Arizona Forklore Preserve
44 Ramsey Canyon Road, Hereford, AZ 85615. Phone: (520) 378-6165. Located in scenic Ramsey Canyon, the center preserves Arizona folklore through song, cowboy poetry and theater. Free admission. Donations accepted. Shows at 2pm, Sat and Sun. Reservations required. Web site Arizona Theatre Company/Phoenix
222 E. Monroe, Phoenix, AZ 85003. Phone: (602) 256-6899. Performance times vary. Includes Audio Described & ASL interpreted performances. The Southwest's leading professional theatre company. Season Sep-May. Produces a diverse mix of contemporary, classical, drama, comedy and musicals. Web site Arizona Theatre Company/Tucson
330 S. Scott Ave, Tucson, AZ 85702. Phone: (520) 884-8210. Includes Audio Described & ASL interpreted performances. The Southwest's leading professional theatre company. Season Sep-May. Produces a diverse mix of contemporary, classical, drama, comedy and musicals. Web site Chandler Center for the Arts
250 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ 85224. Phone: (602) 786-2680. The Arts Center hosts a variety of national and local performers on three stages. Visual arts, featuring professional and educational shows, are displayed in the Exhibition Hall. Call the Arts Center for information about upcoming shows and exhibits. Web site Consanti Art Studio
6433 Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. Phone: (480) 443-7695. Open daily. Paolo Soleri studios where his bronze and ceramic windmills are made and sold. Unique architectural structures blended with desert landscaping. Tours by reservations. Deer Valley Rock Art Center
3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, AZ 85080. Phone: (623) 582-8007. Museum, nature & interpretive trails, rock sites with over 1,500 petroglyphs. Article | Web site DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
6300 N. Swan Road, Tucson, AZ 85718. Phone: (520) 299-9191. Free admission. Open daily. The 40,000-square-foot gallery features work by Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia. Exhibits include oils, watercolors, bronzes, ceramics, lithographs and jewelry. Web site Desert Caballeros Western Museum
21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ 85390. Phone: (520) 684-5794. Open daily. Museum of western art and history featuring the largest collection of authentic cowboy gear in the Southwest. Web site Fleischer Museum
17207 N. Perimeter Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255. Phone: (602) 585-3108. Free admission. Open daily. This was the first museum outside of California devoted to American Impressionism paintings of the California School. Over 200 paintings, a library and gift shop. Web site Herberger Theater Center
2222 E. Monroe Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 254-7399. Call for performance times and admission. The theater's two stages provide an intimate setting for ballet, performances by the Arizona Theatre Company and others. Web site Heard Museum
22 East Monte Vista, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 252-8840. Open daily. World-renowned museum devoted to Native American art and culture. The museum houses an extensive collection of historic and contemporary art and historical exhibits. Special performances by dancers and artists. In-depth | Article | Web site Mesa Arts Center
155 N. Center Street, Mesa, AZ 85211. Phone: (480) 644-2242. Free admission. Historic buildings, arts center with classes, gallery, theatre, concerts and events. Web site Mohave Museum of History and Arts
400 W. Beale Street, Kingman, AZ 86401. Phone: (928) 753-3195. Open daily. The museum is devoted to the history of Mohave County and northwest Arizona. Displays include 10 dioramas, portraits of U.S. presidents and a wooden 100-year-old Santa Fe caboose. Gift shop with books and Native American crafts. Web site Museum of the Southwest
1500 N. Circle I Road, Willcox, AZ 85643. Phone: (520) 384-2272. Free admission. Open daily. This 2-story museum and information center is devoted to the history of the Southwest. Displays include 19th century weapons, mineral collections, maps, paintings and Native American artifacts. Navajo Nation Museum
27002 Highway 264, Window Rock, AZ 86515. Phone: (520) 871-6673. Free admission. Open Mon-Fri. This museum is devoted to Navajo history, culture and arts. Displays include a dinosaur skeleton, Anasazi artifacts and 19th century utensils. Wide variety of Navajo crafts and books. Web site Phippen Museum of Western Art
4701 Highway 89 North, Prescott, AZ 86392. Phone: (520) 778-1385. Open Mon-Sat. admissions information. This museum is devoted to western art and heritage. Art includes work by George Phippen, Ernest Chiriacka, Bill Freeman and others. Also features local artists, lecture series and traveling exhibitions. Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 257-1222. The largest in the Southwest, the Museum features over 16,000 works in its collection of American, European, Asian, Latin American, Contemporary, and Western American art, and fashion design. In-depth | Web site Phoenix Symphony Hall
225 E. Adams Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 495-1999. Box office is open 9:30am-5pm Mon-Fri. Call for performance times and admission. Phoenix's premier performance venue. It is home to both the Phoenix Symphony and Arizona Opera Company. Venue info | Web site San Pedro Valley Arts and Historical Museum
180 S. San Pedro Street, Benson, AZ 85602. Phone: (520) 586-3070. Free admission. Donations accepted. Exhibits feature pioneer and Native American artifacts, and Butterfield Stage displays. Art gallery and museum gift shop. Scottsdale Center for the Arts
7380 East 2nd Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. Phone: (480) 994-2787. Open daily. Call for current event listings. Dance, theater, classical, jazz and world music. Galleries open through intermission on performance evenings. Located in the heart of downtown Scottsdale. Web site Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
7374 East 2nd Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. Phone: (480) 994-2787. Open daily. Call for current exhibitions. The museum explores modern culture from the perspectives of art architecture and design. Adjacent to the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Web site Sedona Arts Theatre Company
15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, AZ 86336. Phone: (928) 282-3809. Call for show information and ticket pricing. Staged performances in the Charles W. Raison Theatre for over 40 years. Acclaimed performances are compared to many national companies. Shemer Art Center
5005 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85018. Phone: (602) 262-4727. Free admission. The museum regularly displays traditional and contemporary art, and is housed in a historic Spanish-style home. Concerts, sales and lectures are also offered at the center. Web site Smoki Museum
100 N. Arizona Street, Prescott, AZ 86302. Phone: (520) 445-1230. Free admission. Call for hours. The museum is devoted to ancient Southwest history. Native American artifacts include prehistoric pots, bowls, stone implements, bead work and a collection of Hopi life paintings by Kate Cory. Web site Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum
10460 N. 56th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, 480-951-0323. Closed all Jewish and national holidays. The SPJM is the only Judaica in the Southwest featuring a permanent collection of holiday and life cycle Judaica, including a composite Tunisian Synagogue using authentic artifacts collected from Tunisia. The museum also features traveling exhibitions with a vast range of Judaica topics. Taliesin West
12621 Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85261. Phone: (480) 860-2700. Guided tours with discussion of Wright's architectural concepts. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the home was the architect's primary residence for 20 years. It's a National Historic Landmark and a mecca to architecture students and Wright devotees from around the world. In-depth | Web site Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701. Phone: (520) 624-2333. Open daily. Free admission on Tuesdays. Located near Tucson's oldest district, the museum Houses a collection of pre-Columbian and Western art, as well as special traveling exhibits. Web site University of Arizona Museum of Art
PO Box 21002, Tucson, AZ 85721. Phone: (520) 621-7567. Admission is free. The UA Museum of Art offers a vista of visual arts, free to the public, through changing exhibitions and a dynamic, growing permanent collection. Located on The University of Arizona campus in Tucson, the Museum is in walking distance from the Center for Creative Photography and the Arizona State Museum. Visitor parking is available at the UA garage on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Boulevard (free on Sundays). Web site Yuma Art Center
281 Gila Street, Yuma, AZ 85364. Phone: (520) 783-2314. Open daily. Closed July through August. Displays the work of contemporary Arizona artists. Exhibits includes paintings, ceramics and sculpture. | 
