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SGA Announces Gold Palette ArtWalk Kicking Off 45th Season

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    Thu, October 10, 2019 (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)

Scottsdale Arts District
Main Street and Marshall Way
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
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Cost: Free admission, prices vary

On Thursday, October 10, the Scottsdale Gallery Association (SGA) kicks off its 45th season recognizing, advocating for and supporting the local art community with its weekly Thursday evening ArtWalks and Gold Palette ArtWalk series, which take place amid the Scottsdale Arts District along Main Street from Scottsdale Road west to Goldwater Boulevard and on Marshall Way north of Indian School Road to Fifth Avenue. A special Gold Palette ArtWalk event is scheduled to honor the occasion.

“It has been our pleasure and privilege as an association to support and help build our local arts district here for the past 45 years,” says French Thompson, president of the Scottsdale Gallery Association. “The Scottsdale arts community has grown and changed so much in that time and we are proud to be a part of its development.”

On Thursday, October 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the 45th Anniversary Celebration Gold Palette ArtWalk is scheduled to include an engaging slideshow featuring Scottsdale Arts
District highlights over the past 45 years and at 6:45 p.m. City of Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane will issue a proclamation during a ceremony at Casa des Artistes Plaza. Guest can also enjoy live music with an early 70s theme and refreshments as they peruse the galleries throughout the District.

The SGA’s Gold Palette ArtWalks are offered eight times a year in addition to the SGA’s weekly Thursday evening ArtWalks and feature extended gallery hours, and special activities and experiences for attendees such as complimentary wine tasting and/or small bites, and live music and entertainment that align with each event’s theme. In addition to the event on October 10, the Gold Palette ArtWalk schedule is as follows:

Contemporary Focus ArtWalk  Thursday, November 21

Scottsdazzle ArtWalk — Thursday, December 12

Demonstrate! … And Doughnuts ArtWalk — Thursday, January 16

Western Week ArtWalk — Thursday, February 6

Native Spirit ArtWalk — Thursday, March 5

45th Season Official Celebration: Art + Chocolate — Thursday, April 16

Summer Spectacular  Thursday, July 9

 

The Gold Palette ArtWalks take place from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and present the finest art in Old Town Scottsdale throughout 28 galleries and two museums — Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. From 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. during the Scottsdale Gallery Association’s weekly Thursday evening ArtWalks, presented in partnership with the City of Scottsdale, the Scottsdale Arts District offers free trolley rides to various restaurants, museums, galleries and more throughout Old Town Scottsdale. Free parking areas abound and valet service is available. For more, visitwww.scottsdalegalleries.com.

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