Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Scottsdale, AZ
480-994-2787
Resource Library articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:
At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer (2/13/09)
The Elegant Line: Early Prints by Richard Diebenkorn (10/25/04)
Natural Histories: Realism Revisited (5/27/04)
Philip C. Curtis: Watercolors (12/31/03)
Barbara Rogers Dreaming of Eden: Meditations on the Garden (2/21/00)
Keith Haring at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (12/19/99)
America Seen: People and Place (11/99)
ABOUT SMoCA:
Mission: The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art champions creativity, innovation and the vitality of the visual arts. We seek both to build and educate audiences for modern and contemporary art, as well as to provide opportunities for the artistic community -- locally, nationally and internationally. SMoCA provides a memorable experience of art, architecture and design by exploring new curatorial approaches and by highlighting cultural context. We interpret, exhibit, collect and preserve works in these media.
Founded
in 1999, the Museum is a unique and vital cultural resource for the Southwest,
serving local audiences as well as visitors from throughout the United States
and abroad. Designed by award-winning architect Will Bruder, SMoCA's minimalist
building has five galleries for showcasing changing exhibitions and works
from the Museum's growing permanent collection. SMoCA also features an outdoor
sculpture garden housing James Turrell's Knight Rise, one of the
renowned artist's few public skyspaces, and Scrim Wall, a monumental
curtain of prismatic glass by James Carpenter Design Associates. The Museum
presents a wide variety of educational programs and special events for adults
and families, including lectures, docent-led tours, workshops and classes.
photo: Bill Timmerman ©1999
MUSEUM LOCATION AND PARKING:
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251 -- in downtown Scottsdale, four blocks south of Indian School Road and three blocks east of Scottsdale Road.
As of February 2009, free parking is available in the public
parking garage located to the west of SMoCA & the Scottsdale Center
for the Performing Arts and directly behind Los Olivos restaurant on Wells
Fargo Avenue. Additional free parking is available at the Old Town Parking
Corral at East Second Street and Brown Avenue and at the Civic Center Library
parking garage located on Drinkwater Boulevard at East Second Street
For hours and admission fees please see the museum's website.
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