ART INSPIRES MUSIC: Interdisciplinary Gallery Project 3
Local musicians Yolanda Bejarano, Aaron Gerwien, Steven Reker and Robin Vining created musical compositions inspired by works of art from the ASU Art Museum permanent collection for Art Inspires Music Museum visitors engage in both music and visual art at listening stations within the interdisciplinary space of the museum’s Americas Gallery.
About the Musicians
Yolanda Bejarano composed her song in her native Spanish. She currently fronts a band called Snowsongs, and has worked with the bands Chula and The Slow Down. She is an alumnus of ASU.
Steven Reker plays under the name wonderful wednesday and also sings in the touring band Reindeer/Tiger Team. Reker is in his final semester as dance major at ASU.
Aaron Gerwien currently fronts a band called Black Feet and was a founding member of The Go Reflex.
Robin Vining has been playing music in the Phoenix area for over a decade. He currently plays a wide variety of instruments for his bands Sweet Bleeders, Colorstore, Fatigo and also fills out the sound of a number of other local bands.
Artists in the Exhibition:
Ron Wagner, Ben Goo, 1974
(Musician: Yolanda Bejarano)
John Allen Dawson, Untitled (woman with lips), 1973
(Musician: Steven Reker)
Leonard Baskin, Worchester, 1953
(Musician: Aaron Gerwien)
Russell Crotty, Towers and Dishes, 1992
(Musician: Robin Vining)
About the Curator
Guest Curator Kimber Lanning is the owner of Stinkweeds New and Used Music, director of Modified Arts and co-founder of Arizona Chain Reaction.
Support
The project is made possible with in-kind support from Modified Arts, Jerry Audio/Video, 513 Analog Recording, Inc. and Friends of the ASU Art Museum.
The Art Inspires Music project is facilitated by Jennifer Chao, Windgate curatorial intern at the ASU Art Museum.
Interdisciplinary Gallery
The Interdisciplinary Gallery is a space within the museum designated for guest curators to select works from the ASU Art Museum’s rapidly growing permanent collection to open dialogues between the visual arts and other disciplines. It is a unique project among museums in the region.
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