Current exhibits, galleries, and museum shows in Queen Creek, AZ. Art, history, science, and interactive exhibits.
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Experience the Sonoran Desert through the lens of award-winning Arizona landscape photographer Mark Klett. With a career spanning more than four decades, Klett reframes our notions of time, cultural memory and the land around us.
cryptic clues have been left behind, and we need your help to decipher them! it’s time to put on your detective caps to crack these puzzles and follow the clues throughout the museum to investigate this curious caper.bring a friend or assemble a team and join us in solving the riddles and finding th
Interested in digital art and would like professional guidance? Join local artist Kelsey Phillips and learn the basics of digital art. This workshop uses the Sketchbook app on the iPad. For ages 13 and older. Registration is required.
Children 8-12 years old are invited to join us once a month to create Fantastic Art! We will look at different mediums and techniques of art at each meeting. This month's project is optical illusion.
<p>Get ready for summer reading program by joining us for "My Pet Dinosaur" presented by the Arizona Puppet Theater. </p>
The collages in this exhibition draw inspiration from the rolling tide along a shell-strewn beach, the discovery of unusual handmade papers, and the quiet wonder of a full moon or a star-filled night ...
Contemporary art gallery with rotating exhibitions and art walk events.
Did you know that the Phoenix Public Art program is a national model for designing and building a better city? Established in 1986, the program allocates one percent of the city's annual Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to public art projects. These projects engage artists and designers to enhance.
Join us for a presentation on S'edav Va'aki, a pre-contact archaeological site and National Historic Landmark located near the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport. It includes a prehistoric platform mound and irrigation canals. Museum staff will share their new book on these ancient Sonoran Desert farmers...
"Tender Alchemy" presents the works of mother and daughter artists whose distinct practices are united by a shared devotion to transformation, healing, and the invisible forces that shape human experi...
Get ready to ROAR and GLOW at Fossil Fest. Stomp into our prehistoric party packed with glowing fun! Enjoy a lively dance floor, dino-themed games, creative crafts, and a fossil dig. Wear your brightest neon and get ready for a roaring good time!
For the first time ever, your four‑legged friends get their very own night to sniff, stroll and shine at Garden After Dark.
Natural history museum with dinosaur exhibits, gold panning, and Arizona history.
Featuring drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture from SMoCA’s collection, Mark + Making explores the use of marks, gestures, and line to build form and shape ideas in contemporary artistic practic...
Open-air railroad museum featuring historic locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses. Train rides on select days.
The Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting, located in Phoenix, Arizona, is dedicated to the historical preservation of firefighting equipment used through the years around the world.
<p>Bad Art for teens ages 12-18 and is all about having fun, being creative, and making wonderfully weird art without worrying about perfection. Each month brings a new silly theme where the “worst” art wins!</p>
Walk through our maintenance hangar and watch aircraft mechanics maintain our flying aircraft. Climb aboard our bombers and cargo planes or, better yet, book a once-in- a-lifetime flight in an authentic warbird. Choose among six WWII aircraft, from an open biplane to the rarest bombers in the...
We'll provide the supplies, you bring the creativity! We'll be using the iris folding technique to make a paper dinosaur. Attend to earn Summer Reading points.
Join us for Paint Your Partner at Basha Library, hosted by Paint the Party Mobile Art Studio. This adult paint class will allow you to be creative and have some laughs together. Bring a friend, spouse, sibling, or best friend and enjoy an evening of color, creativity, and connection. You don’t need.
Free admission museum showcasing Chandler's history, culture, and community stories through rotating exhibits.
Cryptic clues have been left behind, and we need your help to decipher them! It’s time to put your detective caps on to crack these puzzles and follow the clues throughout the Museum to investigate th...
Join us for the 40th Annual Dinner on the Desert on April 25, 2026, an enchanting evening hosted by Event Chair Hank Arens, celebrating our Garden family of friends, staff and volunteers.
Home to a beloved property and historical landmark built by cowboy artist Alonzo “Lon” Megargee in the 1930s, The Hermosa Inn has since amassed one of the largest known collections of his original work. It has also recently partnered with Clinton Johnson of ZHOS Gallery in Colorado to bring Shona...
<p>Kick off the Summer Reading program with the Arizona Natural History Museum and learn all things Dinosaurs. While you are at it sign up for the summer reading program. </p>
Experience the impossible at Museum of Illusions Scottsdale! Our exhibits promise mind-bending fun and a deeper understanding of the science behind optical illusions in an interactive experience suitable for adults and children alike. With over 60 interactive exhibits, you'll explore a fascinating..
Come learn about the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People, the first farmers of the desert. Join S'edav Va'aki Museum for a presentation, followed by an activity and craft. Participate in Detective Archaeology and learn about how archeologists use artifacts to tell a story about the past. Space is...
On View through August 30, 2026 - Enter 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 and be surrounded by hundreds of illuminated spheres that form a symphony of notes.
The S'edav Va'aki Museum Foundation is serving up an Indigenous Sonoran Desert culinary experience with Harmony: Balancing Past and Present on Saturday, April 18th, from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Get your tickets today!
Contemporary art museum with rotating exhibitions and immersive installations
Teaching Artists showcases the creative dialogue between teaching artists from XICO, Inc., and the young artists they mentored from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. This exhibition highli...
<p>Try your hand at a low-stakes craft night. This month we'll make our own zentangle abstract art with pen and paper. The repeated patterns in zentangle and its philosophy of embracing mistakes makes this art form a wonderful exercise in mindfulness.</p>
Celebrate the moms in your life with a botanical good time! The Garden will offer a day to remember with complimentary photo opps, live entertainment, the Spring Butterfly Exhibit and more!
ASU Art Museum centers art and artists in the service of community well-being and social good. The Museum is a learning-centered teaching institution, providing interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students from across the university ranging from the sciences, humanities, journalism,...
Visions ’26 highlights the skills, inspirations, and ideas exchanged between advanced high school art students and Arizona-based professional artists over the year. Both Scottsdale Museum of Contempor...
Desert Pulse, a multi-sensory art exhibit, by ScanLAB Projects, immerses visitors in the visual and emotional energy of the Sonoran Desert.
<p>Can we think of a 21st century Arizona through expressions of place inherent in Arizona’s Indigenous arts? In this presentation, Nanibaa Beck focuses on the representation of place that Indigenous artists in Arizona are making in their art. From jewelry, to weaving, to photography, the lived...
Pathfinding reflects a search for slowness, light, and warmth, using the sky above Scottsdale as both source and inspiration.
Refresh your aura as you enjoy this unique summer solstice celebration with us! Get comfy and lose yourself in the serene beauty of the James Turrell Knight Rise Skyspace as the sun sets, and revel in...
This workshop series will culminate in the publication of a printed collection of short writings and visual artworks by the workshop participants. Participants of the bookmaking workshop will help assemble the anthology while connecting with local creatives and learning the skill of bookbinding,...
Largest indoor butterfly conservatory in America with 60+ species of butterflies. 3D theater, honeybee exhibit, and rainforest habitat. Part of Arizona Boardwalk.
Historian Jim Turner digs into Arizona's mining history and uncovers stories about some of the Old West’s remarkable prospectors! From Arizona’s 1850’s Gold Rush to Tombstone’s silver strikes, we’ll hear true stories of Ed Shiefflin, Herman Ehrenberg, Henry Wickenberg, Paulino Weaver, and Irish...
Refresh your aura and bathe in the serene light of Squidsoup’s Infinite as a sound bath led by Melinda Milton eases you into deep relaxation. Take a moment for yourself; you deserve it!
Kit pick-up begins Wednesday, April 1. To register, please email tplprograms@tempe.gov and include your first and last name, and contact information. *You must be over 18 to participate.* Starting April 1, you may also register in person at the Answers Desk. Once we've confirmed your registration,..