events
Valley of the Dolls: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Thu, Oct 5, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Valley of the Dolls, the movie version of Jacqueline Susann’s groundbreaking novel of sex, drugs, and show biz shenanigans. An all-star cast of hard-luck…
Panel Discussion: The Innovation of Traditions
Thu, Oct 12, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Join Miami-based collectors and philanthropists Debra and Dennis Scholl, along with experts in Australian Aboriginal art, including Henry F. Skerritt, curator of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Collection at the University of…
Good ‘N Plenty Artist Award
Fri, Oct 20, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Join us in the SMoCA Lounge for coffee, treats and our annual Good ‘N Plenty fundraiser. Six local creatives will present their ideas for exciting new projects, and the audience…
Artist Talk: Mark Klett
Thu, Oct 26, 7:00 p.m.| Free
Photographer Mark Klett joins us to discuss how working in the specific desert landscape of the Southwest has influenced his practice. Mark Klett is a photographer interested in the intersection…
Out@SMoCA: Megan Rapinoe
Fri, Oct 27, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Professional soccer player and equality advocate Megan Rapinoe is a FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion and Olympic gold medalist. She will join us to discuss the importance of equality not…
Slow Art @SMoCA
Sun, Oct 29, 2:30 p.m.| Free
The fast-growing Slow Art movement is back at SMoCA! Beginning in New York City in 2009, Slow Art is a movement that allows participants to look at art thoughtfully, over…
Lit Happy Hour A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind by Siri Hustvedt
Thu, Nov. 2, 6 – 7:30 p.m.| Ticketed
SMoCA curator of contemporary art Jennifer McCabe, will guide us through this radical collection of essays by Siri Hustvedt, which investigates the perceptual and gender biases that affect how we…
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Soleri’s Arizona Architecture
Nov 4 – 5| Ticketed
Join us for an overnight tour of Paolo Soleri’s incomparable Arizona architectural sites. On Saturday, Nov. 4, Curator Claire C. Carter will lead guests on private tours of Cosanti, Paradise…
Panel Discussion: Paolo Soleri and the Counterculture
Thu, Nov 9, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Scholars and curators Larry Busbea, Elissa Author and Garth Johnson will discuss Soleri’s impact on the 1960s and 1970s counterculture, American craft and emergent theories of ecology and consciousness.
viceland @smoca: Battlegrounds
Thu, Nov 16, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Industry has had a significant impact on Indigenous peoples and their sacred land. Provocative shows Abandoned and RISE from the cable television channel VICELAND visit Canada and Arizona to investigate…
T-shirt Screenprinting with Jacob Meders
Sat, Nov 18, 12:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Create your own T-shirt just in time for the holidays! Jacob Meders, artist and founder of Warbird Press, will give a printshop tour and guide participants through the process of…
Documentary Video Art Festival
Thu, Nov 30, 7:00 p.m.| Free
A showcase of experimental shorts highlighting social, cultural and personal topics. These artworks were produced by students in Documentary Video Art as part of the Intermedia program of the School…
Panel Discussion: Preserving Paolo Soleri’s Legacy
Thu, Dec 7, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Cosanti Foundation Director Jeff Stein, former State Historic Preservation Officer Jim Garrison, and Director and Chief Curator Sara Cochran will discuss the future conservation and preservation efforts in support of…
Sunrise in the Skyspace
Fri, Dec 22, 6:15 a.m.| Ticketed
Join us early birds and experience the winter solstice in James Turrell’s Knight Rise Skyspace. As the sun rises, the light subtly shifts one’s perception of the sky’s color. Through…
Panel Discussion: Paolo Soleri as Visionary
Thu, Jan 11, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
SMoCA curator of contemporary art Claire C. Carter will moderate a conversation between scholar Jonathon Keats and architect and student of Soleri, Will Bruder. The conversation will place Soleri among…
viceland @smoca: Water Wars
Thu, Jan 18, 7:00 p.m.| Ticketed
Water politics has been an ongoing global concern as populations grow and droughts plague certain regions. In this screening, the provocative shows Abandoned and RISE from the cable television channel…
Harvesting Color
Sat, Jan 20, Noon – 3 p.m.| Ticketed
Inspired by the artists of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia to source local materials for artworks, we invited the experts from Peaceful Prairie Ranch in Prescott…
Lit Happy HourThe Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream by Stefan Al
Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 6 – 7:30 p.m.| Ticketed
Curator Claire C. Carter, will lead a discussion of The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream, comparing the city’s postwar rise, urban design, architectural form and…