December 18th, 2024
Discover something new for the new year at Scottsdale Arts, where January promises to showcase myriad types of artistic performances, events and exhibitions.
CAPTION: A concert by Tituss Burgess and the Arizona Concours d’Elegance automobile showcase are among the January events and exhibitions at Scottsdale Arts.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Discover something new for the new year at Scottsdale Arts, where January promises to showcase myriad types of artistic performances, events and exhibitions.
Concerts run that gamut, from classical and Broadway to Motown, Americana and “swamp funk,” while modern dance, theater and new community exhibition round out the offerings. There’s even the car-show-meets-garden-party vibe of Arizona Concours d’Elegance on the beautiful lawns of Scottsdale Civic Center to mix things up a bit.
The following is a list of events and exhibitions from Scottsdale Arts, a nonprofit organization comprising Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, SMoCA, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation, Canal Convergence and Civic Center LIVE. Visit ScottsdaleArts.org for information.
PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS
The Miracles
Featuring Sydney Justin
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $50
An iconic Motown sensation, renowned for timeless hits and unparalleled vocal harmonies, The Miracles have a decades-spanning repertoire of unforgettable songs, including “The Tracks of My Tears.”
Maps—Contours of a Story Opening Reception
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, 4 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Free
Join Scottsdale Public Art and the artists behind the exhibition to celebrate the opening of “Maps—Contours of a Story.”
Detour Company Theatre | Bye Bye Birdie
Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, 3 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: Pay-what-you-wish (starting at $5)
Conrad Birdie has been drafted into the army, so he chooses one of his fans for a very public farewell kiss. Detour Company Theatre showcases the theatrical talent, courage, and artistry of adults with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities.
The SunPunchers | The Beast Nostalgia
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $15
Part two of The SunPunchers’ four-part residency at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is “The Beast Nostalgia,” exploring the powerful pull of memory, grief and renewal.
Keyboard Conversations®️ with Jeffrey Siegel | Dances for the Ears!
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $26
The second show of Jeffrey Siegel’s 46th season of Keyboard Conversations features the lively, rhythmic music of Bach, Chopin and Spanish composers Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla.
ODC/Dance
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $25
San Francisco’s groundbreaking ODC/Dance presents innovative and fearless contemporary choreography, fusing ballet with modern dance techniques.
Arizona Concours d’Elegance
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, 7 a.m. dawn patrol, 9 a.m. general admission
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets start at $95
The Arizona Concours d’Elegance presents some of the world’s most superb examples of the art of coachbuilding and automotive engineering, shown in the luxury atmosphere of a stylish garden party.
Library Creatives: An Island of One’s Own
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Free (first come, first served)
Artist and curator Saskia Jordá leads participants as they imagine and build fictional places by tracing, cutting and layering paper, maps, foam and recycled materials, creating an “island of one’s own.”
JJ Grey & Mofro
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $50
“A deeply rooted blend of southern-fried rock and swamp funk” (NPR), JJ Grey and Mofro’s music carries universal themes of redemption, rebirth, hard luck and inner peace. Andy Frasco will open the show.
An Evening with Tituss Burgess
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $55
Gather around the piano with Tituss Burgess, the Emmy-nominated actor and singer from Broadway musicals like “The Little Mermaid,” “Jersey Boys” and “Guys and Dolls” and the Netflix series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
There is No Planet B Opening Reception
Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Free
Join Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation and the artists behind the exhibition for a free reception to celebrate the opening of “There is No Planet B.”
LOOKING AHEAD
Arizona Indian Festival
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2, 2025, time TBA
Scottsdale Civic Center
Free
Featuring an array of traditional arts and crafts, entertainment, foods, innovations and trends in cultural tourism experiences, this two-day cultural celebration honors the Arizona Indian community.
Arizona Trolley Dances
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 5 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, 2 p.m.
Various Scottsdale locations
Attendees ride a trolley from location to location as they experience site-specific performances by The Movement Source Dance Company, including the “Industrial Pipe Wave” public artwork by Christopher Fennell.
Celebrity Wine & Spirits
Saturday, March 15, 2025, 1 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Admission: 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.
EXHIBITIONS
Exploding Native Inevitable
Aug. 10, 2024, through Jan. 5, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
“Exploding Native Inevitable” features the work of contemporary Indigenous artists, accompanied by a program of dance, film, music, performance, readings, storytelling and video.
Brains and Beauty: At the Intersections of Art and Neuroscience
Aug. 17, 2024, through Jan. 19, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
Visually explore neuroaesthetics, the new and rapidly expanding field of research that combines neuroscience and psychology to study the neural processes of aesthetic experience.
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.
ArtRx: The Mind-Body Connection
Oct. 17, 2024, through Jan. 5, 2025
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Admission: Free
“ArtRx: The Mind-Body Connection” explores the healing qualities of arts engagement through music, visual art, poetry, dance and architecture.
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.
MEDIA CONTACT: Brian Passey | BrianP@ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-874-4626