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Scottsdale Arts presents exciting March events
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Enjoy the beautiful weather this March as Scottsdale Arts springs into the season with a variety of indoor and outdoor events.
March starts by welcoming world-renowned pianist Jonathan Bliss to share his artistic talents with audiences on March 1. The Phoenix Chorale brings powerful performances of western classical tradition for two shows from March 9 and 10. The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series continues, featuring acclaimed Broadway star Audra McDonald, for an intimate concert full of popular theater hits and candid stories. The Sun & Sounds regional music series returns with more artists performing all sorts of styles, from contemporary country and rock to indie pop and synth-pop.
The following is a list of events and exhibitions from Scottsdale Arts, a nonprofit organization comprising Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation, Canal Convergence and Civic Center LIVE. Visit ScottsdaleArts.org for information.
PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS
Memory Lounge: Socks for Spring!
Friday, March 1, 2024, 1 p.m.
Center Space at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets per couple: $20
Create colorful and exquisitely artsy socks in this natural dye workshop with Lara Plecas. Why are they called socks for spring?
Jonathan Biss
Friday, March 1, 2024, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $32
World-renowned pianist Johnathan Biss channels his deep musical curiosity into performances and projects in the concert hall and beyond, including works by Schubert and a newly commissioned piece by Alvin Singleton.
MOMIX: Public Masterclass
Sunday, March 3, 2024, 10 a.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: $20
Join company dancers for an exclusive public masterclass with MOMIX.
Sun & Sounds | Taylor Glasheen and Nolan McKelvey Band
Sunday, March 3, 2024, noon
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets: Free
Music by contemporary country singer Taylor Glasheen and Americana/rock artist Nolan McKelvey anchors this free outdoor concert at Scottsdale Civic Center in a laid-back, family-friendly atmosphere with unique artist vendors and cold drinks at the bar.
MOMIX: ALICE
Sunday, March 3, 2024, 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $46
Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, “Alice,” inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic “Alice in Wonderland.”
Keyboard Conversations®️ with Jeffrey Siegel: Three Great Romantics
Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $26
The final Keyboard Conversations concert of the season turns the spotlight on “Three Great Romantics” of classical music: Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Grieg.
Knight Rise at Sunset
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Tickets start at $45
In this illuminating event and workshop, you will experience the sunset inside the James Turrell Skyspace “Knight Rise” at SMoCA.
Phoenix Chorale | Mozart: Requiem with The Lost Birds by Christopher Tin
Saturday, March 9, 2024, 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 10, 2024, 2 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $23
The Grammy®-winning Phoenix Chorale, led by artistic director Christopher Gabbitas since 2019, is regarded as one of the finest choral ensembles of the western classical tradition in North America.
Outspoken: Poetry Readings in Celebration of International Women’s Day
Saturday, March 9, 2024, 1 p.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Tickets: Free
Hear local poets perform original works in celebration of International Women’s Day.
Sun & Sounds | AJ Odneal and The Sugar Thieves
Sunday, March 10, 2024, noon
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets: Free
Music by AJ Odneal (indie folk) and The Sugar Thieves (Americana) anchors this free outdoor concert at Scottsdale Civic Center in a laid-back, family-friendly atmosphere with unique artist vendors and cold drinks at the bar.
Memory Lounge: Acrylic Pouring
Friday, March 15, 2024, 1 p.m.
Center Space at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets per couple: $20
Participants will create their own unique masterpieces, suitable for framing. Ann Halvorson, program participant and artist, will lead this workshop.
Gibney PRO: Movement Workshop
Friday, March 15, 2024, 6 p.m.
Ballet Arizona
Tickets per couple: $20
Members of Gibney Company lead a limited-availability repertoire class for advanced dancers.
Gibney Company
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $48
Gibney Company commissions and performs works by renowned and rising international choreographers who are committed to exploring connections between the rigorous physicality of contemporary dance alongside responsive, humanistic storytelling.
Sun & Sounds | Joey Gutos and King Summer
Sunday, March 17, 2024, 12 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets: Free
Music by indie-pop artist Joey Gutos and desert boy band King Summer anchors this free outdoor concert at Scottsdale Civic Center in a laid-back, family-friendly atmosphere with unique artist vendors and cold drinks at the bar.
SFJAZZ Collective
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $45
Described as “contemporary jazz’s premier all-star band” by The New York Times, SFJAZZ Collective is celebrating its 10th season by performing a wide selection of material chosen and arranged by the members, from new compositions to timeless classics and everything in between.
Mystery in the Museum
Friday, March 22, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Tickets (per couple): $45
Tickets (single): $30
Put your detective caps on to crack these cryptic messages and puzzles, following clues throughout the Museum to investigate this curious caper.
Takács Quartet
Friday, March 22, 2024, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $38
In its 49th season, the world-renowned Takács Quartet will perform “Flow,” a new work by Phoenix composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama, alongside compositions from Haydn and Beethoven.
The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series starring Audra McDonald with Seth Rudetsky as music director & host
Saturday, March 23, 2024, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $70
Historic six-time Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald reunites with Seth Rudetsky, directly from their sold-out performance at Provincetown Town Hall.
Sun & Sounds | Faun Flora and Treasurefruit
Sunday, March 24, 2024, noon
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets: Free
Music by dream synth-pop artist Faun Flora and the desert psych-rock band Treasurefruit anchors this free outdoor concert at Scottsdale Civic Center in a laid-back, family-friendly atmosphere with unique artist vendors and cold drinks at the bar.
Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 4 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $15
The Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra was founded in 2023 to provide highly skilled musicians the opportunity to perform high-caliber live concert events that uplift, inspire and culturally enrich its members and the community.
Library Creatives: Natural Pigment Workshop
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Tickets: Free
Sometimes the gorgeous earthen colors can only be replicated by using the very material they are based on. Participants in this workshop will have a chance to creatively play with dirt.
Neko Case with supporting artist Imaad Wasif
Friday, March 29, 2024, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $59.50
Bending decades of pop music into new shapes, Neko Case wields her voice like a kiss and her metaphors like a baseball bat. Imaad Wasif will open the show.
LOOKING AHEAD
The ARTrageous Gala | Cosmic Crescendo
Saturday, April 6, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Witness eclipse-inspired performances blending dance, music and visuals, celebrating the seamless unity of art forms at The ARTrageous Gala | Cosmic Crescendo.
Cycle the Arts
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
Old Town Scottsdale
Join Scottsdale Transportation Services and Scottsdale Public Art for this annual bicycle tour of works in the Scottsdale Public Art Permanent Collection throughout south Scottsdale. Details coming soon.
EXHIBITIONS
Dorothy Fratt: Color Mirage
Feb. 3 through July 21, 2024
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $7 to $12
“Color Mirage” is the first major U.S. museum exhibition on the prolific, yet underrecognized, American painter Dorothy Fratt.
Carolina Aranibar-Fernández: Oleaje
Feb. 10 through Aug. 4, 2024
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $7 to $12
“Oleaje,” Spanish for “Groundswell,” features new large-scale installation works by Bolivian-born artist Carolina Aranibar-Fernández that map and memorialize the rippling effects of a coercive global trade industry.
Randy Johnson: Storytelling with Photographs
Feb. 23 through April 28, 2024
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Admission: Free
Former Major League pitcher Randy Johnson’s new photography exhibition, coinciding with the 2024 Spring Training season, showcases images from his travels.
Roelof Knol: the space in between
Sept. 23, 2023, through July 28, 2024
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $7 to $12
In this new immersive installation, emerging Dutch artist Roelof Knol creates a playful, interactive, audiovisual experience that invites viewers to explore their relationship between digital and physical spaces.
_____ space Exhibitions
Sept. 22, 2023, through July 28, 2024
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: free
____ space (blank space) is a new, experimental, flexible space at SMoCA, currently featuring two installations by artists Kenaim Al-Shatti and Roelof Knol.
COLORLOVE
Jan. 8 through March 30, 2024
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Admission: Free
This community exhibition celebrates the power of the full rainbow of colors. Juried and co-curated by Tucson artist Lex Gjurasic.
Breaking the Binary
Oct. 11, 2023, through April 15, 2024
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Admission: Free
Featuring surrealistic self-portraits by youth associated with the nonprofit one•n•ten, “Breaking the Binary” explores what being queer means to them.
Scottsdale Public Art Permanent Collection
Ongoing
Various locations throughout Scottsdale
Admission: Free
More than 150 artworks, many of them large-scale sculptures, can be found throughout the city at parks, in public facilities, and along the streets. See the map at ScottsdalePublicArt.org for locations.
For more information about the events, and to order tickets, visit ScottsdaleArts.org.
Scottsdale Arts would like to thank the following sponsors and partners: City of Scottsdale, Billie Jo Herberger, Nationwide, Panasonic Connect, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, SRP, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, AJ’s Fine Foods, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona Community Foundation, Arizona Republic, Great American Title Agency, Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation, Betty Hum & Alan Yudell, Christine and Richard Kovach, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Tiffany & Bosco.
News release prepared by Srija Raghavapuram, Scottsdale Arts communications intern.