Free public lectures and conversations throughout the run of the exhibition.
Lecture: Copyright Law for Arts/Business (VLAA): Tuesday, Oct. 19, 6 p.m. at the ASU Art Museum
Lecture: Trademark Law for Arts/Business (VLAA): Thursday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m. at Monti’s
Panel Conversation: Open for Business: Tuesday, Nov. 9, 6 p.m. at the ASU Art Museum
Arizona State University Art Museum & Downtown Tempe Businesses
Curator: John D. Spiak
Open for Business calls attention to the importance of local artists, businesses and organizations. Simultaneously taking place in downtown Tempe businesses and an interrelated exhibition at the ASU Art Museum, this project features the work of sixteen Valley artists who address the purpose of each business, providing opportunities for audience members to interact with the physical space of each location and to discover, or rediscover, new aspects of their own community.
Individuals will be guided by maps available at the ASU Art Museum to art installations at downtown Tempe business including La Bocca, Rula Bula, Caffé Boa, The Shoe Mill, Brand X Custom T-Shirts, Monti’s La Casa Vieja, Mood Swings Salon, Fascinations, Cartel Coffee Lab, Buffalo Exchange, The Bicycle Cellar, The Headquarters, and Downtown Tempe Community, Inc. (Public Parking Structures).
The list of Valley artists participating in the exhibition include both internationally established and rising stars of our community, including Peter Bugg in collaboration with Ryan Peter Miller, Cyndi Coon, Wendy Furman, Jon Haddock, Saskia Jorda, Tania Katan, Mary Lucking, Matthew Mosher, Adam Murray, Marco Rosichelli, Erin V. Sotak, David Tinapple, Chris Todd, Jen Urso, Nic Wiesinger, and Whitney Zamá.
To insure the success and outreach of the project, the ASU Art Museum has partnered with Tempe Chamber of Commerce, Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau, Downtown Tempe Community (DTC), Local First Arizona, Valley Forward Association, Creative Connect, Comerica Bank (Tempe, Mill), *Scottsdale Public Art, and Volunteer Legal Assistance for Artists (VLAA).
This project is generously supported by a grant from the Tempe Municipal Arts Commission, ASU Art Museum Advisory Board, and the Wilhelmine Prinzen Endowed Fund for Emerging Artists. In-kind support provided by Phoenix NewTimes, Ben Franklin Press, Inc., Melissa McGurgan Design, and Mannington Commercial.
The ASU Art Museum is a community incubator re-thinking the museum through sustainability, diversity of knowledge and shared human experience – recognizing we are more similar than different.
*Scottsdale Public Art is organizing the store front project IN FLUX in downtown Scottsdale that will occur during the same time period. In a collaborative effort, both institutions will combine efforts to create cross-over audience and awareness. A map showing both Downtown’s will be available at locations in Tempe, Scottsdale and the ASU Art Museum.
For more information on Open for Business, please call ASU Art Museum: 480.965.2787 or visit the ASU Art Museum blog.
About the Artist: Sixteen Valley Artists
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