Join Mary-Beth Buesgen, curator of collections and archives, at the Ceramics Research Center for a tour of the open storage ceramics collection and learn about current Artist in Residence, Cesar Bernal. Free tickets: Curator IRL XP: May 19 (3:00-4:00pm)
The Ceramics Research Center is launching a new artist residency program, featuring two textile and fiber artists in this first iteration. The residency offers artists an open studio space, opportunities to work with the Museum’s permanent collections and to meet with curators, students, scholars and museum audiences. Two days a week, their studios will be […]
Join ASUAM at Phoenix Art Museum for Family Funday. Phoenix-based Chicana artist, Aileen Martinez, will lead a sketching activity through Lo que es, es lo que ha sido/What It Is, Is What Has Been: Selections from the ASU Art Museum’s Cuban Art Collection.
Talk: Olga Viso, Senior Curatorial Advisor and Curator of Juan Francisco Elso: Por América in dialogue with Paul A. Rogers, The Gerry Grout Director of Education and Engagement Viso and Rogers discuss the challenges of creating an exhibition for multiple audiences and across US-Cuban borders, and explore the thematic and contextual richness of Elso’s art. Wednesday May […]
Come learn from multidisciplinary artist César Esteban Bernal about their work and process. Bernal’s use of the metaphor of sustenance through corn tortillas explores cultural identity and personal narratives. What story do you have to tell? Experiment through their process using tortillas and paint to create your own takeaway piece. Free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tortilla-painting-with-cesar-bernal-tickets-648256020207
This is a unique opportunity to meet an ASU Art Museum curator and go beyond the typical exhibition tour. In real life, experience behind the scenes, visit, ask questions, tell stories, share insight and engage in meaningful exchange with art, culture and ideas. Stop by the Museum or CRC every third Friday of the month! […]
Exclusive Exhibition Tour: Lo que es, es lo que ha sido/ What It Is, Is What Has Been: Selections from the ASU Art Museum's Cuban Collection Wednesday, June 21 5 to 5:45 p.m. Tickets: FREE for Members and the general public during Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesday Join exhibition curators Olga Viso, Phoenix Art curator— at— large […]
Wednesday, June 21 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets: FREE for Members. $5 for the general public during Pay—What—You—Wish—Wednesday Discover the life and practice of Cuban contemporary painter, printmaker and installation artist Sandra Ramos who explores nationality, gender, and identity in her work by drawing from her own experiences living in and migrating out of […]
Join local printmakers from Xico, inc. as they teach various printmaking techniques to participants. In addition to gaining hands-on printmaking experience, participants will have an opportunity to visit ASU Art Museum’s Print Study Room and study some of the unique print collections on display at the museum. This workshop is free and for 55+. Link […]
Join curator Erin Joyce as she goes behind the scenes of her upcoming show, Crafting Resistance. This is a unique opportunity to meet an ASU Art Museum curator and go beyond the typical exhibition tour. In real life, experience behind the scenes, visit, ask questions, tell stories, share insight and engage in meaningful exchange with […]
“Everything Is a Little Fuzzy,” draws from the museum’s permanent collection. With an eye on dimensions of memory and care, it explores the challenges experienced in a post-pandemic world. The exhibition highlights aspects of care, emphasizes memory, communicates resilience, and explores softness through difficult circumstances. Twenty-two artworks on display feature textile objects or the usage […]
Crafting Resistance looks at the ways in which we understand and view the term craft and its relationship to fine art. The exhibition seeks to flatten the western European art historical cannon and hierarchy and unhinge the binary that often places ‘fine art’ and ‘craft’ at odds with one another. Artists in the exhibition utilize materials […]
