ASU Art Museum

Making Meaning: Place and Space at ASU Art Museum
2025-10-29 - 2026-10-08 | ASU Art Museum, 51 E 10th St, Tempe, AZ 85281, Tempe, 85281

Language of the Four Directions:South
2025-11-09 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
Join the ASU Art Museum and Chris Hoshnic at a poetry workshop this fall!
Language of the Four Directions is a multi-site ekphrasis poetry workshop series rooted in Diné philosophy, exploring how place, community and direction influence creative expression.
Through this series, we will activate the same artwork across five different locations, engaging with it through writing, storytelling and shared reflection to understand how each “area’s language” uniquely responds to the piece.
Each workshop will center on a single shared image or artwork, used as an anchor across time and space. Drawing from Diné’s four directional teachings — East (Ha’a’aah), South (Shádi’ááh), West (E’e’aah) and North (Náhookǫs) — we will consider how landscape, positionality and community shape our interpretation and voice.
Location: South Mountain Community Library (7050 S 24th St, Phoenix, AZ 85042)
Date: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025
Time: 3–5 p.m.
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Studio Social: Handbuilding with Kate Arford
2025-11-19 18:00 - 20:00 | ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, 85281, United States
﻿Come experiment with handbuilding at the Ceramics Research Center. Local artist Kate Arford demonstrates clay-building techniques while you create your own piece and explore the museum’s ceramics collection.
Studio Social is a monthly evening of hands-on craft led by local artists—each session features a new material, a fresh vibe, and zero pressure. Whether you’re a seasoned maker or just curious, come hang out, get messy, and connect through clay, fiber, paper, and more.
Location: Ceramics Research Center
Date: Nov. 19, 2025
Time: 6–8 p.m.
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Grains of Connection: A Cultural Workshop in Rice and Clay
2025-12-13 11:00 - 14:00 | ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, 85281, United States
Join artist-educator Anh-Thuy Nguyen at the ASU Art Museum’s Ceramics Research Center for an interactive artist talk and community workshop exploring rice as culture, memory and resilience. Participants will sculpt grains of rice from clay while Anh-Thuy leads conversations on rice farming, forced migration and family stories. No experience necessary and all materials are provided. Finished fired pieces will be utilized by Anh-Thuy in her exhibition. Participants can pick up or request a mailing of a grain of ceramic rice after the firing
This workshop accompanies Anh-Thuy Nguyen’s solo exhibition “Rice is Mẹ” on view at the Chandler Center for the Arts from November 15, 2025 – February 7, 2026.
Location: Ceramics Research Center
Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025
Time: 11 am – 2 pm
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