Live Performances & Art Exhibits In Phoenix

Teena Maree is a hidden gem—an artist whose architectural training shapes not just her creations, but the spaces they inhabit. This exhibit unfolds as a spatial journey, guiding viewers through emotion-charged acrylic and mixed-media portraits of female faces, and into the intricate realm of her figurative sculptures—each one a fusion of the discarded and the divine.

With every stitch, scrap, and salvaged fragment, Maree weaves stories of identity, memory, beauty, trauma, and the unyielding resilience of the human spirit. Her work offers a tender postmortem of what we keep, what we hide, and what we ultimately become.

In her hands, the doll—a long-standing emblem of innocence and gendered perfection—emerges transformed. Beheaded, reconstructed, and adorned with ancestral relics and obscure artifacts from across the world, these totemic figures speak of fracture and repair, of the ways we dismantle and reassemble ourselves through life’s rawest passages.

Step inside her world, and you may just find yourself piecing together your own.

Opening Reception: April 17, 6-10pm

Exhibit Viewing: Tuesday – Friday, Noon – 6pm

“Nappy Roots, The Homecoming” is a bold and intimate visual journey into the beauty, complexity, and resilience of Black identity, told through the lens of hair, heritage, and healing. This series honors the ancestral crown, the coiled, kinked, and twisted strands that have carried both burden and brilliance across generations.

Myja Lark uses stylized silhouettes, symbolic textures, and vibrant contrasts, the work invites viewers to reconsider the narratives we’ve inherited about what is beautiful, what is worthy, and what is ours.

This is not just a celebration of Black hair, it’s a homecoming to self. To the softness we were told to suppress. To the roots we were encouraged to cut. To the stories we carry in every coil.

Each piece stands as a quiet revolution, a love letter to those who never stopped searching for home, in their bodies, in their histories, in their communities. “Nappy Roots, The Homecoming” does not ask for acceptance, it claims space.

Opening Reception: May 15, 6-10pm

Exhibit Viewing: Tuesday – Friday, Noon – 6pm

Summer Splash Days

Sunday, May 24, 1-3pm

Doors open at 12:30pm – $5 advance, $6 Day of show & at door if any available.

All are welcome. Come as you are. Leave Inspired.

Click here for Tickets: https://bit.ly/4vOPr5U

An Afternoon of art, movement, and dialogue centered on mental health, healing, community care and how we collectively support one another through times like these.

We’ll explore healing, trauma, and community through honest dialogue and shared wisdom. Together, we’ll create space to listen, reflect, and support one another as we navigate an heal in this time.

• Opening dance performance – Lotus Divine
  • Cedd & Dana King
• Panel Discussion – a conversation on healing
  • Carmen Makoba
  • Bonny Ogala
  • Anthony Thompson, LPC
  • Jazzy the Healer
• Audience Q&A – Let’s continue the conversation
• Healing sound bath – a moment to rest and reset
  • Agnes Goodwine
• Art Walk and Talk through the exhibit
  • Myja Lark

Proceeds benefit:

Alwun House Foundation and Black Girl Brown Girl Collective

Summer Splash Days

Second Saturday, June 13, 1-5pm, FREE

Fun idea for escaping the heat. Free Pop-up water park downtown Phoenix.

Dive into summer fun at Alwun House’s Art Park! Join us for a FREE pop-up water park extravaganza at 12th St and Diamond St. Splash down our towering 24-foot waterslide, relax in the cool breeze, and let the little ones enjoy the doggo and toddler-friendly splash pad. We’ve got super soaker squirt guns, water balls, and family-friendly games! Create fun chalk art with water and chalk under our shaded canopy. Enjoy creating art in between splashes. And that’s not all – enjoy FREE snow-cones every hour! It’s our way of saying thank you to the community for joining us in making summer unforgettable. Mark your calendars and come make a splash with us!

Summer Splash Days

Second Saturday, July 11, 1-5pm FREE!

Fun idea for escaping the heat. Free Pop-up water park downtown Phoenix.

Dive into summer fun at Alwun House’s Art Park! Join us for a FREE pop-up water park extravaganza at 12th St and Diamond St. Splash down our towering 24-foot waterslide, relax in the cool breeze, and let the little ones enjoy the doggo and toddler-friendly splash pad. We’ve got super soaker squirt guns, water balls, and family-friendly games! Create fun chalk art with water and chalk under our shaded canopy. Enjoy creating art in between splashes. And that’s not all – enjoy FREE snow-cones every hour! It’s our way of saying thank you to the community for joining us in making summer unforgettable. Mark your calendars and come make a splash with us!

Summer Splash Days

Second Saturday, August 8, 1-5pm FREE!

Fun idea for escaping the heat. Free Pop-up water park downtown Phoenix.

Dive into summer fun at Alwun House’s Art Park! Join us for a FREE pop-up water park extravaganza at 12th St and Diamond St. Splash down our towering 24-foot waterslide, relax in the cool breeze, and let the little ones enjoy the doggo and toddler-friendly splash pad. We’ve got super soaker squirt guns, water balls, and family-friendly games! Create fun chalk art with water and chalk under our shaded canopy. Enjoy creating art in between splashes. And that’s not all – enjoy FREE snow-cones every hour! It’s our way of saying thank you to the community for joining us in making summer unforgettable. Mark your calendars and come make a splash with us!

Monsters Menagerie

Friday, October 2 – 30, 

Opening Reception: First Friday, October 2, 6–10pm
Closing Bash: The Monsters Ball, October 30, 2026

Step into the shadows and explore the weird, the wicked, and the wonderfully warped at Alwun House’s Monsters Menagerie — a haunted gallery experience like no other.

This juried exhibit unleashes the imaginations of artists from across the Valley and beyond, revealing creatures of darkness, gothic nightmares, political fiends, and surreal horrors hiding just beneath the surface of our everyday lives. From eerie elegance to grotesque spectacle, you’ll discover a diverse collection of provocative, uncanny, and visually stunning works in every medium.

Join us on First Friday, October 2, from 6–10pm for our Opening Night Reception, where you can meet the artists, enjoy spine-tingling sounds, and sip on sinister spirits in the company of fellow art-lovers and night creatures.

Then, on the most haunted night of the year…

Don your most monstrous attire and return for the closing night blowout —

👹 The Monsters Ball – October 30

A night of outlandish costumes, dancing, devilish delights, and all manner of monstrous mischief.

Whether you’re a fan of horror, satire, surrealism, or just love a good Halloween scare — Monsters Menagerie is the perfect place to lose (or find) your soul this October.

LIGHTHOUSE XIX

Friday, December 4, 2026 – January 1, 2027 

Opening Reception: First Friday, December 4, 202, 6–10pm, FREE
Closing: First Friday, January 1, 2027

Come play in the glow.

This December, Alwun House transforms into a glowing wonderland, where the gallery lights go out and the art takes over—casting its own radiance across rooms and spilling into the gardens. Wander through a dazzling collection of works that bend, bounce, and breathe light: glowing light-boxes, sculptural lamps, shimmering art shrines, bold neon, hypnotic LEDs, and mixed-media marvels.

From functional brilliance to pure conceptual magic, every piece invites you to linger, explore, and bask in its glow. One gallery will be completely bathed in UV light, dedicated to electrifying blacklight-reactive works that pulse and pop with color.

Come see the art glow, flicker, flash, and shine in this rare, immersive experience that proves—sometimes the most beautiful things are found in the dark.