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It’s Gonna be an Art-Filled Weekend!

Starting tonight, you can take in art all weekend long with the Glass Act ArtWalk and the Scottsdale Arts Festival.  After all the rain we’ve been having (which has made the desert gloriously green), its going to be a sun-filled weekend so you can be sure to soak up some rays while soaking up great art.
Tonight marks [...]

Award-winning Scottsdale Arts Festival Celebrates 40 Years as Arizona’s Finest

40th Annual Scottsdale Arts Festival
March 12–14, 2010
Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts / Scottsdale Civic Center
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present the 40th annual Scottsdale Arts Festival on March 12–14, 2010, on the beautiful grounds of the [...]

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Finalizes $16 Million Renovation

After being closed for more than a year, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will open its newly renovated Virginia G. Piper Theater on Oct. 24. Kicking off the reopening will be ARTrageous, a special benefit performance featuring Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth. The event will start the Center’s 2009-10 season, which also includes performances [...]

Festival ArtWalk is “A Glass Act”

 
Scottsdale is throwing a joint celebration for two of its longest-running arts events – the Scottsdale ArtWalk and the 39th Annual Scottsdale Arts Festival. Together, the events are presenting the Glass Act Festival ArtWalk on Thursday, March 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. in downtown Scottsdale. The Arts Festival kicks off the following day and [...]

Free Art, Cultural and Native American Experiences in Downtown Scottsdale

Meeting planners looking to infuse art and culture into their group’s Scottsdale experience have a variety of options to choose from and at a very affordable price – free!
Designed by famed local architect Will Bruder, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) is a stylish space devoted to the art, architecture and design of our time. [...]

Explore Arizona’s History through Song and Dance

Native Trails, produced by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and presented by the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, is a true sensory journey of song and dance that showcases the vivid first nations of Arizona and North America. Beginning Jan. 15, 2009, representatives from various Native American [...]

Explore Your Artistic Side with New Exhibits

Since its inception in 1985, the Scottsdale Public Art Program has worked to bring new and creative artwork to the streets. The downtown area will soon be home to three new interactive exhibits that will allow visitors to take part in Scottsdale’s unique arts community.
Art lovers can enjoy beautiful fall evenings by taking a stroll [...]