3:30 - 7:30 pm Make It! is a hands-on art-making space for all ages and abilities. Join Phoenix-based artists and museum staff to be inspired by works of art from the Museum’s collection or current exhibitions.  Each month features a different object and art-making technique, and a chance to explore new materials, perspectives, and ways of connecting with art. Make It! occurs twice a month. Wednesday session is open to the public during Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays; Saturday session is free for Members and included in General Admission.   JOIN TODAY!  

noon – 2 pm Art and Legacy Seminar Building Your Collection: How to Collect Like a Pro   Phoenix Art Museum cordially invites you to save the date for the fifth-annual seminar in the Art and Legacy Planning Series. Museum families and their advisers will learn how to effectively build a collection through research and art-selection techniques.   The seminar is approved for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit.   Keynote Speakers Amada Cruz, the Sybil Harrington Director and CEO, Phoenix Art Museum Allison Gee, M.A., A.S.A, Allison Gee Fine Art Appraisals​   Cost Tickets are $20 per person or $30 per couple. Free for all 21st Century Society M... (View more)

3:30 - 7:30 pm Make It! is a hands-on art-making space for all ages and abilities. Join Phoenix-based artists and museum staff to be inspired by works of art from the Museum’s collection or current exhibitions.  Each month features a different object and art-making technique, and a chance to explore new materials, perspectives, and ways of connecting with art. Make It! occurs twice a month. Wednesday session is open to the public during Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays; Saturday session is free for Members and included in General Admission.   JOIN TODAY!  

Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs By Buddy Levy "A century before the Mayflower, a single man settled the destiny of the Americas far more momentously than the Puritans ever could....Conquistador offers a fascinating account of the first and most decisive of those encounters: the one between the impetuous Spanish adventurer Cortés and Montezuma, the ill-starred emperor of the Aztecs.... [An] almost unbelievable story of missionary zeal, greed, cruelty and courage." —Wall Street Journal It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernan Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not onl... (View more)