A new exhibition featuring art by students in Scottsdale Arts’ Visions program is now on view at the Center Space gallery in Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s exhibition is particularly noteworthy as the program celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. For a quarter-century now, Visions has brought together advanced art students from high schools around the Valley to… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Sydney Ritter | SydneyR@ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-874-4663 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation, a department of the nonprofit Scottsdale Arts, will exhibit “Visions ’24” to highlight the skills, inspirations and ideas exchanged between high school students and professional teaching artists over the course of… Source ..read more

It’s 2 p.m. on a seemingly quiet Friday afternoon at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. But inside the Center Space gallery, there’s a special bit of magic underway. A woman named Nancy, dressed in vivid pink, has an expression to match the brightness of her wardrobe. It’s a look of sheer joy—a massive, open-mouthed smile below eyes that dance with delight. This is Nancy’s introduction to... Source ..read more

The real me is fluid and free. Expressive and kind. It feels like lying in the cool grass, basking in the sunlight, drinking an ice-cold cola. I write about my journey of self-discovery and self-love. This might not be a typical artwork label, but it perfectly illustrates what the exhibition Breaking the Binary is all about. It’s the label for a 2023 pen and marker artwork called My Self-Discovery... Source ..read more

The programs of Scottsdale Arts are not just about the performances and exhibitions we produce on our campus in Old Town Scottsdale. Each school year, our Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation department brings arts-integrated learning to classrooms across the city, primarily working with Scottsdale Unified School District and Paradise Valley Unified School District. Many of these programs fall... Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Sydney Ritter | SydneyR@ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-874-4663 “Ganglionic Layers” by Bill Dambrova is among the artworks featured in the “Coming to Terms” exhibition, opening July 21 at the Center Space gallery at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation will exhibit “Coming to Terms” from... Source ..read more

Arizona artist Angela Masker’s Scottsdale Arts story has been a full circle, from Visions student to Visions artist and from intern to helping coordinate the intern program. Originally from New Jersey, Masker’s family moved to Mesa when she was still in elementary school. Her interest in art began just as early. “I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember,” Masker says. “My uncle was an... Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Sydney Ritter | SydneyR@ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-874-4663 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Detour Company Theatre is bringing double the fun to Scottsdale with its production of “Little Shop of Horrors” and “James and the Giant Peach” June 9 through 11 at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale, Arizona. Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Sydney Ritter | SydneyR@ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-874-4663 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation will exhibit “Visions ’23” to highlight the skills, inspirations and ideas exchanged between students and professional teaching artists over the course of the 2022–23 Visions program. The newest exhibition opens on May 12 and will... Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 2, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Sydney Ritter | SydneyR@ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-874-4663 SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — In February, Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation will open two new exhibitions — “Unintended Consequences” and “con∙text” — examining human actions and how they affect the world and the people inhabiting it. “Unintended Consequences” features the combined talents of... Source ..read more