PhxArt Family Fundays

Two times a year, PhxArt hosts Family Funday, an all-ages, free-access day with complimentary admission. Separate tickets are required to view special exhibition Eric Fischl: Stories Told at an additional cost. The event includes arts-engagement programming suitable for visitors of all ages, interests, and abilities.

Sunday, February 2026 | 10 am – 4 pm

This February, guests will enjoy:

🦒 Live animal sketching + opportunity to learn about our local wildlife with the Phoenix Zoo.

🎨 Write a love letter to the desert using cochineal-inspired paint, where prickly pear insects were used to create natural red dyes, with the Desert Botanical Garden.

👗 Explore the art of fashion with The Square through Victorian-style garments inspired by the work of Philip C. Curtis.

🌵 Create your own unique cactus paper craft inspired by Ed Mell’s painting, Cactus Bud, 1990.

📚 Wander into the Lemon Library to discover new perspectives. Families will create a perspective landscape by constructing their own Tunnel Book.

🖼️ View the MAC Community Project with Maryvale High School installed in the Community Art Gallery.

🎈 The Bubble House, an immersive walk-in snow globe, will be filled with balloons that blow around inside, creating a fun experience for our youngest visitors.

🤠 Families can boot, scoot n’ boogie to some good old-fashioned line dancing inspired by the Southwest’s cowboy culture.

📖🐴 Listen to If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall performed by Childsplay Theatre during Storytime. Afterwards, visitors can create a paper crown horse to wear and take home.

✨ + more!

PhxArt Family Fundays are made possible in part through the generosity of Applied Materials Foundation and Desert Diamond Casino.