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Award-Winning
Scottsdale Arts Festival Celebrates 40 Years as
Arizona's Finest
40th Annual Scottsdale Arts Festival
March 12–14, 2010
Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts / Scottsdale
Civic Center
Stephen Harmston (Sammamish,
Wash.)
River Trail, Hand-printed serigraph
28 x 18 inches
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(SCOTTSDALE,
Ariz.) – Scottsdale Center for the Performing
Arts will present the 40th annual Scottsdale
Arts Festival on March 12–14, 2010, on the
beautiful grounds of the Scottsdale Civic
Center. The Festival is sponsored by SRP
Earthwise Energy and Abby Bella Dance Studio.
The Arizona Republic is the Scottsdale Center
for the Performing Arts’ 2009–10 season media
sponsor. |
Consistently ranked among
the top arts festivals in the country by the readers of
American Style Magazine, the Scottsdale Arts Festival
has been an Arizona tradition since 1971. The three-day
event features 200 jury-selected artists from throughout
the United States. Works of art are available for
purchase directly from the artists and from the
Scottsdale Arts Festival’s online art auction. Visitors
also will enjoy continuous live music and entertainment
from Arizona’s top bands and performers; Virginia
Fleck’s eye-popping OVERFLOW!, a monumental installation
of thousands of recycled plastic bags commissioned by
the Scottsdale Public Art Program; creative activities
for children and families at Imagine Nation; free
admission to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA);
fine-arts demonstrations by artists from the acclaimed
Scottsdale Artists’ School; delicious cuisine and wine
tastings, including a Wine Country Market and Beer
Garden featuring ingredients from local farmers and
producers; and free parking and trolley service.
Additional information, including details on trolleys
and parking, is available online at
www.ScottsdaleArtsFestival.org or through (480) 994-ARTS
(2787).
ADMISSION
Admission to the Scottsdale Arts Festival is $7 for
adults, $5 for students and free for children 12 and
under and members of Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts and SMoCA. A two-day pass is available
for $10. Tickets may be purchased at any Festival
entrance, and advance tickets are available online at
www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org or through (480)
994-ARTS (2787). Pets are not allowed, except for
trained assistance dogs.
LOCATION AND PARKING
The Scottsdale Arts Festival is held at the Scottsdale
Center for the Performing Arts and the landscaped
grounds of the surrounding Scottsdale Civic Center, four
blocks south of Indian School Road and three blocks east
of Scottsdale Road. Free parking is available in the
public parking garage located to the west of 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. Shuttle service is
available at the Loloma Transit Center at East Second
Street and Marshall Way and along the route of the
Downtown Scottsdale Trolley.
ARTISTS
Long recognized for its high-quality fine arts and
crafts, the Scottsdale Arts Festival showcases 200
artists selected by jury. Participating artists come
from throughout the United States and work in all media,
from ceramic, glass, jewelry, metals and textiles to
painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and
drawing. Visitors have the opportunity to meet and talk
to each artist and buy works of art directly from them.
ONLINE ART AUCTION
The Scottsdale Arts Festival’s online auction features
original works of art in all media donated by
participating artists. Auction items are displayed at
the event and through the Scottsdale Arts Festival Web
site. Benefiting the Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts, the auction opens on Saturday, March
13, at 10 a.m. and has a rolling close starting on the
morning of Monday, March 15. Bidders may view images of
all auction items and place and track their bids at any
time through www.ScottsdaleArtsFestival.org.
MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
Many of Arizona’s top musicians and entertainers perform
during the Scottsdale Arts Festival. This year’s
featured performers include Arizona Opera, Bata Ire,
Fushicho Daiko, Mark Zubia & Los Guys, Marmalade Skies,
Musical Nomads, Sarah Vanell Band, Traveler and more.
Concerts take place continuously at the Scottsdale Civic
Center Amphitheater and Fountain Stage. A complete
entertainment schedule will be posted online at
www.ScottsdaleArtsFestival.org.
PUBLIC ART PROJECT
In conjunction with the Scottsdale Arts Festival, the
Scottsdale Public Art Program has commissioned
OVERFLOW!, an eye-popping, monumental installation made
from thousands of colorful recycled plastic bags by
Austin-based artist Virginia Fleck. Each plastic bag is
inflated to transform the mundane and disposable into a
shiny, buoyant, off-kilter bag balloon. OVERFLOW! will
be viewed in multiple locations and encountered in
surprisingly delightful ways throughout the Festival.
The thousands of colorful, animated bag balloons take on
humorous anthropomorphic traits as they make their
whimsical journey from the roof of the Scottsdale Center
for the Performing Arts to the fountains in front of
City Hall and beyond.
IMAGINE NATION
Located on the north side of Scottsdale City Hall,
Imagine Nation is open throughout the Scottsdale Arts
Festival and offers free arts activities and
entertainment for children and their families. This
year’s Imagine Nation is titled Family Time/Family Fun
and features storytelling, dancing, arts-and-craft
projects and more.
FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION
Visitors to the Scottsdale Arts Festival enjoy free
admission to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art,
which features the exhibitions Chuck Close Prints:
Process and Collaboration and Rewind, Remix, Replay:
Design, Music & Everyday Experience, as well as artist
James Turrell’s skyspace Knight Rise. SMoCA is located
next to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts at
7374 E. Second St.
ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS
Professional artists from the internationally recognized
Scottsdale Artists’ School will present live
demonstrations of drawing, painting and sculpting
techniques during the Scottsdale Arts Festival.
FOOD AND BEVERAGES
The Scottsdale Arts Festival features a tempting variety
of delicious cuisine and refreshing beverages available
for sale throughout the grounds. Highlights include the
Wine Country Market and Beer Garden presented by Arcadia
Farms near the scenic Marshall Garden that will offer
gourmet foods and ingredients from local farmers and
producers. Among the other festival vendors are Alaskan
Salmon Grill, Barrie’s Original Kettle Korn, Big Belly’s
B.B.Q. Co., Crepe Tyme, Euro Gyro, The Gelato Spot,
Paradise Noodles, Repicci’s Real Italian Ice of Arizona
and Sally’s Mesquite Grill and B.B.Q.
FESTIVAL ARTWALK
To kick off the Scottsdale Arts Festival in style, the
Scottsdale Gallery Association will host A Glass Act,
its 6th annual Festival ArtWalk, on Thursday, March 11,
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in downtown Scottsdale. The event
showcases glass artists from Scottsdale Arts District
galleries as well as live music, art demonstrations and
more. The ArtWalk is free and takes place just west of
Scottsdale Road and north and south of Indian School
Road along Main Street, Marshall Way, Stetson Drive and
Sixth Avenue. Free parking is available throughout the
downtown area. For directions or more details about
Scottsdale ArtWalk visit www.ScottsdaleGalleries.com.
THE STORE
The Store @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is
open throughout the Scottsdale Arts Festival and, in
addition to official Festival t-shirts, offers a unique
selection of art-related merchandise, including handmade
jewelry, imaginative toys, decorative objects from
around the world, original furnishings for the home and
office and music, books and greeting cards. Members
receive a 10-percent discount, and gift wrapping and
shipping also are available. Purchases are tax-free and
support the programs of Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts.
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
One of the Southwest’s premier performing-arts halls,
the newly renovated Scottsdale Center for the Performing
Arts is recognized for its diverse, high-quality
presentations of classical and world music, dance, jazz
and theater, educational programs and festivals, which
serve more than 300,000 people annually. The Center is
among the most important projects of architect Bennie
Gonzales, who designed the 1975 adobe-inspired building
as part of the Scottsdale Civic Center complex. A major
renovation in 2009 by architect John Douglas modernized
the Center’s main entrance and interiors. The cool and
spacious Dayton Fowler Grafman Atrium welcomes visitors
and showcases Kana Tanaka’s radiant glass sculpture,
Spirit of Camelback, commissioned by the Scottsdale
Public Art Program. Known for its intimacy and comfort,
the Center’s state-of-the-art, 853-seat Virginia G.
Piper Theater envelopes with its warm, wood interiors
and excellent acoustics, while its gently sloped seating
and superior viewing connect audience and artist.
Additional venues include the Center’s 137-seat Stage 2
theater and neighboring 2,000-capacity Scottsdale Civic
Center Amphitheater. The Center is located on a lush,
21-acre urban park, a short walk from Scottsdale’s
popular Old Town and gallery districts. Nearby
attractions include the Scottsdale Museum of
Contemporary Art (SMoCA) with James Turrell’s Knight
Rise skyspace as well as Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE
and Louise Nevelson’s Windows on the West sculptures.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is owned by
the City of Scottsdale and, along with SMoCA and the
Scottsdale Public Art Program, is managed by the
nonprofit Scottsdale Cultural Council.
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