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West Valley Art Museum

West Valley Art Museum collection contains over 4,000 items from more than 90 countries with a key focus on ethnic dress, textiles and ethnographic arts. Their collection of ethnographic artifacts and Decorative Arts encourage understanding of unfamiliar regions of the world, their peoples, customs and artistic traditions. West Valley Art Museum's 19th and 20th Century fine art collection contains 213 paintings, 312 drawings and 302 prints by American artists with a growing focus on artists from the Southwest. The Museum is rapidly moving toward becoming a very significant institution for education. It encourages, provides and enables intergenerational learning where the mixing of education, age, gender, nationality and race becomes a strong asset in this shared learning process.

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  West Valley Art Museum

  17420 North Avenue of the Arts
  Surprise, AZ 85374

  Phone: (623)972-0635

  Fax: (623)972-0456

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• Current Events

  12/19/08- 03/15/09	Adventure in Invention
  12/19/08- 02/01/09	Pat Berger - Aspects of Nature
  12/18/08- 02/01/09	Large Landscape Paintings
  12/05/08- 02/22/09	John Batterberg: Critters - The Phoenix Years
  12/05/08- 02/08/09	Sambo Scratches His Navel and Watches His Crazy Sister
  11/28/08- 03/01/09	The Many Faces of Me
  10/01/08- 06/12/09	My Artsy Pet
  09/01/08- Ongoing	West Valley Art Museum

• Upcoming Events

  01/11/09	Route 66
  01/14/09	Donna Deussen Trio
  01/17/09	Melodaires
  02/13/09- 04/12/08	Argillaceous Art: Arizona Clay Exhibition
  03/14/09- 03/15/09	An Affair With The Arts
  03/20/09- 05/17/09	Mayan Mysteries
  03/27/09- 05/04/09	Marjorie Reed: Western Painter
  04/17/09- 05/10/09	Visual Art Student Awards
  05/15/09- 06/07/09	PTA Reflections
  05/22/09- 09/06/09	Celebrating Art of the West Valley IV
  05/22/09- 07/19/09	The Real Dog and Pony Show

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• Past Events

  02/13/09- 04/12/08	Argillaceous Art: Arizona Clay Exhibition
  01/07/09	Novo Mundo
  12/28/08	Adam Clark Quartet
  12/17/08- 11/19/08	Santa's Workshop - Miracle on Avenue of the Arts
  12/14/08	Danny Long and Judy Robert - Duets
  12/13/08	Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering
  11/30/08	Dennis Rowland with The Jazz Experience
  11/28/08	Chihuly Glass Art Trip
  11/19/08	Dan Pinson Quartet
  11/15/08	Laughing Matters!
  11/12/08	Delphine Cortez Trio
  11/05/08	Pam Morita Quintet
  10/31/08- 12/14/08	National Watercolor Society Annual Traveling Exhibition
  10/25/08- 10/26/08	An Affair With The Arts
  10/16/08	Summer Serenades: Monte Porcopio Band
  10/09/08	Summer Serenades: Sherry Roberson Trio
  10/04/08	Appraisal Day
  10/02/08	Summer Serenades: Beth Lederman Trio
  09/28/08	The Romantic Heart: Music of Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms
  09/25/08	Summer Serenades: Route 66 and Rocky Rockwell
  09/20/08	Jumpin Jammin Jazz Evening
  09/19/08- 11/23/08	Word Ribbins: An Installation
  09/18/08	Summer Serenades - Nancy Gee Trio
  09/12/08- 12/14/08	Digital Retrospection: A Dozen Years of Photography
  09/11/08	Renee Patrick Trio
  09/09/08	Michael Fennelly and Megan Weston
  09/05/08- 10/26/08	Asia II: Eastern Borders: Image, Icon and Adornment
  09/05/08- 11/30/08	Life In Color Translations
  08/27/08	Summer Serenades - Blaise Lantana Trio
  08/20/08	Summer Serenades - Tony La Motta Trio
  08/13/08	Summer Serenades - Nicole Pesce
  08/01/08- 11/30/08	Joella Jean Mahoney: Passionate Vision
  08/01/08- 08/31/08	Traditions East to West: Global Attire from the Permanent Collection
  07/30/08	Summer Serenades - Vito Maynes Trio
  07/25/08- 08/31/08	My Voice, My Life, My Future/Mi Voz, Mi Vida, Mi Futuro
  07/23/08	Summer Serenades - Sahnas Brothers
  07/16/08	Summer Serenades - Joe Hopkins and 52nd Street Jazz Band
  07/12/08	Art Auction and Wine Tasting
  07/09/08	Summer Serenades - Paul Cruize Trio
  06/18/08	Summer Serenades - Judy Roberts and Vickie Mc Dermitt
  06/13/08	Literary Feasts: 'Scandals, Vandals and da Vincis'
  05/30/08- 07/27/08	Cerealism
  05/30/08- 07/27/08	Russ Todd: Mexican Mask
  05/23/08- 09/07/08	Cynthia Peterson - The Luminous Object
  05/23/08- 09/07/08	Permanent Collection Exhibition
  05/09/08	Literary Feasts: Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked
  05/09/08	Literary Feasts: 'A Perfect Red'
  04/18/08- 05/25/08	Art and the Animal
  04/11/08	A Tale of Two Sisters: Mary and Lydia Cassatt
  03/21/08- 04/20/08	Visual Art Student Awards Exhibition
  03/21/08- 04/20/08	The Paintings of Eric Kasper
  03/14/08	Literary Feasts: 'The Wayward Muse'
  03/14/08- 05/11/08	Robert Miley: Human Inertia
  03/08/08- 03/09/08	Affair with the Arts - Spring Festival
  03/06/08- 05/17/08	Prints and Pots
  02/29/08- 05/25/08	Yuriko: Japanese Sumi Painting
  02/27/08- 05/17/08	Beth Ames Swartz: Paintings
  02/08/08	Literary Feasts: 'Strapless'
  02/06/08- 03/22/08	ABC: Artists of the Black Community
  01/26/08	Tim Ereneta Storytelling Concert
  01/20/08	Percussions in the USA
  01/11/08- 03/08/08	Celebrate Life
  01/11/08	Literary Feasts: 'Luncheon of the Boating Party'
  01/06/08	The Kent Camerata
  12/21/07- 02/24/08	Red Adams
  12/21/07- 03/02/08	Adele Seronde
  12/16/07	G.F. Handel's Messiah
  12/14/07- 03/16/08	Scott McNeill
  12/09/07	Big Pete Pearson and the Big Pete Singers
  12/08/07	Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering
  11/10/07- 11/11/07	Affair with the Arts
  11/09/07- 01/06/08	You're Fired
  10/20/07- 10/21/07	Affair with the Arts - Fall Festival
  10/11/07	Summer Serenades Concerts - Pete Pancrazi
  10/06/07	Appraisal Day
  10/05/07- 12/16/07	ABC; Artists of the Black Community
  10/04/07	Summer Serenades Concerts - Laura Fial
  09/21/07- 12/09/07	Bill Butler
  09/21/07- 12/09/07	Michael Cunningham
  09/20/07	Summer Serenades Concerts - Cold Soup
  09/14/07- 12/16/07	Red Rohall
  09/14/07- 12/16/07	Contemporary Vietnamese Painting
  09/13/07	Jack La Spina Band
  09/06/07	Jacob Koller - Music for Bowlers
  08/23/07	Bridget Maynes and Auggie Mendoza
  07/27/07- 11/04/07	Facing the Artist: Portraits from the Permanent Collection
  07/26/07	Summer Serenades - West Valley Tellers of Tales
  07/20/07- 09/09/07	The Collage Art of David Borders
  07/15/07	Summer Serenades - Annie Moscow
  07/12/07	Summer Serenades - Ken Wain Duo
  07/12/07	Ken Wain-Paul Anderson Duo
  06/28/07	Summer Serenades - Anthony Wakeman
  06/24/07	WVAM Summer Serenade Piano Concert to Benefit Dystonia Awareness
  06/24/07	WVAM Summer Serenade Piano Concert to Benefit Dystonia Awareness
  06/17/07	Father's Day Brunch
  06/14/07	Summer Serenades - Pam Morita Quartet
  06/04/07- 09/30/07	George Resler
  05/31/07	Summer Serenades - Desert Sound Dixieland Band
  05/25/07- 09/16/07	Industrial Tribalism
  05/18/07- 05/27/07	Annie Jr.