Object of the Month: Madonna and Child
2025-05-15 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-22 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-29 11:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Object of the Month
Free for Members | Included with general admission for the general public
Reserve your spot at the Visitor Services desk.
Join Museum Docents for an in-depth exploration of a single work of art. These 30-minute, interactive gallery talks spark connections and conversation about the featured object’s history, meaning, and relationship to other works in the collection.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Madonna and Child
This May, as we honor the mothers in our lives, join Master Docent Sherry Koopot for an exploration of Baroque painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri’s Madonna and Child. In Christian art, Mary has long been depicted as the devoted mother of the infant Jesus. However, in today’s context, she represents far more-embodying maternal compassion, motherhood, and the strength of femininity.

Create Playdate
2025-05-17 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-24 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-31 11:00 - 15:00 | Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Create Playdate
Want to make art inspired by your favorite Phoenix Art Museum works on view? Create Playdate offers young artists a hands-on maker experience during their visit through our mobile, in-gallery art cart. Each week’s Create Playdate offers a fresh and fun theme featuring an artwork on view, an art making activity to do at the Museum, and kids’ projects to extend the fun at home!
Create Playdate is included in general admission and no registration is required. Drop in any Saturday between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
May 2025
Saturday, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 | 11 AM – 3 PM
Inspired by the annual migration of monarch butterflies from Canada to Mexico, Carlos Amorales conceived Black Cloud as a “swarm” of moths that take over museum spaces, rising to envelop the viewer. Made up of 25,000 black paper moths and butterflies of 30 different species, the installation forms a surreal, yet sublime gathering of insects delicately poised in sculptural formations. Visitors will create their own black paper moth and butterfly covered artwork.
Programs take place onsite in the galleries at Phoenix Art Museum. Create Playdate is free for members and included in general admission for the general public.
Create Playdate is made possible by First Things First, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs.

A Talk by Steven Porterfield
2025-05-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Ellen Noel Art Museum, 4909 E. University, Odessa, TX, 79762, United States
Steven Porterfield, vintage and antiques expert and owner of The Cat’s Meow in Midland, Texas, will give an exclusive talk at the Ellen Noël Art Museum. He will share highlights from one of his treasured collections, drawing on decades of experience as a trusted name among collectors, museums, and industries like fashion and film. Known for his work on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, Steven offers a rare chance to explore the world of antiques. Seating is limited—don’t miss out!

Teen Artist Residency Program
2025-06-02 - 2025-06-06 | Ellen Noel Art Museum, 4909 E. University, Odessa, TX, 79762, United States

Yoga at the Museum
2025-06-04 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-06-11 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-06-18 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-07-09 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-07-16 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-07-23 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-07-30 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-08-06 08:00 - 09:00 and 3 more dates | Ellen Noel Art Museum, 4909 E. University, Odessa, TX, 79762, United States
Members Only

Storytime
2025-06-05 10:30 - 11:00 | Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
TICKETS: Free for Members | Included in general admission for the general public
Advance registration recommended
Designed for our youngest PhxArt visitors (ages 0-5) and their parents or caregivers, Storytime is a wonderful opportunity to share the joy of early literacy, art-inspired play, and hands-on learning with family and friends. The Storytime series is offered on the first Thursday of each month inside the Museum.
Storytime is made possible by the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for the Performing Arts, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs, and Traditional Legacy Schools.

Object of the Month: Pyramid
2025-06-05 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-06-07 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-06-19 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-06-26 11:30 - 12:00 | Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Object of the Month
Free for Members | Included with general admission for the general public
Reserve your spot at the Visitor Services desk.
Join Museum Docents for an in-depth exploration of a single work of art. These 30-minute, interactive gallery talks spark connections and conversation about the featured object’s history, meaning, and relationship to other works in the collection.
Pyramid, Keith Haring
The Collection: Keith Haring highlights the dynamic relationship between Haring and the Museum during the vibrant 1980s. Join Docent Dave Obuck as he explores Pyramid, a work in which each side is dedicated to the elements-earth, sea, air, and outer space. Haring’s signature style, with its bold, simplified forms, transcends race, gender, creed, and sexuality, making his work universally resonant.

Create Playdate; June 2025
2025-06-07 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-14 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-21 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-28 11:00 - 15:00 | Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Create Playdate
Want to make art inspired by your favorite Phoenix Art Museum works on view? Create Playdate offers young artists a hands-on maker experience during their visit through our mobile, in-gallery art cart. Each week’s Create Playdate offers a fresh and fun theme featuring an artwork on view, an art making activity to do at the Museum, and kids’ projects to extend the fun at home!
Create Playdate is included in general admission and no registration is required. Drop in any Saturday between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
June 2025
Saturday, June 7, 14, 21, 28 | 11 AM – 3 PM
American fashion designer Anna Sui reinvented pop culture fashion with her signature rock-and-roll romantic label in the 1990s and has remained a design icon ever since. Sui’s unique approach to creating narratives through her work is legendary: a self-taught historian of culture, art, and fashion, she samples music, books, exhibitions, movies, time periods, photography, and art movements in her designs. Inspired by the exhibition The World of Anna Sui, visitors will have an opportunity to create their own fashion designs using fashion plates and colored pencils.
Programs take place onsite in the galleries at Phoenix Art Museum. Create Playdate is free for members and included in general admission for the general public.
Create Playdate is made possible by First Things First, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs.

2025 Pots n Prints National Juried Exhibition
2025-06-14 - 2025-08-31 | Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, 4901 E. Univsersity Blvd, Odessa, 79762, United States
Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery Charles A. Sorber Visual Arts Studios presents the 2025 Pots n Prints National Juried Exhibition! This is free and open to the public.
Juror: Laura Huckaby (San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts)
Exhibition Dates: June 14 – August 31
Closing Reception: August 28, 5–7pm
Summer Gallery Hours:
Mon-Thu: 8am–5:30pm
Friday: 8am–12pm

Reception – 2nd Annual Pots n Prints National Juried Exhibition
2025-08-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, 4901 E. Univsersity Blvd, Odessa, 79762, United States
The second annual Pots n Prints National Juried Exhibition celebrates bold, contemporary works in printmaking and ceramics by artists from across the country. This year’s juror was Laura Huckaby, Curator of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art.
