Highlights
- SMoCA's Fall Opening Celebration is free and open to the public Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.
- Three exhibitions open throughout September, including 'What Keeps the Earth Still' by Desert ArtLAB artists April Bojorquez and Matt Garcia.
- General admission runs $16 for non-members; members and visitors 18 and younger get in free.
- Desert ArtLAB, which leads the anchor exhibition, was founded sixteen years ago in response to social, cultural, and ecological realities.
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art opens its fall season with a free public celebration Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m., anchoring a program of three new exhibitions that run through the season.
The anchor show, 'What Keeps the Earth Still,' opens Sept. 19 and is led by Desert ArtLAB artists April Bojorquez and Matt Garcia. Desert ArtLAB was founded sixteen years ago by Bojorquez and Garcia in response to social, cultural, and ecological realities. Two additional exhibitions, 'Desert Perspectives' and 'alejandro t. acierto: Model Home,' also open throughout September.
The Sept. 25 opening celebration is free and open to the public with RSVP. Standard admission on other days runs $16 for non-members, $13 for students and seniors 65 and older, and is free for members and visitors 18 and younger.
SMoCA, which opened in February 1999 in a retrofitted former movie theater designed by Phoenix-based architect Will Bruder, is operated for the city by Scottsdale Arts, a nonprofit corporation. The museum's permanent installation, Knight Rise skyspace by Arizona artist James Turrell, remains on view.
What exhibitions are opening at SMoCA this fall?
Three shows open in September: 'What Keeps the Earth Still,' a Desert ArtLAB project led by Bojorquez and Garcia exploring social, cultural, and ecological themes; 'Desert Perspectives'; and 'alejandro t. acierto: Model Home.' The free opening celebration on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. covers all three.
Museum hours are Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. RSVP details for the Sept. 25 event are available through SMoCA's website.
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