The Collective Inspiration exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum pairs fashion objects with paintings, sculptures, and prints to explore how artistic principles can be applied to both fashion designs and more traditionally recognized forms of arts. Photo caption/credit: Ralph Rucci, Jacket (Saco), spring 2009. Double-faced wool crepe and netting. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Diane Halle.

Stories of Abstraction: Contemporary Latin American Art in the Global Context presents rarely seen artworks by some of Latin America’s most innovative contemporary artists to uncover how abstraction can be used to generate new narratives, insightful social commentary, and even political change. Photo caption/credit: Marta Chilindrón, Blue Cube 48, 2006. Twin wall polycarbonate. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Nicholas Pardon. Image courtesy of Nicholas Pardon.

Seeking Immortality: Ancient Artifacts features burial objects from China, Japan, and Korea, revealing how  archaeology continues to offer insights into what life and technology were like during ancient times. Photo caption/credit: Unknown, Official with Bird on Hat, Tang dynasty. Painted earthenware. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Carolyn Refsnes Kniazzeh. Photo by Ken Howie

Born into a Jewish family in Poland in 1924, Samuel Soldinger found himself and his family confined to the Kraków Ghetto after the Germans invaded. While everyone around him died, Soldinger survived the Holocaust working in Oskar Schindler’s factory. After the war, he learned to cut diamonds and moved to New York City. In 1962, Soldinger arrived in Chandler to manage the new Harry Winston diamond processing plant on Pecos Road. This exhibit traces the…