Art @ the Library

Scottsdale Public Libraries feature both permanent and rotating works of art in their buildings as well as providing programming highlighting the arts.

Art events at all library locations

Civic Center

The Public Gallery @ Civic Center

Scottsdale Public Art in partnership with the Scottsdale Public Library present exhibitions and educational programming that strengthens awareness of the arts and stimulates community dialogue.

Current Exhibition - Photography in Translation

July 24 - Sept. 30

This exhibition, co-curated by Phoenix artist and photographer Claire A. Warden, features Arizona photographers with diverse backgrounds exploring their identity within the U.S. through thoughtful imagery. The artworks utilize unconventional techniques to address language and the self, translation, identity and portraiture.

A Meet the Artist closing reception for this exhibition is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at Civic Center Library. The public is invited to meeting the artists during this reception and to participate in a hands-on workshop. The workshop will explore cyanotype painting, which is a 19th century UV process producing striking blue images with no camera needed. Participants can create a unique indoor “sun print” that can be taken home.