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 […]
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 […]
“Contours: The Essential Form” features selections from the Museum’s permanent collection and new works by Ibrahim Said (b. 1976, Fustat, Egypt). Through ceramic objects and works on paper, the exhibition explores themes of nature, care and discipline through the lens of muscle memory and intuitive artistic practice. Said was an invited artist in October 2022 […]
In partnership with ASU’s Center for Work and Democracy and the George Floyd Global Memorial, ASU Art Museum presents “Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix.” Presented for the first time outside of Minnesota and on view from February 3 through July 28, 2024 at the ASU Art Museum, “Twin Flames” asks […]
Sarah Zapata (b. 1988, Corpus Christi, TX) employs weaving, tufting and traditional craft techniques to create loud, architecturally responsive installations that traverse themes of gender, colonialism and fantasy. Zapata’s site-specific works reflect her intersecting identities as a queer woman of Peruvian heritage raised in Evangelical South Texas and now based in New York. “Beneath the […]
Join Redemption Peters-DuRose, George Floyd Global Memorial Preservation Intern, Nylah Byrd, Assistant Conservator of Objects & Programs Assistant at Balboa Art Conservation Center and Maggie Hill-Kipling co-owner and conservator at Twin Cities Art Care for a thoughtful conversation panel on the collections care for the George Floyd Global Memorial. RSVP for this virtual panel here: […]
Join senior curator Alana Hernandez for a tour of “Sarah Zapata: Beneath the breath of the sun.” Hernandez will discuss the artist’s process in creating her new works and the themes present within the exhibition. Attendees will meet in the ASU Art Museum lobby, where they will meet Hernandez and begin the tour at 12:00 […]
This Creative Aging and Lifelong Learning Workshop is designed for participants who are 55+. Join artist Diana Calderon as she returns to teach mixed media art, such as an embroidery and painting project and a sculptural book project with integrated printmaking techniques. Class participants will explore their creative side by completing projects alongside Diana and […]
Join Black River Life at ASU Art Museum as they facilitate a listening circle inspired by the exhibit Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix. This event features local artists and activists in conversation with each other to process and tap into thoughts, emotions, and memories brought up by this exhibit, as […]
