In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, ASU Art Museum presents a conversation that brings together artists and thinkers to reflect on identity, community and creative practice. Grounded in the vision of the museum—to center art and artists in service of social good and community wellbeing—this program invites dialogue around personal histories, cultural memory and the […]
Join ASU Art Museum and the Liu Shiming Art Foundation and Gallery for an evening of film and conversation presented in conjunction with “Cooperative Craft: Artmaking of the Mingei Movement.” The program begins with a rare screening of “Mashiko Village Pottery, 1952,” a documentary capturing postwar Japanese ceramics and daily life. A panel discussion will […]
Stay after the panel for an in-depth interview with author and former Art in America editor Richard Vine. Vine will discuss his recent work, answer audience questions and reflect on the artistic impact on legacies across cultures and time. RSVP HERE >>>
Join Miki Garcia, director of the ASU Art Museum and professor of practice, for a classroom-style lecture exploring 60 years of queer art from underground movements to mainstream breakthroughs. About Art 101: The Art 101 series is a fun and accessible introduction to the world of art, designed for anyone curious about creativity, visual expression and […]
Join José Villalobos at the ASU Art Museum for “Rough Ridin’ The American Dream.” This durational performance is mounted on the occasion of his first U.S. solo museum presentation “Rough Rider” that focuses on the spectacle of rodeo culture, addressing themes related to machismo, protection and gender. In a time when LGBTQIA+ rights are under […]
Join artist José Villalobos as they discuss their performance and practice in context of their first solo museum show in the U.S., “José Villalobos: Rough Rider” at ASU Art Museum. Villalobos will perform at the museum June 11, presenting a work that underscores how queer bodies, brown bodies and immigrant communities are persecuted, policed and […]
The ASU Art Museum and the Hispanic Research Center invite you to join us for a celebration marking the close of “Chicano/a/x Prints and Graphics: Selections from the Hispanic Research Center’s Collection, 1980–2010.” The evening will feature live printmaking, student-created projects, and music that honors the power of graphic arts in shaping culture and resistance. […]
Know Mingei? If not, don’t worry—it's a fascinating part of Japanese art and culture that many people aren’t familiar with. Mingei (民芸) means “folk art” in Japanese. It was a movement that started in the 1920s when a philosopher named Yanagi Sōetsu noticed that everyday handcrafted objects—like pottery, textiles, baskets, and woodwork—had a unique beauty […]
Clip, craft, and connect! The ASU Art Museum invites everyone to kick off the new semester at the Ceramics Research Center with a hands-on collage event. Whether you are back on campus or just looking for some community art fun, all are welcome to create your own masterpiece while exploring the ceramics collection! Location: Ceramics […]
Exhibition Overview This exhibition begins with a question: What if we grew up learning that migration was part of the natural order of our world? Rather than assuming animals, plants, and people belong to fixed regions, what if we understood instead that movement across borders, ecosystems, and cultures is necessary for survival and resilience? Tierras […]
Exhibition Overview When Michelangelo Lovelace (1960–2021) spoke about his life and career as an artist, he almost always began with this story: As a teenager growing up in Cleveland’s King Kennedy public housing complex, he dropped out of school to support his family. He found a variety of means to do so, some legal and […]
This fall, the ASU Art Museum will open two timely exhibitions that explore how we navigate the world. “Tierras Reimaginadas: Migration” reimagines migration as a natural, spiritual and emotional experience shared across species and generations. Drawing from the museum’s collection, the exhibition invites reflection on the movement of people, plants, animals and ideas as a […]
