The ASU Art Museum presents an audio-visual installation of a version of Cage's "49 Waltzes" for the ASU Tempe campus, realized by 23 students from the School of Music and the School of Arts, Media + Engineering for the museum. In 1977 the American composer John Cage created "49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs of […]
Made possible with a gift from Robert and Avery Moric, father and son ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts alumni (Architecture Class of 1991 and Architecture and Barrett, The Honors College Class of 2023) and the ASU President's Club. Commissioned by Arizona State University Art Museum with funding by The Diane and Bruce […]
“Making Visible” features artworks from ASU Art Museum’s permanent collections and examines how these objects perpetuate and fortify mythologies of the American West. With over 90% of the Museum’s 13,000+ objects entering the collection as gifts, this exhibition questions how the perspective of donors reflects specific tastes and fantasies about the Southwest. Further, it explores […]
World-renowned artist Hank Willis Thomas unveiled this monumental 10-foot tall stainless steel sculpture during Super Bowl LVII, Arizona 2023 where it was installed in the iconic Super Bowl Experience at the Phoenix Convention Center and then in the Great Lawn outside the State Farm Stadium during Super Bowl LVII. Capturing the essence of Thomas’ artistic […]
Lo que es, es lo que ha sido/What It Is, Is What Has Been: Selections from the ASU Art Museum's Cuban Art Collection explores artistic expression during times of humanitarian crises and social upheaval. Located at the Phoenix Art Museum, the exhibition is the first major curatorial collaboration between Phoenix Art Museum and ASU Art […]
In conjunction with Lo que es, es lo que ha sido/What It Is, Is What Has Been: Selections from the ASU Art Museum’s Cuban Art Collection at the Phoenix Art Museum, the ASU Art Museum presents their Cuban Print Collection. A portfolio of eleven prints was published by Arizona State University Art Museum in conjunction […]
Reynier Leyva Novo’s Methuselah is a digital artwork that virtually reproduces the 6,000-mile transnational migratory journey of a single monarch butterfly. Experience the artwork through Hololens in the Art in Focus gallery Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from May 19th through July 31st! View Methuselah online at https://methuselahmonarch.com/
The Ceramics Research Center is launching a new artist residency program, featuring two textile and fiber artists in this first iteration. The residency offers artists an open studio space, opportunities to work with the Museum’s permanent collections and to meet with curators, students, scholars and museum audiences. Two days a week, their studios will be […]
Talk: Olga Viso, Senior Curatorial Advisor and Curator of Juan Francisco Elso: Por América in dialogue with Paul A. Rogers, The Gerry Grout Director of Education and Engagement Viso and Rogers discuss the challenges of creating an exhibition for multiple audiences and across US-Cuban borders, and explore the thematic and contextual richness of Elso’s art. Wednesday May […]
Join local printmakers from Xico, inc. as they teach various printmaking techniques to participants. In addition to gaining hands-on printmaking experience, participants will have an opportunity to visit ASU Art Museum’s Print Study Room and study some of the unique print collections on display at the museum. This workshop is free and for 55+. Link […]
“Everything Is a Little Fuzzy,” draws from the museum’s permanent collection. With an eye on dimensions of memory and care, it explores the challenges experienced in a post-pandemic world. The exhibition highlights aspects of care, emphasizes memory, communicates resilience, and explores softness through difficult circumstances. Twenty-two artworks on display feature textile objects or the usage […]
Luis Rivera Jimenez (b. 1997 San Juan, Puerto Rico) uses the intricacies of language, political thought and daily experience in the Caribbean to create intentional spaces of learning, conversation and care. The artist’s sculptural objects and installations pose questions about the dynamics of race and representation. His practice reflects upon and explores the underpinning of […]
Crafting Resistance looks at the ways in which we understand and view the term craft and its relationship to fine art. The exhibition seeks to flatten the western European art historical cannon and hierarchy and unhinge the binary that often places ‘fine art’ and ‘craft’ at odds with one another. Artists in the exhibition utilize materials […]
In celebration of the opening of three new exhibitions, “Everything is a Little Fuzzy”, “Luis Jimenez Rivera: A Brief Proposal on Race and Cultural Cosplay” and “Crafting Resistance”, you are cordially invited to a reception with the artists and ASU Art Museum curators Alana Hernandez, Erin Joyce, Windgate curatorial fellow Ninabah Winton and curatorial intern […]
Board of Directors 2024 Race and Cultural Cosplay Retreat Session I Keynote Address Sunday, August 20, 2023 // Translation and Language Justice in the Borderlands 12:00–1:30 PM // ASU Art Museum Gallery 1 A panel of leading experts on translation*, language and racial justice will kickoff our events. As members of this multicultural and ethnically […]
Learn from Artist-in-Residence Susan Allred about how she incorporates mobiles into her artwork then create your own! Named after the artist Alexander Calder, these mobiles use equilibrium through a structure of rods and weighted objects in order to move freely. Free tickets here.
Join curator Alana Hernandez for a conversation around her newest exhibition, Luis Rivera Jimenez: A Brief Proposal on Race and Cultural Cosplay, at the ASU Art Museum. This is a unique opportunity to meet an ASU Art Museum curator and go beyond the typical exhibition tour. In real life, experience behind the scenes, visit, ask […]
