Heard Museum Monthly Calendar: July 2015

HEARD MUSEUM · PHOENIX
The Heard Museum features 12 exhibit galleries, the original Heard Museum Shop, Bruce McGee’s Collectors Room of the Heard Museum Shop featuring outstanding fine art, lush outdoor courtyards and walkways, multiple gardens and the Courtyard Café. Stop in for a fast snack or drink at the Coffee Cantina or browse our selection at Books & More. Enjoy daily public guided tours at noon, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

EXHIBITS

Super Heroes: Art! Action! Adventure! (on display through Aug. 23, 2015)
Time Exposures: A Photographic History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century (on display through Sept. 27, 2015)

Loloma: Expressions in Metal, Ink and Clay (on display through Oct. 4, 2015)

Beautiful Games: American Indian Sport and Art  (on display through Nov. 29, 2015)

The Houser/Haozous Family: Celebrating a Century (on display through April 3, 2016)

American Indian Veterans National Memorial (ongoing)

HOME: Native People in the Southwest (ongoing)

Around the World: The Heard Museum Collection (ongoing)

History & Collections of the Heard Museum (ongoing)

Every Picture Tells a Story (ongoing)

Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience (ongoing)

We Are! Arizona’s First People (ongoing)

EVENTS

All programs included with museum admission unless otherwise noted.

Heard Museum Shop Summer Clearance Sale Starts July 1
Check out the bargains at the Heard Museum Shops Annual Summer Clearance Sale, daily starting July 1, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. This shopping event offers discounts on the finest authentic American Indian artwork, including almost everything from katsina dolls and jewelry to baskets, textiles, pottery and fine art. And, the Shop does not charge sales tax, so you save even more on your purchases! (Bruce McGee’s Collectors’ Room, consignment purchases and already discounted items are ineligible for additional discounts.)
First Fridays at the Heard: Native + You

Friday, July 3

First Fridays, Native + You, or NU, are at the Heard Museum, with free admission from 6 to 10 p.m. every First Friday of each month except March. July’s theme is “Super Dance Party,” in conjunction with our summer exhibit, Super Heroes: Art! Action! Adventure! (Admission to museum galleries is free 6 to 10 p.m. Admission to Super Heroes is subject to a $5-per-person gate fee.) More information is at heard.org/first-fridays.
Heard Museum to be closed on Independence Day Saturday, July 4

The Heard will be closed on Saturday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day, reopening for regular business hours at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 5. Independence Day is one of four days each year the Heard is closed. The others are Thanksgiving Day (which in 2015 is Nov. 26), Christmas Day and Easter Sunday (which in 2016 is March 27).
Free Summer Sundays July 5, 12, 19, 26
The Heard Museum is going to be one cool place to be this summer! Each Sunday in July, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Heard Museum will offer free admission for all, thanks to support of the National Endowment for the Arts and Cox Charities. ($5 gate fee per person will be charged for admission to the exhibit Super Heroes: Art! Action! Adventure!, on view through Aug. 23, 2015.) On these days, children can be creative in designing their own super hero costume (while supplies last) and join in a “super” scavenger hunt to search for other super heroes in the museum, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Kids of all ages can enjoy performances in the Steele Auditorium at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. See artists at work during artist demonstrations from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. During Summer Sundays, don’t forget to stop in at the Courtyard Café and the Coffee Cantina at Heard Museum Phoenix for some great lunch specials: the Cantina will feature fresh-fruit smoothies and ice-blended coffees. A schedule of performing and demonstrating artists is at http://heard.org/events/

Blue Star Museums Initiative Through Sept. 7
The Heard Museum is proud to once again participate in the Blue Star Museums Initiative for the sixth year and extends its gratitude to the members of our armed forces. From Memorial Day, May 25, through Labor Day, Sept. 7, active duty military personnel and up to five family members will receive free admission to the museum with a military ID. Hundreds of museums across the U.S., Puerto Rico and in American Samoa take part in the program. Active duty members of the Marines, Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, National Guard and active duty Reserve personnel are eligible. Blue Star Museums is a partnership among the museums, the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, Joining forces and the MetLife Foundation.
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Heard Museum · Phoenix

Location:         2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix

Hours:              9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, every day except Thanksgiving Day, Dec. Christmas

                         Day (Dec. 25), Easter Sunday and Independence Day (July 4).

Cost:                Through Aug. 23: $23 adults, $18.50 for seniors (65+), $12.50 for students with a valid student ID,

                        $12.50 for children ages 6-12. Children 1-5 and American Indians $5. Children age 1 and

                        younger and Heard Museum members are free. ($5 per person gate fee charged for BUILD! exhibit.)

                        After Aug. 23: $18 adults, $13.50 for seniors (65+), $7.50 for students with a valid student ID, $7.50

                        for children ages 6-12. Children 5 and younger (free). Heard Museum members and American

                        Indians receive free admission.

 
Information:     Call 602.252.8848 or visit www.heard.org

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About the Heard: Since 1929, the Heard Museum, a private non-profit organization, has enchanted visitors from around the world with the art, culture and history of American Indians, with an emphasis on tribes and other cultures of the Southwest. With more than 40,000 fine artworks and cultural artifacts in its permanent collection, 12 long-term and changing exhibit galleries, an education center, an award-winning Shop, the Books & More boutique bookstore, Coffee Cantina and Courtyard Café, the Heard Museum is a place of learning, discovery and unforgettable experiences.

Exhibit, event and program funding are provided in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Arizona Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.