Eric Fischl Gallery
Explore our Upcoming Events!
Nestled atop Phoenix College’s Fine Arts Building, the Eric Fischl Gallery will dazzle you with panoramic views of central Phoenix—and some of the most exciting artwork in the Valley!
Exhibitions of local, and nationally known, artists are curated through our annual Call for Proposals, rotating through the fall and spring semesters. We're also proud to share the work of select student artists, through annual events like the Vanguard Showcase. Check back often for updates.
Location & 2025 – 2026 Hours
Fine & Performing Arts Building, 2nd Floor
Monday – Thursday: 10 am – 6 pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Exhibit openings, and some events, feature special hours.
Please refer to the below schedule for details.
Event name: Calculated Geometry. Artworks by Travis Rice
Dates: September 8-25, 2025.
Opening Reception: Monday, Sep. 8 from 5:30-8 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: Calculated Geometry is a survey of charcoal drawings by Phoenix based artist Travis Rice. Rice’s work explores the intersection between traditional drawing techniques and digital technology. His drawings focus on geometric, hard-edge forms that are meticulously rendered in charcoal while incorporating digital 3D modeling software as a central tool in the creative process. Each piece embodies a fusion of hand-drawn and computer-generated aesthetics that demonstrate how he incorporates technology to build on the language of drawing.
Event name: Transitions. Artworks by Deborah Hodder and Dyanne Fiorucci-Siders
Dates: September 8-25, 2025.
Opening Reception: Monday, Sep. 8 from 5:30-8 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: Since graduating from ASU with an MFA in printmaking, Deborah Hodder’s work has transitioned from drawings to prints to clay and from figurative to abstract.
Her show "Unfolding" featured stand-alone monotypes and triptychs where ceramic relief sculptures were flanked by abstract floral prints that together unify and explore the harmony of Earth's flora and fauna. Texture has a strong presence in most of Dyanne Fiorucci’s work. Love of texture developed as a result of visits to her family’s homeland in Italy. She was fascinated with the façade of rare landmarks throughout the country. The natural rough stone quality is included in most of Dyanne’s work. In 2022 Dyanne and Deborah teamed up with an exhibition at the Olney Gallery in Phoenix, AZ. Our work was based on recent abstract work. Oddly enough both of us had switched from years of creating figurative to abstract work. The exhibition was a hit and following our 2022 exhibition we were selected to exhibit work at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ.
Event name: Arizona 48. Photos by Arizona Photography Alliance
Dates: October 6 to October 23, 2025.
Opening Reception: Monday, October 6, 5:30-8 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: This exhibition explores the profound complexity of Arizona—a place defined not only by its dramatic geography, robust urban areas but by its deep cultural roots.
Beyond the land itself, Arizona is shaped by the enduring presence of Indigenous peoples and the vibrant influence of Mexican culture. These traditions and histories flow through the state like underground rivers, nourishing its identity and expanding our understanding of place.
This exhibit invites viewers to move past postcard expectations and see Arizona in its full dimensionality—a convergence of land, culture, and spirit.
Event name: Sān(산): Mountains 2.5. Artworks Hyewon Yoon
Dates: October 6 to October 23, 2025.
Opening Reception: Monday, October 6, 5:30-8 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: In my recent work, I focus on the theme of mountains using mixed media on canvas. To me, mountains bring out a strong feeling of longing—whether it’s for home, for loved ones, or for a past life that feels both familiar and unknown. Their tall, steady presence reaching into the sky reminds me of the endless paths and possibilities that life has to offer. When I look at mountains, I feel calm and hopeful, as if I can pause and imagine a future full of promise.
Through my art, I want to create a peaceful feeling and share the beauty I see in nature. I paint with acrylics on Korean paper(Hanji) and add hole-punched patterns, which I
carefully glue onto the canvas. This slow, thoughtful process helps me reflect deeply and express my emotions and experiences with care.
Event name: “Sometimes While Growing Up, You Find Yourself” presented by BrassTuna.
Dates: November 8-25, 2025.
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 8, 5:30-9 p.m.
Closing Reception: Tuesday, November 25, 5:30-8 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: “Sometimes While Growing Up, You Find Yourself” is a photographic journey into the heart of South Phoenix, capturing the vibrant tradition of Charrería through the lens of BrassTuna. Charrería, which is deeply rooted in South Phoenix, represents more than just a sport; it embodies a generational tradition that reflects the rich history of Mexican culture and community. This exhibition explores themes of cultural reclamation, identity, and community by documenting the stories of local participants. It showcases how Charrería serves as a vital link between generations. Through months of immersive collaboration, BrassTuna developed meaningful relationships within the community,
enabling the creation of this body of work that highlights the narratives of the underrepresented sport of Charrería within the broader artistic landscape. The powerful imagery invites viewers to witness the dedication, skill, and passion that define this rich cultural heritage, revealing its enduring presence in the American Southwest.
Event name: Annual Holiday Art Sale
Dates: December 9-11, 2025. 12 (noon) p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: Find that special something for that special someone, including yourself! Select from a wide array of ceramics, jewelry, two dimensional art, textiles, and glass, all handmade by our Phoenix College staff and students.
Event name: Sight Lines. Artworks by Nicole Ponsart
Dates: January 26-February 19, 2026
Opening Reception: Monday, January 26 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description:
Sight Lines is an installation used to confront the paradoxical relationship between the tourist gaze and the commodification of landscape through the creation of a modular, human-scale, ceramic canyon. The exhibition is positioned to allow viewers the space to interrogate and recognize the artificial choreography of how nature is often displayed for consumption, as marketable objects of desire, aestheticized, and ultimately disconnected from their histories.
Drawing from the romanticized imagery of the American Southwest, the installation is comprised of large-scale sculptures created from 100% recycled material collected from around the greater metro Phoenix Area. The forms are intended as a mirror to reflect how we encounter place in the age of tourism through partial glimpses, controlled movements, and surface impressions. Embedded with the intimacy of a historically physical, elemental, craft-based practice, such as ceramics, its production process is a reflection of the intention taken to take a slower, more thoughtful, introspective approach to understanding the complexity of our surroundings.
Event name: First Impressions. Artworks by Steve Johnson
Dates: January 26-February 19, 2026
Opening Reception: Monday, January 26 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description:
One of my objectives as an artist is to bridge conflicting views by expressing and revealing shared concerns and common ground. I am interested in seeing and processing the world from multiple angles. My current art expresses the basic desire to strengthen family bonds and connect with the natural world. The body of linoleum prints uses handcrafted inks and chine-colle to capture impressions of both my inner and outer world. The small-scale prints are best viewed from an intimate distance to appreciate the subtle tonal gradations of the warm and cool inks and the embossed marks of the carved lino-block.
Event name: Language of Movement. Artworks Guillermo Gutierrez
Dates: March 2-26, 2026
Opening Reception: Monday, March 2 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description:
To find the signal within the noise is to cultivate a sensitivity to what is normally disregarded, to pull the background towards the foreground. Cast out materials, exhausted of all previous purpose, endure and transform. Each apparatus is assembled from found objects and set into motion. Amplified materials generate sound as they rub, grind, scrape, and strike one another. The sonic event unfolds gradually through an
evolving temporality rather than an imposed composition. Understanding emerges through sustained attention. These sounds are raw, yet there is rhythm, texture, and a language of movement.
Event name: THE PLACES WE CARRY. Artworks Kathryn Maxwell.
Dates: March 2-26, 2026
Opening Reception: Monday, March 2 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: My collages represent the space between what we see and what we remember, between the places before us and the places we carry within. I'm interested in the permeable boundary where direct experience of our environment becomes embedded in the visions and narratives of memory. I draw from the spectrum of ecological phenomena for inspiration: the constant flux of currents through water, the vibrant sunsets of my home, the interplay between human activity and the environment. My palette reflects the vibrancy of these hybrid environments and the freedom of remembered experience. Embedded within my work are indications that all places emerge from ongoing interactions between human activity and the environment; place is always already a hybrid assemblage. I forego horizon lines and singular viewpoints to simulate the immersiveness of being within an environment. Hand-printed, drawn, and painted collage elements allow for spontaneity that helps preserve the sense of vitality inherent in these spaces where ecological processes and embodied experience are continuously reshaped by memory. Through my work, I invite viewers to recognize how deeply place shapes us and becomes a part of who we are. They help form our interior geography, becoming places we carry within.
Event name: Vanguard Showcase
Dates: April 13 to May 7, 2026.
Opening Reception: Monday, April 13, 5:30-8 p.m. (gallery closed until 5:30 p.m.)
Location: Eric Fischl Gallery
Cost of event: Free
Description: The Vanguard Showcase is Phoenix College’s annual student art exhibition. Local jurors select the best work of the year for exhibition in the gallery while internationally recognized artist, Eric Fischl, and Mr. Fischl’s guest confer the best-in-show Vanguard Award.
