February 4th, 2026
With a career spanning seven decades, Nancy Kravetz will open her newest exhibition, “Nancy Kravetz: Color Forms the Day,” on April 3 at the ArtReach Space gallery inside Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
CAPTION: Scottsdale Arts will open “Nancy Kravetz: Color Forms the Day” at the ArtReach Space gallery inside Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on April 3. “Seashore I” will be among the featured artworks.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With a career spanning seven decades, Nancy Kravetz will open her newest exhibition, “Nancy Kravetz: Color Forms the Day,” on April 3 at the ArtReach Space gallery inside Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
Kravetz has continually explored how form and color can be organized to create meaning. Her early training focused on representational painting, beginning with landscapes and seascapes inspired by her New England upbringing. She refined her technical skills through formal study at the Sargent School of Painting, the Prize Program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Simmons College.
In 1969, Kravetz’s artistic journey shifted decisively toward abstraction after meeting and working with the late Arizona-based artist Dorothy Fratt. This encounter led to a sustained exploration of nonrepresentational form, resulting in a prolific body of paintings and collages.
"Experience and nature are my inspiration,” Kravetz said. “Color is the messenger, and abstract expression is the language for the artwork in this exhibition."
While form and color are central to Kravetz’s visual language, her approach is deeply informed by lived experience. The collages in this exhibition draw inspiration from the rolling tide along a shell-strewn beach, the discovery of unusual handmade papers and the quiet wonder of a full moon or a star-filled night sky. These moments — rooted in observation and memory — continue to shape her work today in her Phoenix studio.
“It’s an honor to present this collection of Nancy’s collages, many of which are being shown for the first time,” said curator Natalie Marsh, director of learning and innovation at Scottsdale Arts. “Together, they reveal a worldview informed by her experiences, travels and love of the natural environment. Her passion for art resonates through the expressive color and dynamic forms on view in this exhibition.”
A public reception for “Nancy Kravetz: Color Forms the Day” will be held on Wednesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. Visitors can also see the exhibition in the ArtReach gallery from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays from Oct. 3, 2025, through Jan. 18, 2026. The center is closed on Mondays. For more information, visit ScottsdaleArts.org.
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