Press RoomPhoenix Art Museum presents virtual and outdoor events for the public and Arizona educators in March 2021
Phoenix Art Museum presents virtual and outdoor events for the public and Arizona educators in March 2021
Feb, 18, 2021
Special Events and Programs
Phoenix Art Museum presents virtual and outdoor events for the public and Arizona educators in March 2021
PHOENIX (February 18, 2021) – This March, Phoenix Art Museum will present a number of virtual and outdoor events to provide socially distanced art-engagement opportunities for the community. Indoor, on-site programming, tours, and events remain suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For information on the Museum’s COVID-19 visitor policies and procedures, click here. For a full list of exhibitions on view now, visit phxart.org/art/exhibitions/.
FEATURED MARCH 2021 EVENTS Virtual Artist Talk: Ann Morton March 10 | 6 pm This virtual event is free for Friends of Contemporary Art members and open to the public with a suggested donation. Registration is required. Audiences are invited to a virtual artist talk featuring the 2019 Arlene and Morton Scult Artist Award recipient, Ann Morton, whose latest collaborative, large-scale project, The Violet Protest, will premiere at Phoenix Art Museum on March 10. Morton is a Phoenix-based artist who works primarily in fiber art. Her work exploits traditional fiber techniques as conceptual tools for aesthetic, social communication to examine a society of which we are all a part—as bystanders, participants, victims, and perpetrators. For more information, click here.
This program is made possible through the generosity of Arlene and Morton Scult.
Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams Virtual Book Talk with Rebecca A. Senf, PhD March 18 | 6 pm This virtual event is free for PhxArt Members and open to the public with a suggested donation. Registration is required. Rebecca A. Senf, PhD, chief curator at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson and curator of Ansel Adams: Performing the Print, will discuss her newest publication, Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams. Senf will explore how Adams’ early photographs, including an amateur album made during the artist’s childhood and his Guggenheim-supported National Parks photography, are crucial to understanding his artistic development and his mature oeuvre. For more information, click here.
This event is made possible by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
ADDITIONAL MARCH 2021 EVENTS Weekly Virtual Mindfulness Sessions March 4, 11, 18 | Noon 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 on Zoom, a video-conference platform. For more information, click here.
PAT STEIR: ARTIST – Virtual Screening with Live Q&A featuring Director Veronica Gonzalez Peña March 8 | 6 pm This virtual event is free for Friends of Contemporary Art members and open to the public with a $5 suggested donation. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Phoenix Art Museum will present a virtual screening of PAT STEIR: ARTIST by novelist, filmmaker, and Steir’s friend Veronica Gonzalez Peña. The film provides an intimate, revelatory portrait of groundbreaking artist Pat Steir, a leading light in the development of Conceptual Abstraction and a trailblazing feminist who has been on the forefront of American painting for half a century and whose professional and personal lives have intersected with the likes of Sol Lewitt, Agnes Martin, John Cage, and Anne Waldman.
The viewing will be followed by a live Q&A with Gonzalez Peña, whose conversations with Steir about family, psychoanalysis, poetry, books, feminism, and politics helped shape this character-driven documentary. For more information, click here.
This event is made possible by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
PhxArt + FilmBar Present Films in the Garden: A Hard Day’s Night March 11, 12, 13 | 7 pm $12 for PhxArt Members and FilmBar Unlimited-ish Members | $15 for the general public Presented in the Dorrance Sculpture Garden with limited capacity. Face masks required at all times. Food and drink, with the exception of water bottles, are prohibited. Just one month after exploding onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day’s Night features The Beatles bandmates playing cheeky, comic versions of themselves and captures the moment they officially became the idols of their generation. Tickets are available here.
PhxArt + FilmBar Present Films in the Garden is made possible in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
Co-hosted by Phoenix Art Museum and Kadampa Meditation Center Phoenix, this virtual public talk and meditation guided by Buddhist monk and internationally renowned teacher Gen-la Kelsang Jampa will be live-streamed from the World Peace Temple at the International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon. For more information, click here.
PhxArt + FilmBar Present Films in the Garden: Touki Bouki March 24, 26 | 7 pm $12 for PhxArt Members and FilmBar Unlimited-ish Members | $15 for the general public Presented in the Dorrance Sculpture Garden with limited capacity. Face masks required at all times. Food and drink, with the exception of water bottles, are prohibited. Mixing the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. In this fantasy-drama influenced by the French New Wave and considered one of the most important African films ever made, two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape is beset by complications both concrete and mystical. Tickets are available here.
PhxArt + FilmBar Present Films in the Garden is made possible in part by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
Virtual Slow Art at Home | Guided Meditation with Phoenix Art Museum March 25 | Noon Guided by a Museum educator, this pay-what-you-wish #PhxArtatHome art-based meditation session provides an opportunity to connect with the present moment and create a deeper understanding of a work of art from the Museum’s collection. March’s Slow Art will be presented through Zoom, a video-conference platform. For more information and to RSVP, click here.
FOR EDUCATORS Virtual PhxArt Educator Workshop: Threads and Patterns March 3 | 6 pm This virtual event is free for PhxArt Members and $10 for the general public. Limited to 30 participants. Open to all educators; no art background required. Hosted on Zoom. All workshop materials available for pick up at Phoenix Art Museum. Credit hours: 2.0 Arizona educators are invited to discover how art objects can be used as primary source materials for learning in math, science, language arts, and more. This workshop will feature works from the Museum’s latest fashion exhibition, Collective Inspiration, which pairs fashion objects with paintings, sculptures, and prints to examine shared artistic principles. Guided by guest artist Merryn Omotayo Alaka, co-curator and assistant gallery manager at Modified Arts, participants will explore historical and mathematical threads that connect to printed textiles. For more information, click here.
This educator workshop is made possible by William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs.
VIRTUAL SCHOOL AND ADULT TOURS In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and as in-person, on-site tours for schools and the public remain suspended until further notice, Phoenix Art Museum now offers live Virtual Classroom Visits and Virtual Presentations for Adults to bring art-engagement opportunities to the community.
PhxArt Virtual Classroom Visits Led by Museum Docents, the institution’s corps of volunteer educators, PhxArt Virtual Classroom Visits engage students with various art-related topics that complement classroom curriculum. These live virtual art presentations can be presented on a range of video platforms for a fee of $25 per presentation, with free or reduced-cost Virtual Classroom Visits available for Title-I schools. For more information, click here.
PhxArt Virtual Presentations for Adults PhxArt Virtual Presentations for Adults are available for both community-serving institutions and private groups of 10 adults or more. Led by Museum Docents, these live, image-based presentations explore various themes related to the Museum’s collection of more than 20,000 artworks from around the world, creating opportunities for meaningful peer interaction and engagement. For more information, click here.
PHXARTIST SPOTLIGHTS Presented by Phoenix Art Museum, PhxArtist Spotlight is a biweekly 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, many of whom have been deeply impacted by the economic effects of COVID-19. Twice a 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 Misty Wilson and Aaron Coleman, 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 largest 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.
