Sedona Arts Center

Sedona Arts Center is one of Northern Arizona’s most well-established cultural organizations and serves as the creative heart of Sedona. Founded in 1958, the nonprofit organization is based in Uptown, Sedona and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley. The Center’s Fine Art Gallery, open daily from 10am to 5pm, promotes the original works of over 100 local artists and regularly offers special assistance for collectors and art buyers, offers private studio visits, and fosters hundreds of arts education opportunities each year.

Explore the School of the Arts

The School of the Arts at the Sedona Arts Center offers: Workshops, Ongoing Classes and Field Expeditions to (other) special locations. Workshops bring artists from all over the country to teach specialized techniques in a wide range of mediums and styles. Ongoing Classes are taught by locals in a variety of formats from a one-day experience to 6-week ceramic courses.

Visit Our Fine Art Gallery

Our unique Gallery represents over 100 local\regional artists working in a wide variety of mediums and styles. You can visit our physical gallery at 15 Art Barn Rd. in Sedona that is open 7 days a week 10 am to 5 pm. We are a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. No Sales Tax. Free Parking. Don't forget to check out our online gallery!

15th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival

Come see artists painting in the Shangri-La of the Southwest! Sedona is a sublime environment with stunning beauty and the Sedona Arts Center has roots going back 60 years to the founding of Sedona’s identity as an ‘art colony’. The Sedona Plein Air Festival takes place during the best weather period of the year at the height of tourist season and is supported by a group of very experienced and enthusiastic staff and volunteers. Our community of art lovers open their doors to host – twenty-five artists from around the country have been selected to participate.

Loving Bowls

Sedona Arts Center will proudly present its annual Loving Bowls charity fundraiser on December 14 from noon to 3pm at the Historic Art Barn in Uptown Sedona. This fantastic fundraiser offers a beautiful selection of Loving Bowls for your purchasing pleasure, plus loads of food and fun! Over 1100 bowls have been made and lovingly glazed in a variety of finishes by professional volunteer potters. Bowls are $10 each and come with wonderful chili, bread and desert. Proceeds will go to the Sedona Food Bank, Sedona Community Center, Humane Society of Sedona and the arts and educational programs at Sedona Arts Center.

Joella Jean Mahoney

“The welcoming community I find at the Sedona Arts Center nourishes my life and my art. SAC gives me the opportunity to learn, teach, socialize and gives me a place to exhibit my paintings. Sedona Arts Center is the Heart of Sedona. In 1951, Nassan Gobran, sculptor and founder of the Sedona Arts Center, told me that he saw a need in Sedona for an Arts Center like Tanglewood in Lennox, Massachusetts. This center would provide nourishment and enrichment to culture-starved residents and visitors. An Arts Center would also identify Sedona as a serious art environment. Ten years later, his vision became a reality. For the past 60 years since its founding, the Sedona Arts Center has been and is the cultural and educational anchor of Sedona. Sedona Arts Center is dedicated to sharing the enjoyment and importance of having art in one’s life and making arts education a priority. Now, we all have the responsibility to ensure that this treasured institution continues to exist in Sedona.”

Gretchen Lopez

“These past eight years have been so exciting for me as an artist and an instructor at SAC. To share knowledge with others is the most exciting and rewarding experience of my life.”

Susan Kliewer

“My love affair with the Arts Center began in 1969 when I signed up for a class. While working my day job at the foundry, I learned to sculpt at SAC night classes. I later progressed to teaching that same class. SAC was kind enough to let me sculpt Sedona Schnebly in the Art Barn. Through SAC I’ve been able to develp my artistic talent and to literally change my life.”

Curt Walters

“Since 1978 my true connection to Sedona and its art community has been through the Sedona Arts Center. Congratulations on turning 50 years old. SAC continues to be relevant and is still the hub for visitors exploring Sedona's art community.”