"Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) kept a haunting journal during the last decade of her life, preoccupied with death, beset by declining health, isolation and repeated surgical operations resulting from the bus accident that severely damaged her spine, pelvic bones, right leg and right foot at the age of 18. This facsimile edition reproduces her handwritten, colored-ink entries and accompanying self-portraits, sketches, doodles and paintings, which fuse surrealism, pre-Columbian gods and myths, biomorphic forms, animal-human hybrids, archetypal symbols....Sprinkled with irony, black humor, even gaiety, and augmented with translations of the diary entries plus commentaries and photographs, this volume is a testament to Kahlo's resilience an... (View more)

1-3 pm Connect with colleagues from across disciplines to explore the resources Phoenix Art Museum offers to the higher education community. More details coming soon! Free. RSVP at tickets.phxart.org. Contact education@phxart.org with questions.          

5 -7 pm Learn about upcoming exhibitions, grab a snack, and tour the galleries with Dr. Olga Tsoudis, Residential Faculty in Sociology at Estrella Mountain Community College. More details coming soon! Free. RSVP at tickets.phxart.org. Contact education@phxart.org with questions.      

9 am-5 pm Join us for Phoenix Art Museum's 4th Annual Educator Arts Day and Cultural Resource Fair! On Saturday, August 25, educators can attend a FREE day-long event celebrating arts-integrated learning. Activities and resources include: • Engaging professional development workshops; • Cultural resource fair showcasing community resources available for you and your students; • Opportunities to network with educators from across Arizona; • Raffle with great prizes; • Catered lunch from Museum restaurant, Palette; • and the opportunity to earn a continuing-education credit certificate! All Arizona educators are welcome to attend: classroom, performing, and visual arts teachers from public, private... (View more)