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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 @ SMoCA offers classic design objects and furnishings, contemporary jewelry, art and architecture books and imaginative gifts for all occasions.

Important Information: Museum visitors may use their cell phones to call a special number and hear short messages from the artists and curators about the artworks on view. This special behind-the-scenes information is provided free of charge, for only a visitor's use of cell-phone minutes. The recordings will also be available as podcasts on SMoCA's website, www.smoca.org.

Spring Hours: Tuesday/Wednesday, 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday, 10:00am-8:00pm,
Friday/Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm, Sunday, Noon-5:00pm. Closed Mondays and major holidays.
Summer Hours (effective June 5): Wednesday, Noon-5:00pm, Thursday, 10:00am-8:00pm,
Friday/Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm, Sunday, Noon-5:00pm. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.

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  Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

  7374 East Second Street
  Scottsdale, 85251

  Phone: (480)994-2787

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• Past Events

  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
  06/12/08	Free Gallery Talk: Southern California Modernist Design Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/04/08	Jonathan Santlofer Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/30/08	Yang Fridays 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 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
  07/12/07	Summer Family Night at the Museum Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/08/07- 07/08/08	Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Tours Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/28/07	Cinema from Outer Space Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/21/07	Sputnik Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/16/07- 09/02/07	Space is the Place Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/14/07	American Masters: Alexander Calder Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  06/02/07- 09/02/07	Contemporary Scandinavian Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/24/07	Beyond TV: A History of Video Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/12/07- 09/16/07	southwestNET: drawing outside the lines Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/12/07- 09/16/07	Modern(ist) Love: The Dorothy Lincoln-Smith and Harvey K. Smith Collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/12/07	Mother's Who Write Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  05/11/07	Opening Reception to New Summer Exhibitions Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/11/07	Opening Reception for Summer Exhibitions Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/03/07	Egill Sæbjornsson Modified Arts
  04/26/07	Art and Interaction Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/21/07- 04/22/07	ALCHEMY: A Trunk Show of Art Jewelry Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  04/20/07	Celebrity Night at the Movies Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/24/07- 03/25/07	Progress + Preservation Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/22/07	Spring SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  03/06/07	Art on Television in Cold War Germany Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/28/07	PBS Art:21 Series 2 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/27/07	Angela Ellsworth Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/22/07	Art and Interaction: Conceptual Art's Meaning and Importance Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/15/07	ARTiculations with Marvin Heiferman Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/13/07	Sacred Female Figures in Latino Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/10/07- 05/20/07	Art is an Idea: The Moquay Collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  02/07/07	PBS Art:21 Series 1 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/24/07	Today's Celebrity-Saturated Society Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/20/07- 04/29/07	Celebrity Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/20/07- 04/29/07	Celebrating Freedom: The Art of Willie Birch Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  01/19/07	ARTiculations with Antonio Ortega Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  12/06/06	Crossing Arizona Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/30/06	ARTiculations: Byron Kim's Work In Context with Spirituality Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  11/16/06	The Psychology of Color Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/09/06	Luna: Fall SMoCA Nights Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  11/08/06	Book signing for Phoenix 21: Desert Metropolis Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  11/02/06	The Creative Architectural Design of The Border Film Project/El Proyector Fronterizo Fotografico Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/26/06	21st Century Abstract Painting Reinvention Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/22/06	Mexican Glass Artists Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  10/18/06	ARTiculations: Debate on Immigration Issues Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  10/14/06	ARTiculations: Painting and Abstraction Today Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
  10/13/06	Fall Opening Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/13/06- 01/07/07	Threshold: Byron Kim 1990-2004 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/13/06	Fall Opening Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/05/06- 01/07/07	Young @ Art Gallery Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  10/04/06- 01/07/07	Recent Acquisitions: Part II Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/27/06	Artist Open Portfolio Review Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/16/06- 01/28/07	southwestNet: painting Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/16/06- 01/28/07	The Border Film Project: El proyecto fronterizo fotográfico Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  09/07/06	Art and Interaction: Designing and Building Your Dream Home Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/20/06	Art and Interaction: Mexican Photography Traditions Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  07/13/06	Families Discover Art: A Spicy Summer Evening Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art