The Exhibits Program at Tohono Chul presents visual stories linking the nature, culture, and arts of the Southwest. Focusing on the work of regional artists, we display vibrant works of art in a diverse array of thematic group exhibits. The charming adobe Exhibit House, built as a private home in 1937, is an ideal environment for visitors to view Southwestern artworks. 50% of all exhibit sales help fund programs at Tohono Chul.
Questions? Please contact the Exhibits Department, exhibits@tohonochul.org
Exhibitions currently on display:
IMPRESSIONS IN PLACE
Open May 15 – August 3, 2025
Exhibit House Main Gallery
The Desert Southwest is marked with pictographs and petroglyphs, ancient images painted onto and carved into stone that describe man’s place in the world. Mystifying and enlightening, they serve as timeless accounts toward the importance of place.
To the same effect, but on a smaller scale and at a more intimate level, artists have often lived in or traveled to a place that grounds them and speaks to them, with that place becoming a significant part of their person as well as an instrumental and inspirational component in their work.
IMPRESSIONS IN PLACE investigates the human need, since the dawn of time, to leave behind a mark that records existence; a mark that establishes and documents a “sense of place” – a meaningful connectedness and an artistic awareness of how a place is impressed upon the artist and the artist is impressed upon the place.
Impressions in Place Exhibiting Artists: David Adix, Corinne Babcock, Imo Baird, Barbara Jo Borch, Pamela Bosch, Chad Brady, Alexander Brauer, Amy Bright, Katherine Burdick, Annette Campbell, Daniel Cheek, Shari Coia, Alisha Conner, Fadi Daher, Rick DeMont, Jennifer Eschedor, Corbin Frame, Michelle Haden, Brian Hooker, Jerry Jacobson, Albert Kogel, William Lesch, Mark Mahaffey, Michele Miller, Catherine Nash, Stephanie Nordlin, Lyle Rayfield, Dee Ruff, Vincent Sabastian, Judith Shangold, Gavin Hugh Troy, Mary Vaneecke, Victoria Westover, David Windsor, Jim Woodside, Holly Worthington
Image: clockwise from upper left (details): Catherine Nash, Fadi Daher, Vincent Sebastian, Dee Ruff
Queen of the Night
Open May 31 – July 27, 2025
Exhibit House Entry Gallery
For one night each year, this fragrant and stunning flower reveals itself to anyone lucky enough to greet it. To celebrate the treasured Peniocereus greggii or night-blooming cereus, in 2025 an exhibition in the Entry Gallery will feature the Queen of the Night in all her glory.
Image: Karen J. Wright
Permanent Collection: New Perspectives VII
Open May 15 – August 3, 2025
Exhibit House Welcome Gallery
The seventh annual PERMANENT COLLECTION: NEW PERSPECTIVES exhibition features objects from Tohono Chul’s Permanent Collection selected by Tohono Chul Volunteer and Docent guest curators: Johnny Fenton, Barbara Sherman, Cari Wright.
Image: clockwise from left (details): Michael Chiago, Darlene James Nampeyo, Unknown Artist
Roy J. Kurtz Collection of American Indian Art
Education Center
Tohono Chul’s Permanent Collection is growing with the acquisition of Roy J. Kurtz Collection of American Indian Art. The Roy J. Kurtz Collection is vast and will provide endless possibilities for Tohono Chul’s Education and Exhibits programs for years to come. This exhibition will provide the first look at this large collection of baskets and American Indian artwork.
Art in the Gardens
Gardens
Sculpture from Tohono Chul’s Permanent Collection including Mark Rossi, Fred Borcherdt, Kioko Mwitiki, David Weinert, Greg Corman, Ned Egan, along with work for sale by Tucson artists Joy Fox, Phil Lichtenhan, Tidhar Ozeri and more can be discovered throughout the gardens.
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