Exhibition

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 […]

Join us for a special guided tour of selected prints from the Jules Heller Print Study Room. These tours offer a rare opportunity to study original prints without a frame's glass, allowing for an intimate encounter with artists throughout history. Tours are offered every Thursday–Sunday at 1 p.m. To make a reservation, contact Raechel Miller […]

“Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas” investigates contemporary, community-based social art practices from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and the U.S. Featuring drawings, archival documents, sculptures, installations, films and videos, the artists' practices blur the lines between object-making, activism and community organizing to address critical social-political issues. Artists: Liliana Angulo […]

“Metzilocan” is an installation-based solo exhibition by artist Claudia Peña Salinas, who lives and works in New York City. The exhibition expands the artist's research on the Aztec deities of water, Tláloc and Chalchiuhtlicue, relating this ancestral symbolism and knowledge to modernist and contemporary structures. Through travel, documentation and collection, Salinas generates a poetic narrative […]

With more than 100 artworks, “Clayblazers” celebrates women in the ceramic field during the mid-20th century. Legendary artists like Maija Grotell, Susan Peterson and Marguerite Wildenhain were educators, mentors and masters of their craft and inspired future generations. All of the works in the exhibition are drawn from the ASU Art Museum's ceramics collection of […]

“Change Agent” highlights June Wayne's legacy as an artist, printmaker, educator and activist. Wayne refused to follow a signature style, taking on a variety of themes such as personal history, modern science and social issues. In the Dorothy Series, she narrates the life of her mother, a Russian Jewish immigrant and traveling saleswoman for a […]

"Particle and Wave" is a groundbreaking exhibition of 45 works created by international artists who incorporate paper pulp and organic fibers into their clay bodies, with the result of increased strength and lighter weight. The exhibition showcases a wide range of visual forms, which would not be possible with traditional methods, as the artists utilize […]