16. Bentley Gallery
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 946-6060
Address: 4161 N. Marshall Way
Description: The Bentley specializes in abstract and minimalistic contemporary painting and sculpture. This is where interior designers find marvelous steel sculptures.
17. Cervini Haas Gallery
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 429-6116
Address: 7007 E. 5th Ave.
Description: A gallery like this helps you appreciate the artistry and variety in the realm of crafts. You’ll find high-quality contemporary crafts in wood, ceramics, basketry, and glass, plus jewelry and clothing. The gallery runs a blog that takes viewers behind the scenes with featured artists.
18. Gebert Contemporary Art Gallery
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 429-0711
Address: 7160 E. Main St.
Description: This gallery displays work from a variety of contemporary artists and is viewed by locals in the art scene as one of the best contemporary galleries. The focus here is on sculpture of various materials, but there is also an interesting array of paintings and photography. Work includes evocative stoneware and elaborate floral paintings.
19. Gilbert Ortega Museum Gallery
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 990-1808
Address: 3925 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Description: Ortega, a 4th-generation trader in Native American arts and crafts, boasts a dozen locations around the Valley. If you’re in the market for authentic Native American jewelry, baskets, rugs, and pottery, it’s a good idea to get a sense of the variety by stopping in at one of these stores. The museum gallery is the biggest and best location, combining a retail store and display area for several museum-quality pieces from Ortega’s private collection.
20. Joan Cawley Gallery
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 947-3548
Address: 7135 E. Main St.
Description: Another veteran of the Scottsdale gallery scene, Joan Cawley showcases American contemporary and Southwestern art. Claiming “we know West,” the gallery boasts landscape, wildlife, abstract, Native American, and Latin art, among other forms. The Scottsdale gallery features around 50 artists and rotates its presentation monthly.
21. Lisa Sette Gallery
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 990-7342
Address: 4142 N. Marshall Way
Description: This gallery, loved by serious contemporary collectors, represents national and even international artists. Even those who don’t know much about art will appreciate works such as those by William Wegman, whose clever dog photos have picked up commercial appeal.
22. Overland Gallery Of Fine Art
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 947-1934
Address: 7155 E. Main St.
Description: Overland is known for its collection of early-20th-century Russian impressionism. This is the place to pick up Western and American representational art for your home’s formal living spaces. Merchandise includes hand-painted original stone lithographs.
23. Rima Fine Art
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 994-8899
Address: 7130 E. Main St.
Description: This gallery features contemporary Russian painters but also has a nice collection of French impressionists, plus 20th-century masters of the Southwest. Among the more interesting pieces are rare sculptures by Auguste Rodin. Rima is routinely reviewed as one of the best galleries in Scottsdale.
24. Riva Yares Gallery
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 947-3251
Address: 3625 N. Bishop Ln.
Description: The Yares Gallery is set a bit apart from the crowd, both geographically and philosophically. Two blocks south of most of the galleries, its high-tech exterior looks freshly transplanted from New York City. That metropolitan attitude carries over to the gallery’s collection, which emphasizes abstract and contemporary art.
25. Scottsdale Artists’ School
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 990-1422, (800) 333-5707
Address: 3720 N. Marshall Way
Description: Since 1983 the nonprofit Scottsdale Artists’ School has been a small oasis of art instruction, attracting adults of all skill levels from all over the country and abroad. One reason the school is so popular is its roster of working artists who serve on the faculty. Students have a chance to learn portraiture, still-life painting, figure sculpture, and dozens of other techniques. Annual enrollment is about 3,000, and early registration is recommended.
26. Scottsdale Cultural Council
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 874-4610
Address: 7380 E. 2nd St.
Description: The Scottsdale Cultural Council is a nonprofit arts management organization contracted by the City of Scottsdale to oversee its cultural affairs, including management of the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, SMoCA (Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art), the Scottsdale Public Art program, and the Scottsdale Arts Festival. The council has been recognized with accolades and awards for its contributions to the community, including an Arizona Humanities Council Distinguished Organization Award.
27. The Borgata
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (602) 953-6538
Address: 6166 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Description: You’ll do a double take when you spy this replica of a 14th-century Italian village, complete with brick towers. The Borgata stands out in more than just architecture, though. It guards an elegant array of high-fashion boutiques, jewelry stores, art galleries, and outdoor bistros. The 30 stores include J. Alexander’s; Fresh Produce; Femme De Paris; the immensely popular Dolce Salon and Spa; Baudine’s for women’s shoes and apparel; Saddlebags; Two Plates Full for home decor and gifts; and SLo Foods Organic Cafe. The Borgata’s cobblestone courtyard is often transformed into high-end community events. The Christmas season brings an incredible display of twinkling white lights and other holiday decorations. The Borgata is open daily.
28. El Pedregal At The Boulders
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 488-1072
Address: 34505 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Description: With its Moroccan styling, El Pedregal Festival Marketplace harmonizes with its magnificent desert setting—rock-strewn terrain formed millions of years ago. Located where the new housing developments of north Scottsdale give way to the hills and boulders of Carefree, the shopping development is part of the Boulders resort, a short distance away by foot. More than 30 artisan shops and galleries cluster in this distinctive 2-level building, which overlooks a 1,200-square-foot Courtyard Stage amphitheater for live performances. The more than 125 galleries offer everything from local folk art to African sculpture. Other shops include Stefan Mann and Mila Lingerie Boutique. The Spotted Donkey Cantina serves Southwestern and Mexican specialties.
29. Kierland Commons
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (480) 348-1577
Address: 15205 N. Kierland Blvd.
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Description: The popular shopping center is designed to look like an upscale version of Main Street in a small town, with a spacious plaza, shady trellised arcades, natural stone, and an abundance of flowers and trees. The 450,000-square-foot, mixed-use development is the first “urban village” center to be built in the Phoenix area. It’s actually located in Phoenix, though the location at Greenway Parkway and Scottsdale Road carries a Scottsdale address. Top shops include Restoration Hardware, Anthropologie, Banana Republic, Crate & Barrel, bebe, Bose, Coach, and Sur La Table, along with popular eateries like Zinc Bistro and Mastro’s Ocean Club (see Restaurants chapter). Open daily.
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Category: Shopping
Address: 7014 E. Camelback Rd.