This year, the faculty show takes a new direction. It represents the beginning of an exciting set of possible partnerships, exchanges and experiments between the School of Art and the ASU Art Museum. It’s also the first instance of the museum’s rethinking and revitalizing the way we do things, as part of our Re-Thinking the Museum initiative.
Art historian and writer Robert Atkins was selected to open Re-Thinking the Museum as juror/curator of the ASU School of Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition. During the month of November, Atkins reviewed submissions, visited artists’ studios and discussed opportunities for site-specific installations as he selected work for the 2011 exhibition.
Faculty Artists: Julie Anand, Peter Bugg, Christopher Colville, Claudio Dicochea, Angela Ellsworth, Jon Haddock, Hilary Harp, Marc Klett, Lisa C. von Koch, Michael Lundgren, Muriel Magenta, Stephen Marc, John Obuck, Anthony Pessler, Janice Pittsley, Mark Pomilio, Forrest Solis
View the Re-Thinking the Faculty Exhibition 2011 website for more information about the exhibition including artists’ biographies, artwork and statements, and a special comment section for viewer responses.
Season Opening Reception: Feb. 18, 7–9 p.m. Refreshments will be available.
Special preview tour with Robert Atkins, guest curator, following introduction by Gordon Knox, director of the ASU Art Museum, and Adriene Jenik, director of the ASU School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at 6 p.m.
Angela Ellsworth performance: Where The Skies Are Blue at 7–8:30 p.m.
Special thanks to the SpringHill Suites Tempe at Arizona Mills Mall and the Hyatt Place Tempe/Phoenix Airport Fiesta Resort & Conference Center for their support.
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