Born of Fire: The Pottery of Margaret Tafoya and Re: Generation: A Survey of Margaret Tafoya's Descendants Extended hours during the Heard Museum Indian Market on March 2-3 (Ceramics Research Center open Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Reception and book signing: Feb. 8, 2013, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Charles King will be signing his book “Born […]
Artists Mathew Moore (Phoenix) and Clare Patey (London) collaborate on a project centered on the issue of endangered elements in the periodic table, specifically copper. Copper plays a major role in Arizona's history and in its current economic, environmental and cultural life. Cu²⁹ explores the process of staking a claim, the idea of owning the […]
Working in conjunction with Fundación/Colección Jumex, the ASU Art Museum is proud to present Turn off the Sun, a rare opportunity for the public to experience selected works of art from one of the largest and most important contemporary art collections in Latin America. La Colección Jumex is a spectacular collection of more than 2,600 […]
The ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts present Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby, a landmark exhibition featuring the work of contemporary ceramist Wayne Higby, who is widely considered one of the most innovative second generation artists to emerge from the post–World War […]
This Is Not America looks at the intersection of art and social change through the lens of the ASU Art Museum's collection in conversation with emerging and established artists. Works are paired as a form of call and response in order to create a dialogue around current issues related to protest and poetic gestures within […]
The ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center (CRC) in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts present Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft, the first comprehensive museum exhibition to highlight their extensive craft holdings, including new international acquisitions in wood, ceramic and fiber. This exhibition and its accompanying catalog provide an international perspective […]
The biennial ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts School of Art Faculty Exhibition showcases recent work by the School of Art's esteemed faculty. This year's exhibition will feature work in diverse media, including painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, inter-media, fiber and ceramics, as well as research by art history and art education professors. In […]
MIRROR< >PEOPLE is an exhibition that explores the speculative idea of the end of fidelity both as a metaphor and as a concept that mirrors social rituals about sharing uncertainty and finding our place in the world. The new and previously unseen works exhibited by the School of Art's esteemed faculty include video, installation, painting, […]
The ASU Art Museum presents gallery conversations and tours of This is Not America, Part III . Explore this remarkable exhibition with the ASU Master of Fine Arts students who co-curated it alongside Julio Cesar Morales. Free and open to the public; join us for one or for both! Tours will convene in the ASU […]
Based on the 1964 book by Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden, the exhibition's title refers to the “pastoral” and “progressive” ideals explored in his writing. This seminal work characterized early 20th century American culture and its relationship to technology, contemporary society and urban expansion. Today, similar themes emerge in China, where people are […]
Artist Richard T. Walker will give a behind-the-scenes tour of the installation of his upcoming exhibition at the ASU Art Museum, Richard T. Walker: the predicament of always (as we are) , which opens Sept. 27, 2014. Walker, a British artist currently living and working in San Francisco, brings a unique outsider perspective to the […]
Join ASU Art Museum Director Gordon Knox for a presentation and discussion about art, science, innovation and technology. Free and open to the public. RSVP required; seating is limited. Visit https://amuseum-knoxlecture.eventbrite.com to RSVP. Art and science are our species' primary systems of knowledge production. Both are highly disciplined, focused, peer-reviewed, cumulative and broadly collaborative ways […]
