Press RoomPhoenix Art Museum presents new photography exhibition, virtual programs and in-person events scheduled for August 2022
Phoenix Art Museum presents new photography exhibition, virtual programs and in-person events scheduled for August 2022
Jul, 20, 2022
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Phoenix Art Museum presents new photography exhibition, virtual programs and in-person events scheduled for August 2022
PHOENIX (July 20, 2022) –Phoenix Art Museum has premiered its latest exhibition, And Let It Remain So: Women of the African Diaspora, and this August will host virtual programs and free in-person events including Storytime in the Galleries, a Make It! workshop, Educator Night, and much more. Breaking Up, featuring installation works, paintings, photographs, and more by local and regional artists, will close in August.
CLOSING SOON Breaking Up Closing August 14, 2022, Breaking Up illuminates the many ways in which contemporary artists explore themes of deconstruction and fragmentation through their evolving practices. Paintings, photographs, installations, and digital-media works are drawn from the collection of Phoenix Art Museum, the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation Collection, and various private collections of local and regional artists, including Jessica Paloma, Kristin Bauer, and Beth Ames Swartz.
Breaking Up is organized by Phoenix Art Museum and made possible through the generosity of the Museum’s Circles of Support and Museum Members.
ON VIEW NOW And Let It Remain So: Women of the African Diaspora Through February 12, 2023 Showcasing more than 70 portraits, landscapes, self-portraits, and family archival images, And Let It Remain So: Women of the African Diaspora presents the nuanced perspectives of five photographers who are exploring their experiences of the African Diaspora, defined by the voluntary and forced movement of Africans and their descendants over centuries through waves of migration and enslavement.
Featured works by Widline Cadet, Jasmine Clarke, Hellen Gaudence, Nadiya I. Nacorda, and Sasha Phyars-Burgess reflect specific locales, general memories, and multilayered family experiences, drawing on elements from the past and present to consider an imagined future. Experienced collectively, these dynamic photographs illuminate shared and separate understandings of family and history, place and displacement, migration and mobility, and belonging and community, all informed by individual diasporic realities.
And Let it Remain So: Women of the African Diaspora is organized by Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography. It is made possible through the generosity of the Museum’s Circles of Support and Museum Members.
The exhibition is curated by Aaron Turner, a regular collaborator with the Center for Creative Photography and an African-American photographer and educator based in Arkansas. Turner’s own photography focuses on the Arkansas and Mississippi Deltas and his reflections on the place of the Civil Rights movement within his and his family’s experience. He is an Assistant Professor of Art at University of Arkansas, School of Art, and the Director of the Center for Art as Lived Experience.
Desert Rider Through September 18, 2022 Desert Rider explores the relationships between transportation, industry, landscape, and identity in our desert region. With a diverse display of large-scale installations, prints, sculptures, and more, the major exhibition illuminates the influence of lowrider and custom-car culture on contemporary artists working in the Southwest today, including Cara Romero, Margarita Cabrera, Justin Favela, Liz Cohen, and Douglas Miles, who examine themes of masculinity and femininity, migration and mobility, queer identity, and more.
Desert Rider is organized by Phoenix Art Museum. It is made possible through the generosity of the Arizona Office of Tourism and Men’s Arts Council, with additional support from the Museum’s Circles of Support and Museum Members.
FEATURED EVENTS First Friday (On Saturday!) August 6 | 10 am – 5 pm Voluntary-donation general admission SPECIAL-EXHIBITION TICKETS: $5 for adults | FREE for Museum Members and veterans/active-duty military* Phoenix Art Museum will shift its monthly First Friday programming scheduled for August 5, to Saturday, August 6. First Friday (On Saturday!) will be open for voluntary-donation general admission and host various in-person programming, including an Artist Talk by Tucson-based artist Alanna Airitam, who will be discussing her photographic series The Golden Age, on view at the Center for Creative Photography.
The Museum will remain open for standard Friday operating hours on August 5 from 10 am to 5 pm.
First Fridays are supported in part through the generosity of the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
*The Military Access Program at Phoenix Art Museum (MAP@PAM) is made possible through the generosity of Dr. Hong and Doris Ong, Nancy Hanley Eriksson, and Shamrock Foods Foundation.
Make It! With Artists Kyllan and Alizarin Maney August 24 | 4 – 7 pm Free for Members | Included in general admission for the general public Visitors have the opportunity to create take-home paper fashion ensembles, inspired by exhibition Generation Paper: Fast Fashion of the 1960s, with mother-daughter artist team Kyllan and Alizarin Maney. This program is open to participants of all ages and abilities. All materials will be provided. Make It! is open to the public during Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays. Tickets are available for reservation here.
Make It! is made possible in part by Carolyn Dunkin Schulte Educational Endowment Fund, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, and William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Education Programs.
Fall 2022 Educator Night August 26 | 5 – 8 pm Free for school educators and support staff. Limited capacity. Advance registration required. School educators and support staff are invited to celebrate the return of onsite school tours at PhxArt’s Fall 2022 Educator Night and connect with other art-loving educators, artists, and professionals supporting students. The evening will include a professional development workshop with Executive Director of the Arizona Commission of the Arts, Anne L’Ecuyer, docent-led school tour previews in Desert Rider, and a teacher’s lounge with space to create, snack, and socialize! Please RSVP by August 19. Tickets are available for reservation here.
ADDITIONAL AUGUST 2022 EVENTS Storytime in the Galleries August 3 | 10:30 am Free for Members | Included in general admission for the general public Limited capacity. Advance registration required. Designed for our youngest PhxArt visitors (ages 0-5) and their parents or caregivers, Storytime in the Galleries is a wonderful opportunity to share the joy of early literacy, art-inspired play, and hands-on learning with family and friends. This month’s program will feature special guest, Cree and Taino author Violet Duncan. The Storytime in the Galleries series will be offered on the first Wednesday of each month. Tickets are available for reservation here.
Storytime in the Galleries is made possible by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, and William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Education Programs.
Object of the Month: Reticular by José Luis Landet August 4, 6, 18, 25 | 11:30 am Free for Members | Included with general admission for the general public Contemporary artist Josè Luis Landet creates works out of discarded fine-art materials. Join Museum Docent JoAnn Stultz to explore Landet’s geometric landscape in artwork Reticular.More information available soon at phxart.org.
Weekly Virtual Mindfulness Sessions August 4, 11, 18, 25 | Noon Free for Members | $5 suggested donation for the general public Scientific studies show the art of mindfulness can relieve anxiety, depression, pain, and stress and actually change the way we feel, think, work, and play by opening new pathways in the brain. Presented in collaboration with Hospice of the Valley, this free, 30-minute, at-home mindfulness session promotes living in the present. This session is hosted live on Zoom, a video-conference platform. For more information, click here.
FREE-ACCESS TIMES First Friday (On Saturday!) August 6 | 10 am – 5 pmVoluntary-donation general admissionSPECIAL-EXHIBITION TICKETS: $5 for adults | FREE for Museum Members and veterans/active-duty military* Phoenix Art Museum will shift its monthly First Friday programming scheduled for August 5, to Saturday, August 6. First Friday (On Saturday!) will be open for voluntary-donation general admission. The Museum will remain open for standard Friday operating hours on August 5 from 10 am to 5 pm.
First Fridays are supported in part through the generosity of the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
*The Military Access Program at Phoenix Art Museum (MAP@PAM) is made possible through the generosity of Dr. Hong and Doris Ong, Nancy Hanley Eriksson, and Shamrock Foods Foundation.
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays Every Wednesday | 3 – 9 pm Voluntary-donation general admission SPECIAL-EXHIBITION TICKETS: $5 for Adults | FREE for Museum Members and veterans/active-duty military* From 3 – 9 pm every Wednesday, the Museum offers voluntary-donation general admission and reduced rates to view special-engagement exhibitions.
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays are made possible by SRP and supported in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts, with additional support from the Museum’s Circles of Support and Museum Members.
*The Military Access Program at Phoenix Art Museum (MAP@PAM) is made possible through the generosity of Dr. Hong and Doris Ong, Nancy Hanley Eriksson, and Shamrock Foods Foundation.
SCHOOL AND ADULT TOURS On-site school and adult tours have returned to Phoenix Art Museum. To learn more about school-tour offerings and planning a school visit, click here. For adult and college group tour requests, click here.
In addition, Phoenix Art Museum offers live virtual presentations for school classrooms and community organizations. For more information on Virtual Classroom Visits, click here. For more information on Virtual Presentations for Adults, click here.
PHXARTIST SPOTLIGHTS Presented by Phoenix Art Museum, PhxArtist Spotlight is a monthly series that explores what inspires and motivates Valley creatives, while leveraging the Museum’s reach in its community to support and expand awareness of working artists. Each month, the Museum highlights a different artist working in Arizona, posting a Q&A with the artist and images of their work on the Museum’s Instagram and Facebook channels and on the Museum’s bilingual blog. The artist is also highlighted in a monthly email sent to Museum Members, Circles of Support donors, and a subscriber list of more than 65,000 followers.For more information on the series, click here. For recent spotlights on Jim Covarrubias and Emily Ritter, click here.
About Phoenix Art Museum Since 1959, Phoenix Art Museum has provided millions of guests with access to world-class art and experiences in an effort to ignite imaginations, create meaningful connections, and serve as a brave space for all people who wish to experience the transformative power of art. Located in Phoenix’s Central Corridor, the Museum is a vibrant destination for the visual arts and the leading art museum in the southwestern United States. Each year, more than 300,000 guests engage with critically acclaimed national and international exhibitions and the Museum’s collection of more than 20,000 works of American and Western American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design. The Museum also presents a comprehensive film program, live performances, and educational programs designed for visitors of all ages, along with vibrant photography exhibitions made possible through the Museum’s landmark partnership with the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. To learn more about Phoenix Art Museum, visit phxart.org, or call 602.257.1880.
