Animism is the age-old belief that everything in the universe possesses a spiritual energy or life force. With the resurgence of environmental awareness in the past decade, animism takes on new meaning today. "The New Animist" will spotlight selections from the ASU Art Museum collection, chosen by Windgate curatorial intern Kev Nemelka, to illustrate how […]
"Encounter: Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" is an installation and exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda that focuses on the still life. Pereda will display — upside down — several still life paintings from the ASU Art Museum collection alongside his own work, the first in […]
Desert Botanical Garden Off campus Less Than $25 "Space in Between – Arizona" is a collaboration between artist Margarita Cabrera, the Arizona State University Art Museum and Desert Botanical Garden. Cabrera's project is a continuation of her on-going work with Latino communities. "Space in Between" centers on the creation of artworks and promotion of cultural […]
Throughout the years, the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan has made a significant impact in the fields of art, design and architecture. Legendary artists like Maija Grotell, Richard DeVore and Jun Kaneko have all contributed to the ceramics department's reputation for excellence and innovation. Committed to discussions surrounding material specificity, students are […]
This exhibition marks the tenth anniversary of the biennial Map(ing) — Multiple Artists Printing (Indigenous and Native Geographies) — project and includes 28 prints created by Native American and Indigenous artists who work collaboratively with graduate students from Arizona State University's School of Art printmaking program. Together the artists and students create limited-edition prints by […]
The Laboratory for Critical Technics in collaboration with Paul Harris and Richard Turner present "Time/Shores," a multi-media installation that invites participants to contemplate the interactions of the geological and human histories of the desert southwest. Incorporating sculpture, video and interactive audio elements, "Time/Shores" invokes the underwater past and future of the desert. "Time/Shores" is part […]
Liz Lerman's "Minds on the Move: The Treadmill Tapes" invites members of the ASU community to join her on a treadmill in the gallery for an on-the-go conversation about whatever is most curious, urgent, troublesome or baffling for them. The conversations will be videotaped during walks at ASU Art Museum and projected in the gallery […]
Belgian-born, Mexico City-based artist Francis Alÿs created the work for "Ciudad Juárez Projects" in collaboration with local artists during visits to downtown Juarez, near the international border, and to housing developments in the southern periphery of the city. This exhibition showcases two video works along with, notes, maps, drawings and photographs that follow the artist's […]
"Museum of Walking Annex" features selections from ASU Art Museum's collection of historic and contemporary artworks, which provide a broader social, cultural and political context for walking. On March 18, Ellsworth, who is a co-founder of the Museum of Walking and associate professor in the School of Art, will lead a silent walk for 1,000 […]
Hannah Barco responds to ASU scholars as they work to make our physical, political and social realities more legible and coherent. How many ways can we find our footing in this murky landscape? For "Fathomings," Barco assembles an installation to occupy the gallery with these various perspectives and when she returns in the spring, will […]
Jose Bernardi curates a selection of artwork from ASU Art Museum's collection that explores the myth of social change within architecture and desert culture. Bernardi, associate professor in The Design School at ASU, also presents a series of his collage works that will be in dialogue with key artworks from the museum's Cuban and Latin […]
For the past 16 years, some of the most talented Phoenix-area ceramic artists have showcased their art during the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center's self-guided ceramic studio tour. The tour provides a unique opportunity, not only to see the best of ceramic art in the Valley, but also to visit artists' homes and studios […]
