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 […]
“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 […]
Join curator Erin Joyce as she goes behind the scenes of her upcoming show, Crafting Resistance. 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 questions, tell stories, share insight and engage in meaningful exchange with […]
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 questions, tell stories, share insight and engage in meaningful exchange with art, culture and ideas. Stop by the Museum or CRC every third Friday of the month! […]
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/
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 […]
Please join us for an interactive writing experience that engages questions of place, Latinx literature and the visual works of Latinx artists currently featured in “A pattern, a trace, a portrait: Four Artists from CALA Alliance’s Residency Program,” on exhibition at the ASU Art Museum. Dr. Mahlika Hopwood will lead you through a reflective discussion, tour and […]
In this revolutionary self-help guide, two beloved Native American wellness activists offer wisdom for achieving spiritual, physical, and emotional wellbeing rooted in Indigenous ancestral knowledge. When wellness teachers and husband-wife duo Chelsey Luger and Thosh Collins founded their Indigenous wellness initiative, Well for Culture, they extended an invitation to all to honor their whole self […]
Join award-winning multidisciplinary artist Victor Payan for a delightful conversation about his Mexican wrestler alter-ego, Lou Chalibre, the international mask of mischief, and projects such as KEEP ON CROSSIN', and his collaborations with Pocha Peña, AZTEC GOLD, THE MINUTE MAIDS and DREAMOCRACY IN AMERICA, that use humor, history, performance and local iconographies to create engaging […]
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 […]
"A pattern, a trace, a portrait: Four Artists from CALA Alliance’s Residency Program" showcases new and existing work by Carolina Aranibar-Fernández, Diana Calderón, Estrella Esquilín and Sam Frésquez. These regional Latinx artists each present discrete installations that weave together universal themes of memory, loss and grief while highlighting issues related to place and the destruction […]
“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 […]
