity of APS with additional support from Arizona Community Foundation.
Military Discount Active-duty U.S. military personnel and veterans enjoy $5 off general admission tickets. A valid ID is required for on-site redemption.
About Phoenix Art Museum
Since 1959, Phoenix Art Museum (PhxArt) has engaged millions of visitors with the art of our region and world. Located in Phoenix’s Central Corridor, PhxArt creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. Each year, 300,000 guests on average engage with critically acclaimed national and international exhibitions and the Museum’s collection of more than 21,000 works of American and Western American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern, and contemporary art and fashion design, along with vibrant photography exhibitions made possible through the Museum’s landmark partnership with the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson. PhxArt also presents live performances, outstanding examples of global cinema, arts-education programs and workshops, a monthly live-music series, and more for the community. To learn more about Phoenix Art Museum, visit phxart.org, or call 602.257.1880.
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