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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Founded in 1999, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [SMoCA] presents the most compelling modern and contemporary art, architecture and design from around the globe. Designed by award-winning architect Will Bruder, SMoCA's minimalist building (an ingenious renovation of a former movie theater) has five galleries for showcasing changing exhibitions and works from the Museum's growing permanent collection. SMoCA also features an outdoor sculpture garden housing James Turrell's Knight Rise, a public "skyspace" for observing the ever-changing light of the desert sky, and Scrim Wall, a monumental curtain of translucent glass panels by James Carpenter Design Associates. The Museum presents a wide variety of educational programs and special events for adults and families, including lectures, docent-led tours, workshops and classes. The Museum Store at SMoCA offers classic design objects and furnishings, contemporary jewelry, art and architecture books and imaginative gifts for all occasions.

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  Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

  7374 East Second Street
  Scottsdale, 85251

  Phone: (480)994-2787

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• Current Events

  08/29/09- 01/24/10	SouthwestNET: Looking Through the Other End of a Telescope Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/30/09- 11/29/09	Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/18/09- 01/24/10	Unexpected Wegman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/14/09- 01/03/10	Visions: "Juxtapositions" Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/08/07- Ongoing	Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Tours Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

• Upcoming Events

  12/19/09- 05/23/10	Rewind Remix Replay: Design, Music & Everyday Experience Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/12/10- 05/09/10	Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/10/10- 04/11/10	6th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

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• Past Events

  11/14/09	Free Public Reading by Mothers Who Write Class Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/12/09	Sketching in the Galleries Inspired by Nick Cave's Artwork Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/16/09	Lineage: Tracing Generations of American Photography Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/16/09	Lineage: Tracing Generations of American Photography Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  07/09/09	Artists on Artists: Rooted in the Real Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/18/09	Objective Intimacy Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/08/09- 05/09/09	Exchanging Ideas: Photography, Abstraction and Metaphor at Mid-Century Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/29/09	Spring Homeschool Day at SMoCA Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/14/09	Architectural Slide Slam Presentation of New Projects Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/05/09	Founding Fathers of Modern Phoenix Tour Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/04/09	Free Expo Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/04/09	The Architecture of Enterprise: Uplifting Design of Modern Phoenix 1945-1975 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/04/09	Progress and Preservation Trough the Lens Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/04/09	Mythic Influence: Calvin C. Straub's Work in Phoenix Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/03/09- 04/05/09	5th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo: Progress and Preservation Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/03/09	Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/25/09	Double Feature Funny Film Night Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/21/09	Sunrise Viewing of SMoCA's Skyspace Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/18/09	Lino Tagliapietra: A Lecture In Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/12/09	Valley Fever Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/11/09	Ansel Adams and Harry Callahan: Influence and Innovation Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/04/09	Improv Artist Presentations Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/25/09	Laughing at Ourselves: Daumier, Duchamp and Picasso Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/19/09	Gallery Talk on Photographer Frederick Sommer Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/14/09- 02/15/09	SMoCA's 10th Anniversary Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/13/09- 07/05/09	Seriously Funny Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/13/09	The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  12/20/08	Special Winter Solstice Skyspace Viewing Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  12/11/08	Flip a Strip Presentation and Discussion Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  12/04/08	Rope, String, Thread: the Hierarchy of Art & Craft in Contemporary Art Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  11/28/08	Friday Night Art Lounge Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/20/08	Meet Janet Echelman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/13/08	Representation and Latin American Film Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/13/08	Stitched: All New SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/13/08	David William Foster Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/13/08	SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/05/08	John Kaliski Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/30/08	Fiber Optic Design Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/29/08	Lace: The History of a Single Thread Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  10/22/08	The Friday Night Knitting Club Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/21/08	ARTiculations: Pedro Meyer, Mexico's Digital Pioneer Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  10/19/08	Frida Kahlo: A Bold New Look Scottsdale Civic Center Library
  10/16/08	Flip a Strip Presentation and Discussion Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/10/08	Interactive Comedy Duo Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/07/08	The Re-Imagined Space Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  10/05/08- 01/18/09	Heresies/Herejias: A Retrospective by Pedro Meyer Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/05/08- 01/18/09	Flip a Strip Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/04/08	Flip a Strip: Opening Party and Awards Ceremony Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/20/08- 02/01/09	Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/20/08	Special Equinox Skyspace Viewing Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/31/08	Free Gallery Talk: Crazed Consumers - Behind the Psychology of Shopping Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/17/08	Summer Family/Kids Night at the Museum Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/26/08	Free Gallery Talk: Innovations in Marketing Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/19/08	Summer SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/19/08	Frank Lloyd Wright Film Screening Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/14/08- 09/21/08	Branded and On Display Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/12/08	Free Gallery Talk: Southern California Modernist Design Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/04/08	Jonathan Santlofer Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/17/08- 09/07/08	Pae White: Lisa, Bright and Dark Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/10/08- 09/07/08	Pushing Paint Around: Selections from the Permanent Collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/06/08	Contemporary Reflections: Art Made of Glass Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/01/08	Buckminster Fuller Lives On Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/26/08	2008 SMoCA Benefit The Mondrian Hotel
  04/17/08	Cars in Film: 'Wheels on Reels' Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/09/08	Architecture 'Slide Slam!' Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/05/08- 04/06/08	Jewelry Trunk Show Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/03/08	Gallery Talk on Gay Activism Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/20/08	SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/14/08	Yin Fridays Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/05/08	Georgia O'Keeffe - Modern Masters for Lunch Series Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/05/08	Art Discussion on The Body and The Self Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/05/08	Meet The Artists: Liz Cohen and Lyle Ashton Harris Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/28/08	Designing Video Games Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/15/08	Yang Fridays Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/13/08	Museum of Jurassic Technology with founder David Wilson Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/13/08	Pablo Picasso in Three Dimensions Free Lunchtime Gallery Talk Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/08/08- 05/27/08	Lyle Ashton Harris - Blow up Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/01/08- 05/04/08	Cultivating Commonalities: A Photographic Exchange Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/31/08	Talk & Book Signing: Excavating American Modern Architecture Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/30/08- 04/27/08	SouthwestNET: Melinda Bergman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/23/08	Edward Hopper: Sunlight & Silence Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  01/18/08- 04/27/08	Car Culture Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/18/08	Yin Fridays Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/10/08	Free Gallery Talk: Henry Moore Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  12/06/07	ARTiculations with Casey McKee Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/29/07	Free Gallery Talk: When Science Becomes Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/14/07	Animated Short Films Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/08/07	Behind the Scenes Tour and Printmaking Demonstration at Segura Publishing Company Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/02/07	Scottsdale Fashion Week 2007 - Fashion Designer Competition and Runway Show Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/21/07	Day of the Dead - The Mystery Unraveled Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/18/07	SMoCA Nights: Caravan Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/11/07	Free Gallery Talk: Joe Segura Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/09/07	Art: 21 in context Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/05/07- 10/06/07	Green Building Expo Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/04/07	ARTiculations: Christine Rebet and Matthew Wiener Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/29/07- 12/30/07	Right to Print: Segura Publishing Company Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/15/07- 01/20/08	Good Form: The Goldschmidt Collection of (small scale) Sculpture Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/15/07- 01/20/08	In Wonderland: Animation by Christine Rebet, Shahzia Sikander, and Hiraki Sawa Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/10/07	Art in Context Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/19/07	Double Feature of Scandinavian Films Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts