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Scottsdale Arts celebrates the love of art through February events
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — This February, Scottsdale Arts embraces the love of art and art lovers alike with new, exciting events.
February starts with the two-day public art dance event Trolley Dances with Movement Source Dance Company on Feb. 1 and 2. The SunPunchers perform the third part of their four-part residency on Feb. 8 with “Murder Ballads” — tales of passion and penance through the centuries.
Audiences can celebrate Valentine’s Day with Scottsdale Arts through a range of events, from spending the day of love with The Wailin’ Jennys to a public art scavenger hunt and tour that will end with a Valentine’s art activity. And extend the holiday atmosphere with a Valentine’s Day-inspired show from Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra on Feb. 16.
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
Arizona Indian Festival
Saturday–Sunday, Feb. 1–2
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets: Free
Featuring an array of traditional arts and crafts, entertainment, foods, innovations and trends in cultural tourism experiences, this two-day celebration honors the Arizona Indian community that is alive and well in Scottsdale.
Arizona Trolley Dances
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 5 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, 2 p.m.
Various Scottsdale locations
Bring a friend and soak in some of Scottsdale’s best kept secrets together — from beautiful bells to sky-reaching sculptures to dancers in a wild, western habitat — all combined in a creative trolley tour.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $35
Witness more than 40 years of thought-provoking dance through Alonzo King’s sought-after work, “Deep River,” a collaboration with composer Jason Moran and Grammy-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer.
Sasha Velour – The Big Reveal Live Show
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $45
Global drag icon Sasha Velour (HBO’s “We’re Here,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race”) brings her latest theatrical spectacular, “The Big Reveal Live Show,” to Scottsdale!
The SunPunchers | Murder Ballads
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $15
Part three of The SunPunchers’ four-part residency at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is Murder Ballads — tales of passion and penance through the centuries.
Bria Skonberg
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $40
Trumpeter, vocalist and composer Bria Skonberg is considered “one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (The Wall Street Journal).
The Wailin’ Jennys
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $38
“Terrific bandleaders who give their traditional roots music a sense of real reverence” (NPR), The Wailin’ Jennys are three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound.
Public Art Scavenger Hunt and Walking Tour
Friday, Feb 14, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets: Free
Meet at Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture for a Valentine’s Day exploration of the Scottsdale Public Art Permanent Collection.
Jamie Lissow: The Divorced Dad Comedy Tour
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, 6:30 and 8:45 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $34
Actor and comedian Jamie Lissow (“Real Rob,” “Last Comic Standing,” “Gutfeld!”) has his own Comedy Central special and a Dry Bar Comedy Special with more than 20 million views.
Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra
Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, 4 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $15
Join Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra for “East Meets West—A Love Story” to explore the themes of love and celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel | Franz Schubert— The Soulful and The Sublime
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $26
Explore the soulful and sublime of Schubert with enchanting waltzes, dreamy impromptus and the dashing Sonata op. 120 in this Keyboard Conversation with Jeffrey Siegel.
German Cornejo’s Tango After Dark
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $45
German Cornejo’s world-class Argentinean company will be joined by singers and musicians playing the great tango composer Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango.
Marc Cohn
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $40
Grammy winner Marc Cohn (“Walking in Memphis”) combines the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great soul man.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE
Featuring… EVIL WOMAN – The American ELO
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $28
EVIL WOMAN – The American ELO fuses Beatlesque pop and classical arrangements on hits like “Mr. Blue Sky,” “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Evil Woman.”
Maria Bamford
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $25
Emmy-nominated actress, comedian and author Maria Bamford (“Lady Dynamite”) is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness.
LOOKING AHEAD
Celebrity Wine & Spirits
Saturday, March 15, 2025, 1 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets start at $50
Celebrity Wine & Spirits presents an adventure of the palate, featuring a rare collection of famously named wines, spirits and beers at the beautiful Scottsdale Civic Center.
Scottsdale Jazz Festival
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 3 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets start at $45
Now in its 14th year, the Scottsdale Jazz Festival aligns with UNESCO’s International Jazz Day, this time paying a special tribute to the late legendary musician and producer Quincy Jones.
EXHIBITIONS
poetics of dissonance
Aug. 10, 2024, through Feb. 23, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
Situated around another pivotal election, “poetics of dissonance” presents 18 artists from the SMoCA collection whose work navigates the tumultuous landscape of socio-political discourse.
Cybele Lyle: Floating Seeds Make Deep Forms
Aug. 24, 2024, through Aug. 3, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
“Floating Seeds Make Deep Forms” is a site-specific installation that responds to deserts in the North American Southwest as non-places — liminal expanses for ambiguity within a regenerative ecosystem.
SMoCA _____ space and Courtyard Installations
Sept. 21, 2024, through Feb. 23, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Free
Phoenix-based artist Shomit Barua’s “Entrainment 718” explores spatial and temporal perception through video and sound techniques in the _____ space (blank space). Admission is free to this exhibition and Barua’s sound installation “Hyperwilding,” located in SMoCA’s courtyard.
There is No Planet B
Jan. 17 through April 27, 2025
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Admission: Free
“There is No Planet B” is a collaborative exhibition between Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation and Arizona-based members of ecoartspace.
After Hours: Scottsdale Arts Staff Show
Sept. 27, 2024, through March 3, 2025
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Admission: Free
See the creative inspiration behind the work at Scottsdale Arts with original works by the creative minds behind the nonprofit organization’s performances, exhibitions, public art management and arts education efforts.
Maps—Contours of a Story
Jan. 9 through March 27, 2025
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Admission: Free
“Maps—Contours of a Story” is a juried exhibition of artist maps that illustrate moments, ideas, and stories, curated with Saskia Jorda, Phoenix multidisciplinary artist and teacher.
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 thanks the following sponsors and partners: City of Scottsdale, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Flinn Foundation, Billie Jo Herberger, Krumwiede Lewis Family Foundation, Nationwide, National Endowment for the Arts, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, SOAR Foundation, SRP, Terra Foundation for American Art, Karen and John Voris, Arizona Republic, Buddy Taub Foundation, Betty Hum & Alan Yudell, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Virginia M. Ullman Foundation, Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation, and Ethelyn Cohen.