Exhibition · Tucson☆SaveArizona Biennial 2026Through September 27, 2026A statewide juried survey of recent work by 31 Arizona artists.Tucson Museum of Art · El PresidioOfficial listing
Exhibition · Tucson☆SaveBIG & little: A Vault ShowThrough September 19, 2026Large and small works from the museum collection are paired in a study of scale and transformation.University of Arizona Museum of Art · University of ArizonaOfficial listing
Exhibition · Phoenix metro☆Save2025 Arizona Artist AwardsJuly 29, 2026-January 24, 2027Alice Leora Briggs, Chris Ignacio, and Jan Talmadge Davids present new Arizona-rooted work across media.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Exhibition · Phoenix metro☆SaveEcstatic Time: The Alchemy of PhotographyJuly 29, 2026-January 3, 2027Nearly 100 objects from the Center for Creative Photography explore how photography changes time and perception.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Exhibition · Phoenix metro☆SaveOctober Art: The Collection of Delores Browne AbelsonThrough October 26, 2026Native art collected by Delores Browne Abelson centers work by Harry Fonseca and artists she championed.Heard Museum · EncantoOfficial listing
Community day · Phoenix metro☆SaveFirst Friday: Family Movie NightAugust 7, 2026 · 4:00-8:00 PMFree evening museum admission with family activities and a live Tlingit woodcarving demonstration; the featured movie experience has a separate fee.Heard Museum · Central PhoenixOfficial listing
Exhibition · Tucson☆SaveAnimality: 100 Years of PhotographsAugust 8-December 12, 2026More than 100 photographs and archival objects examine human relationships with animals across a century.Center for Creative Photography · University of ArizonaOfficial listing
Workshop · Phoenix metro☆SaveKids Day at PhxArtAugust 9, 2026 · Noon-5:00 PMAn all-ages afternoon inspired by Chris Ignacio with puppet-making, storytime, and artist interaction.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Performance or new media · Phoenix metro☆SaveSummer Symphony Series at PhxArtAugust 9, 2026 · 2:00-2:45 PMA Phoenix Symphony ensemble performs in the museum galleries during Sunday afternoon admission hours.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Exhibition · Tucson☆SaveLook at me and see what?August 15-December 4, 2026Artwork, writing, and poetry by incarcerated people foreground queer and trans survival, censorship, and visibility.University of Arizona Museum of Art · University of ArizonaOfficial listing
Performance or new media · Phoenix metro☆SaveSummer Symphony Series at PhxArtAugust 19, 2026 · 5:00-5:30 PMA Phoenix Symphony ensemble performs in the museum galleries during Wednesday evening access hours.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Workshop · Phoenix metro☆SaveSummer with Sissy Art: DIY Sock PuppetsAugust 22, 2026 · 1:00-4:00 PMPhoenix collective Sissy Art leads a hands-on sock-puppet workshop in the museum galleries.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Exhibition · Phoenix metro☆SaveThe Way We Came: A Century of Indigenous ArtOpens August 26, 2026 · Through July 2027Nearly 100 Indigenous artists from more than 40 tribal nations trace a century of storytelling, adaptation, and resistance.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Artist talk · Tucson☆SaveSNAP! A Conversation about Animals, Humans, and PhotographsSeptember 3, 2026 · 5:00-7:00 PMA social hour, art-making session, and curator-led conversation on photography and human-animal relationships.Center for Creative Photography · University of ArizonaOfficial listing
Artist talk · Phoenix metro☆SaveCurator Talk: Wisdom from the FutureSeptember 10, 2026 · 11:30 AM-NoonResearch director Ann Marshall leads a short gallery conversation on Wisdom from the Future.Heard Museum · EncantoOfficial listing
Exhibition · Phoenix metro☆SaveDesert PerspectivesOpens September 12, 2026Historical works, loans, and new commissions reconsider the desert as ecological, cultural, political, and lived landscape.Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art · Old Town ScottsdaleOfficial listing
Performance or new media · Phoenix metro☆SaveSummer Symphony Series at PhxArtSeptember 13, 2026 · 2:00-2:45 PMA Phoenix Symphony ensemble performs in the museum galleries during Sunday afternoon admission hours.Phoenix Art Museum · Central AvenueOfficial listing
Opening reception · Phoenix metro☆Save25th Artlink Juried Awards Exhibition and Opening ReceptionOpens September 24, 2026 · Reception time pendingArtlink's juried showcase presents selected Arizona artists with awards announced at the opening reception.mood room at Park Central · MidtownOfficial listing
Performance or new media · Phoenix metro☆Savealejandro t. acierto: Model HomeOpens September 26, 2026Video, audio, photography, scans, and found objects examine development, climate, and who gets to keep a home in the desert.Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art · Old Town ScottsdaleOfficial listing
Public art · Tucson☆SaveFourth Wall: Arturo HerreraOpens September 26, 2026A large-scale wall painting launches MOCA Tucson's rotating Fourth Wall series on Church Avenue.Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson · DowntownOfficial listing
Performance or new media · Tucson☆SaveCoco Fusco: Only in Darkness Can You See the StarsOpens October 8, 2026 · Through February 2027More than three decades of performance, film, photography, prints, and archives critique colonial power.Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson · DowntownOfficial listing
Community day · Tucson☆SaveCCP Community DayOctober 10, 2026 · 10:00 AM-4:00 PMA free all-ages day pairing Animality with hands-on activities, special programs, and a featured talk.Center for Creative Photography · University of ArizonaOfficial listing
Artist talk · Tucson☆SaveStories of Ylla: Remembering a Pioneer of Animal PhotographyOctober 10, 2026 · 2:00-3:00 PMAuthor Pryor Dodge and curator Becky Senf discuss Ylla's role in modern animal photography.Center for Creative Photography · University of ArizonaOfficial listing
Exhibition · Tucson☆SaveStaged: The Art of PerformanceOpens October 10, 2026Works across media depict performers and examine stagecraft, presence, and the pressures of the spotlight.University of Arizona Museum of Art · University of ArizonaOfficial listing
Exhibition · Tucson☆SaveAfter Everything, You Embraced My Being Like A Warm, Gentle BreezeOpens October 24, 2026Patrick Dean Hubbell's first solo Arizona museum show pairs recent paintings and works on paper with a new installation.Tucson Museum of Art · El PresidioOfficial listing
Exhibition · Tucson☆SaveArt at the Intersection of Past and PossibilityOpens October 24, 2026TMA recombines its global collection through a Southwest-rooted lens with community-proposed themes.Tucson Museum of Art · El PresidioOfficial listing
Exhibition · Phoenix metro☆SaveTwilight: Trading Posts and Creative LegaciesOpens October 26, 2026Navajo textiles, pottery, jewelry, and photography trace how trading-post legacies carried into direct artist-audience relationships.Heard Museum · EncantoOfficial listing
