Civic Center Library - ArtSpace (Location & Hours)
Artspace@theLibrary is an exhibition program located in the gallery space of the Scottsdale Civic Center Library. Scottsdale Public Art in partnership with the Civic Center Library present exhibitions and educational programming that strengthens awareness of the arts and stimulates community dialogue. The gallery is also used as a community gathering space and programming may include: lectures, gallery talks, workshops, and other educational events.  
 
Exhibition schedule through June of 2009:
 
Through Oct 2: Tribute: Honoring Survivors, the Art of Robert Sutz
Oct 6 - Nov 5: Focus on Conservation: McDowell Sonoran Conservancy Photo Contest
Nov 10- Dec 5: Photographs by Liz Cohen
Dec 10 - Jan 5: Literal Green: Eco-Mosaic Portraits by Sandy Schimmel
Jan 12 - Feb 26: Cattletrack Arts Colony: Fine Art Books and Prints by the Tiny Satellite Press
March 1 - 20: Scottsdale Remembers, Historical Photos from the Library Collection
April 11 - June 20: Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project
 
The application for exhibition will be up on the website soon.
 
Current Exhibition
Focus on Conservation

October 6 through November 5, 2008
Reception: October 10

Photographs taken while enjoying an April day in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve are represented in the inaugural McDowell Sonoran Conservancy Focus on Conservation Photo Contest.

Since its founding in 1990, the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy has championed the need for, establishment of, and safe public access to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.   MSC works side-by-side with the City of Scottsdale to ensure completion, management and public appreciation of the Preserve; continuously educates residents and visitors about the Preserve's environmental and archaeological significance; ensures the public has appropriate access to the land they have repeatedly voted to protect; and facilitates continuity of the Preserve vision in the ever-changing political environment.

Together with thousands of community partners and voters, the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy envisions a 36,000 acre (57 square mile) Preserve that, when complete, will protect nearly one third of the 185-square-mile City of Scottsdale as natural, public open space.

photo credit: Adam Rodrigez