“Making Visible” features artworks from ASU Art Museum’s permanent collections and examines how these objects perpetuate and fortify mythologies of the American West. With over 90% of the Museum’s 13,000+ objects entering the collection as gifts, this exhibition questions how the perspective of donors reflects specific tastes and fantasies about the Southwest. Further, it explores […]
"A pattern, a trace, a portrait: Four Artists from CALA Alliance’s Residency Program" showcases new and existing work by Carolina Aranibar-Fernández, Diana Calderón, Estrella Esquilín and Sam Frésquez. These regional Latinx artists each present discrete installations that weave together universal themes of memory, loss and grief while highlighting issues related to place and the destruction […]
Join award-winning multidisciplinary artist Victor Payan for a delightful conversation about his Mexican wrestler alter-ego, Lou Chalibre, the international mask of mischief, and projects such as KEEP ON CROSSIN', and his collaborations with Pocha Peña, AZTEC GOLD, THE MINUTE MAIDS and DREAMOCRACY IN AMERICA, that use humor, history, performance and local iconographies to create engaging […]
In this revolutionary self-help guide, two beloved Native American wellness activists offer wisdom for achieving spiritual, physical, and emotional wellbeing rooted in Indigenous ancestral knowledge. When wellness teachers and husband-wife duo Chelsey Luger and Thosh Collins founded their Indigenous wellness initiative, Well for Culture, they extended an invitation to all to honor their whole self […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Luis Rivera Jimenez (b. 1997 San Juan, Puerto Rico) uses the intricacies of language, political thought and daily experience in the Caribbean to create intentional spaces of learning, conversation and care. The artist’s sculptural objects and installations pose questions about the dynamics of race and representation. His practice reflects upon and explores the underpinning of […]
In celebration of the opening of three new exhibitions, “Everything is a Little Fuzzy”, “Luis Jimenez Rivera: A Brief Proposal on Race and Cultural Cosplay” and “Crafting Resistance”, you are cordially invited to a reception with the artists and ASU Art Museum curators Alana Hernandez, Erin Joyce, Windgate curatorial fellow Ninabah Winton and curatorial intern […]
Board of Directors 2024 Race and Cultural Cosplay Retreat Session I Keynote Address Sunday, August 20, 2023 // Translation and Language Justice in the Borderlands 12:00–1:30 PM // ASU Art Museum Gallery 1 A panel of leading experts on translation*, language and racial justice will kickoff our events. As members of this multicultural and ethnically […]
Board of Directors 2024 Race and Cultural Cosplay Retreat Session II Annual Report, Insights and Developments into Race and Cultural Cosplay Thursday, September 7, 2023 // Performance 1:00–5:00 PM // ASU Art Museum Gallery 1 + 2 We will discuss key points into our survey and share our conclusions into the current state of Race […]
