Past Events

Join Phoenix Center for the Arts for an exciting evening celebrating comic art, storytelling, creativity, and free expression. Panels & Pages: A Comic Arts Celebration brings together comic book creators, artists, fans, and local vendors for a unique community event leading into Halloween Comic Fest.

PFA Idol is a community performance showcase and festival selection event where performers share their talents before a live audience and receive artist-centered feedback through Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process. Ten acts will be selected, with opportunities for paid bookings at the Phoenix Festival of the Arts, plus awards including a $500 PFA Idol winner prize. The event will be livestreamed and features theater, dance, music, spoken word, cultural, and interdisciplinary performances.

BlakTinx Dance Festival is celebrating 10 years! Join us for Curtain Call, October 2 & 3 at Third Street Theater, featuring 20 choreographers and artists from Phoenix and beyond. Expect an exciting mix of contemporary and modern dance, dance theater, salsa, hip hop, flamenco and more.

When a spirited 6-year-old pastor's kid falls asleep frustrated over a lost video game, she is plunged into a 1711 pirate dreamscape where she must choose between claiming a legendary buried treasure or sacrificing it to save her captured best friend, Carlos. This is a profound, family-friendly message about faith, friendship, sacrifice, and discovering where true treasure lies. (Matthew 6:19–21)

Step into the vibrant spirit of Southern Spain at “Flamenco de la Tierra.” Presented by Phoenix World Arts Collective in collaboration with Casa Flamenca of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This exciting event brings together internationally acclaimed Flamenco Artist direct from Spain for an unforgettable evening of music, dance, and cultural expression.

AM I REALLY BY MYSELF? stars Ronny Cash as Cory Green: A directionless 29-year old suburbanite still living with his parents who must come to terms with his reality following a devastating head injury.

Certified Instructor brings the joy of painting to y our world, you will learn the "wet-on-wet" painting technique popularized by Bob Ross.

Corinna brings the joy of painting to your world, you will learn the "wet-on-wet" painting technique popularized by Bob Ross. Corinna Repucci, CRI is certified by the Bob Ross company to guide you through the process.

Students will go home with a completed 11x14 oil painting that they could gift or hang on their wall.

No experience needed to participate in the Bob Ross Paining Workshop. All supplies will be provided by the instructor. Wear clothing suitable for a painting class.

Reinterpreting depictions of female robots in Science Fiction films, ROBOTICA is an evening-length dance project confronting the influence of predatory masculinity over effeminate bodies. Tread through the testing facilities where the fembots dwell. Experience an array of lights, props, and sound design, developing the realms in which these vessels operate.

A comedy tour de force from some of the hottest up and coming acts in Arizona!