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Visualize History through Art.

The Tucson Desert Art Museum and Four Corners Gallery showcase art and artifacts of the Desert Southwest and surrounding regions, offering guests a deeper understanding of its history, cultures, and art.

Featured Museum Exhibitions and Events

  • Cruzando La Linea: Contemporary Art in the Borderlands
    Cruzando La Linea: Contemporary Art in the Borderlands
    Cruzando La Linea: Contemporary Art in the Borderlands
    Wed, Oct 08
    Bringing together four distinguished artists; Alejandro Macias, Vanessa Saavedra, David Taylor, and Alfred J. Quiroz, this exhibition presents painting, photography, and mixed media works that shed light on the lived realities of the borderlands. image, Maynard Dixon, The Prisoners, 1916

Ongoing

  • The Dirty Thirties: New Deal Photography - Held Over Through June 2026
    The Dirty Thirties: New Deal Photography - Held Over Through June 2026
    The Dirty Thirties: New Deal Photography - Held Over Through June 2026
    Explore the journeys of rural migrants fleeing the Dust Bowl, drought, and economic difficulties during the 1930s through compelling documentary photography taken under the auspices of the New Deal programs.
  • Colors to Dye For: The Mysterious World of Navajo Dye-Making
    Colors to Dye For: The Mysterious World of Navajo Dye-Making
    Colors to Dye For: The Mysterious World of Navajo Dye-Making
    From gathering the finest of wool, to infusing design through the use of special dye formulas and patterns passed down generationally, the Navajo weaver’s process in creating majestic textiles is a special, unique story.

 Four Corners Gallery Shows & Events

  • Spirit of the Barrios
    Spirit of the Barrios
    Spirit of the Barrios
    Thu, Jan 29
    Art Show & Sale Jan 28 - Mar 7th Eight Tucson Barrio Group artists showcase new paintings of Tucson's iconic barrios. Meet the Artists Saturday, January 31st : 2 - 4 PM
  • Meet the Artist - Irene Klar, Thursday, February 12th, 5 -7 PM
    Meet the Artist - Irene Klar, Thursday, February 12th, 5 -7 PM
    Meet the Artist - Irene Klar, Thursday, February 12th, 5 -7 PM
    Thu, Feb 12
    For almost 50 years, Irene Klar has been working as a full-time artist. She has studied and worked with artists from Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand. Art is the way that people can celebrate shared emotions through the use of color, pattern and composition.
  • Mata Ortiz Semi-Annual Pottery Sale
    Mata Ortiz Semi-Annual Pottery Sale
    Mata Ortiz Semi-Annual Pottery Sale
    Sat, Mar 07
    Our Semi - Annual Mata Ortiz pottery sale is back! We are very excited to have Oralia Lopez joining us at this event. Lopez is best known for her intricate patterns of graduated squares and triangles, and will be performing a live pottery painting demonstration.

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