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Past Exhibitions
Jan 08, 2025, 10:00 AM – Jun 28, 2025, 8:00 AMExplore 200 years of U.S. immigration history through art, artifacts, and photography.
Jan 10, 2024, 7:00 PM – Jun 29, 2024, 7:05 PM"Gold Fever" explores the history, morality, and impact of gold mining in the American West in the 1800s and early 1900s. It features a collection of mining artifacts from the Arizona Historical Society, video, contemporary artwork, photographs and illustrations.
Jan 14, 2023, 7:00 PM – Apr 09, 2023, 7:00 PM"¡Pleibol!" examines how generations of Latinos and Latinas have helped make the game what it is today.
Oct 12, 2022, 7:00 PM – Dec 23, 2023, 7:00 PMThe exhibition features historic documents, installations, and large-scale images from noted photographers Dorothea Lange and Russell Lee, offering a guide for reflection on this tragic political action and its repercussions for Japanese Americans.
Dec 15, 2021, 7:00 PM – Jun 25, 2022, 7:00 PMSacred Dancers tells the history of weavers, featuring Yei and Yeibichai textiles
All The Single Ladies: Women Pioneers of the American WestOct 06, 2021, 7:00 PM"All the Single Ladies" tells select stories from the trailblazing lives of unmarried women in the 19th century, who were homesteaders, Harvey girls, boarding house owners, teachers, madams, prostitutes, and entertainers. Made possible through a grant from AZ Humanities.
Feb 05, 2020, 7:00 PM – Dec 27, 2020, 7:00 PM
Jan 10, 2020, 7:00 PM – Dec 27, 2020, 7:00 PMThe REDress Project focuses around the issue of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada, created by artist Jaime Black.
Jan 10, 2020, 7:00 PM – May 31, 2020, 7:00 PM"Art is the Seed" explores how traditional Native American crafts are the cultural “seeds” inspiring many contemporary Native American artists’ works. Informed by the history and stories behind the traditional crafts, visitors will come away with a greater understanding of contemporary Native Americ
May 01, 2019, 7:00 PM – Nov 30, 2019, 7:00 PMSnapshots of History through Vintage Advertising returns this summer, opens May 1 and continues through November 30, 2019.
Jan 11, 2019, 7:00 PM – Apr 28, 2019, 7:00 PMThis 150th birthday retrospective of 46 paintings was the largest exhibit of Effie Anderson Smith paintings ever assembled in one place.
Sep 05, 2018, 7:00 PM – Jan 09, 2019, 7:00 PM"This continuing photographic project is not intended to tell or illustrate the story of the Sawmill Fire. Rather, it is about a landscape, a landscape for reflection. It is landscape as metaphor."
Jan 12, 2018, 7:00 PM – Jun 30, 2018, 7:00 PM"Colors to Dye For" explores the mysterious industry of dye-making.
Dec 08, 2017, 7:00 PM – Jun 30, 2018, 7:00 PM"Vaquero and Charro" features rare artifacts from the Arizona Historical Society and photographs from Cody Edison to tell the story of the early vaquero and charro who greatly impacted today's riders and their horsemanship.
Oct 13, 2017, 7:00 PM – Dec 03, 2017, 7:00 PMLandscapes, portraits, watercolors, pastels, bronzes..many different mediums are represented in this amazing show! AWA's "Under the Vast Sky" Art Show and Sale is on view October 13 through December 3 in the Gallery.
May 03, 2017, 7:00 PM – Oct 01, 2017, 7:00 PM"We no longer depend upon geographic proximity to decide which faction of humanity we belong to; if we find ourselves disenfranchised with a particular group, we can go find another one."
May 03, 2017, 7:00 PM – Oct 01, 2017, 7:00 PMA companion show to "The Wayfinder's Dihlemma," curated by artist Camden Hardy
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