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April brings new exhibitions, fun events to Scottsdale Arts
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale Arts will offer a mix of sobering and celebratory events and exhibitions in the coming weeks.
April brings new community exhibitions completely free to the public, including “Embroidered with Pain” presented by Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation and “Flower Worlds” by Scottsdale Public Art. Both exhibitions will be celebrated with opening receptions, and “Flower Worlds” will include a workshop with the artist in Scottsdale Civic Center Library.
For the first time, Scottsdale Arts partners with Doc Jones to present Scottsdale Jazz Festival. Celebrating its 14th year, the festival will be paying a special tribute to the late legendary musician and producer Quincy Jones. Attendees can enjoy dancing under the stars, surrounded by the beauty of Scottsdale’s Civic Center, as the music fills the air.
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
Embroidered with Pain Opening Reception
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 6 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: Free
Join us at an opening reception for the exhibition “Embroidered with Pain,” featuring traditional Ukrainian hand embroidery.
Scottsdale Arts and SOUNDS Academy present
Resonant Tides: A Musical Odyssey a Performance by Cellist; Abraham Kim
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: Free
Support Scottsdale Arts and SOUNDS Academy in their first partnership for the senior recital of local cello prodigy Abraham Kim.
Flower Worlds Opening Reception
Friday, April 11, 2025, 3:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Tickets: Free
Meet Tucson-based artist Lex Gjurasic, and celebrate the opening of the new exhibition “Flower Worlds.” Light refreshments will be served.
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
Friday, April 11, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $50
Jazz piano phenomenon Hiromi is an astonishing composer, one of the most explosive live performers in jazz history and a global ambassador for the art form.
Circa | Humans 2.0
Sunday, April 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $45
A symphony of acrobatics, sound and light, this is next level circus by Circa.
Kabarett | Bizarre NOIR
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $25
Join Kabarett for “Bizarre NOIR,” an atmospheric musical and visual adventure, combining the sounds of classic film noir scores, 1930s German theater songs and ancient Irish music.
Library Creatives: Flower Frenzy
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Tickets: Free
Join “Flower Worlds” artist Lex Gjurasic for a fun workshop creating three-dimensional flowers and an insightful gallery talk!
Doc Jones and Scottsdale Arts present
Scottsdale Jazz Festival
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 3 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets start at $25
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.
Ichiko Aoba | Luminescent Creatures Tour
Supporting Artist Owen Pallett
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $19.50
Ichiko Aoba’s delicate voice operates on an emotional frequency that pierces language barriers and cultural divides. Supporting artist Owen Pallett will open the show.
LOOKING AHEAD
The War And Treaty
Saturday, May 31, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $39.50
The War And Treaty delivers a powerful sense of togetherness through the duo’s glorious fusion of country and soul, providing a shared experience of hope and healing and much-needed joy.
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Brandy Clark
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
A “reliable and empathetic” songwriter (Pitchfork), Mary Chapin Carpenter built a storied career on hits like “Passionate Kisses” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her.” Opening the show is singer-songwriter Brandy Clark.
EXHIBITIONS
Embroidered with Pain
April 3 through Aug. 3, 2025
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Free
“Embroidered with Pain” aims to communicate a vital message to survivors: recovery is possible, and seeking help is the first step.
Flower Worlds
April 10 through July 15, 2025
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Free
Tucson-based artist Lex Gjurasic expresses her philosophy of “radical happiness” and reverence for nature with a cosmic cacophony of flowers.
There are other skies
Feb. 22 through June 1, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
“There are other skies” presents artwork by twenty-nine artists from six continents, many of whom are showing in the United States for the first time.
This Just In… Recent Acquisitions @SMoCA
March 8 through Sep. 7, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
This exhibition highlights recent acquisitions to SMoCA’s ever-growing collection and celebrates the unexpected connections between works spanning a wide range of media.
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
March 8 through Sep. 7, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Free
“Biophony” is a hand-coded generative synesthesia environment created by Berlin-based artist Alida Sun. And Shomit Barua’s “Hyperwilding” is an immersive installation that uses spatialized audio to produce a hybrid auditory experience.
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.
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.