The Gallery at TCA provides visitors a space for thoughtful and engaging art experiences. FREE admission, tours and outreach programs are available year-round. Large-scale rotating exhibitions include a wide variety of local, regional and international artists, as well as themes of popular culture and interest.

Over the past fourteen years, the Gallery at TCA has produced more than 150 large and small-scale art exhibitions and featured more than 2,500 local and national artists. New and exciting exhibitions continue to be developed with a special focus to broaden the mind, relate to multiple age groups and create interest in a variety of fields and subjects.

Gallery Hours:          Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm 
Gallery Admission:  FREE
Phone Number:        (480) 350-2867
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CURRENT EXHIBITION: 

RECLAIMING HOPE: 

 AFROFUTURIST VISIONS

Guest curated by Granville Carroll

September 21 - January 4, 2025

Reclaiming Hope: Afrofuturist Visions explores Black healing, remembrance and future building through visual art. Exhibition themes center around Afrofuturist concepts related to the imagination, dreaming, hope, beauty, technology and science-fiction. Selected artworks from local and national Black artists from various disciplines and media explore visions of the future that also connect with the past and present. Some artists focus on transforming past traumas to forge new futures, while others take an imaginative approach, envisioning new worlds and divine aspects of Blackness

Creating and responding to personal experiences and collective histories, these artists dare to dream of a world shaped by Black voices and healing.

Exhibiting Artists:
Alanna Airitam
Elizabeth Burden
Granville Carroll
Elizabeth Denneau
Amber Doe
Wabwila Mugala
Mikael Owunna & Marques Redd
Stacey Robinson
C. Rose Smith
Zybrena

Additional Works by:
Dr. Eugene Grigsby
Stephen Marc
Betye Saar
Lorna Simpson
Kara Walker

Gallery Workshops

Reclaiming Hope Panel Talk
moderated by guest curator Granville Carroll
Nov 14 | 6 - 8 pm | FREE

Join the Gallery at TCA for a lively discussion about the Reclaiming Hope: Afrofuturist Visions exhibition. This panel talk is moderated by guest curator Granville Carroll and ASU professor Dr. Jenna Hanchey. During the discussion, moderators will dive into questions about process, inspiration and meaning with artists Alanna Airitam, Elizabeth Burden and Elizabeth Denneau. Participants will learn about the Afrofuturism genre and explore how these Black female artists approach and connect with exhibition themes like healing, mindfulness, hope and reclamation. Audience members will also have the opportunity to ask questions of this distinguished panel.

Afro Steampunk Happy Hour Dec 19 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm | FREE

Bring a friend or a date for cocktails & art making. Make your very own Steampunk inspired hat that mixes time periods and styles from the Victorian era to mechanical technologies from the industrial revolution and futuristic elements from science fiction books and film. This year’s event features guest artist Philip Steverson who will share his knowledge and love of 2nd hand textiles, thrifting and creative re-imagining. 

Free Programs

Tempe at Home: Free Art Experiences for All Ages

For your convenience, we've created a few arts experiences you can access from the comfort of home. Some of these easy-to-access, virtual experiences include hands-on art activities and PowerPoint slide presentations of past exhibitions. For those of you that enjoy life-long learning... download one of the TCA's exhibition workbooks. These are like "mini art appreciation" classes you can do at your own speed!

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