Desert Perspectives
Sat Oct 24
Southwest art, reimagined
Fine Arts Exhibition
Mark + Making | Selections from the SMoCA Collection
Every day from Mar. 21 to Jan. 31, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
South Scottsdale, Scottsdale
🎟️Thursdays are pay-as-you-wish
🧘Find the concrete dome room with the skylight
🚗Free covered parking next door
Every artwork starts with a single mark. This deep dive into SMoCA's permanent collection traces how gestures, lines, and textures build into full-blown ideas across drawing, painting, print, and sculpture.
Permanent collection show
Drawing & painting
Intimate museum
Thoughtful & quiet
Saturday, October 24
Fine Arts Exhibition
Mark + Making | Selections from the SMoCA Collection
Every day from Mar. 21 to Jan. 31, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
South Scottsdale, Scottsdale
🎟️Thursdays are pay-as-you-wish
🧘Find the concrete dome room with the skylight
🚗Free covered parking next door
Every artwork starts with a single mark. This deep dive into SMoCA's permanent collection traces how gestures, lines, and textures build into full-blown ideas across drawing, painting, print, and sculpture.
Permanent collection show
Drawing & painting
Intimate museum
Thoughtful & quiet
Matches these interests
- Permanent collection show
- Drawing & painting
- Intimate museum
- Thoughtful & quiet
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
- South Scottsdale
- Scottsdale
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