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CALL(Creative Aging Lifelong Learning): Repairing Basics with Fixer Studio Ceramics Research Center in Tempe

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 17–Oct. 10 10 a.m.–noon This program for our 55+ community members will be led by artist Hazal Gumus-Ciftci. Participants will engage in various repair projects involving stitching, gluing, felting, patch making and more! Register for the workshop session with Fixer Studio. Learn the basics of repairing your loved but worn clothes, […]

Curator IRL XP: Sade Moore and Amanda Hiatt

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

Join Windgate Curatorial Fellow Sade Moore and Craft Collections and Program Specialist Amanda Hiatt as they take you on a brief tour of the Ceramics Research Center and discuss how the open storage collection and archives will be used in Moore’s upcoming exhibition. This is a unique opportunity to meet an ASU Art Museum curator […]

CALL Workshop: Contemporary Basketry

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

Working with artist Carol Eckert, participants will learn about the fascinating tradition and history of basketry and how artists are using these methods to create incredible pieces today. Carol will lead the class in techniques on how to coil and create their own piece to display at an event at the culmination of the workshop. […]

Curator IRL XP: Mary-Beth Buesgen

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

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! […]

Opening Reception – Contours: The Essential Form

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

In celebration of the opening of Contours: The Essential Form, you are invited to a reception with Encounter Series artist-in-residence, Ibrahim Said, and Collections and Archives Manager, Mary-Beth Buesgen. Join us for opening remarks and light refreshments.   

Contours: The Essential Form

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

“Contours: The Essential Form” features selections from the Museum’s permanent collection and new works by Ibrahim Said (b. 1976, Fustat, Egypt). Through ceramic objects and works on paper, the exhibition explores themes of nature, care and discipline through the lens of muscle memory and intuitive artistic practice.  Said was an invited artist in October 2022 […]

Workshop: Calder mobiles with Susan Allred

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

Learn from Artist-in-Residence Susan Allred about how she incorporates mobiles into her artwork then create your own! Named after the artist Alexander Calder, these mobiles use equilibrium through a structure of rods and weighted objects in order to move freely. Free tickets here.

Creative Aging for Lifelong Learning (CALL) Workshop: Printmaking

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

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 […]

Tortilla Painting with César Esteban Bernal

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

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

Open Studio with Susan Allred

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

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 […]

Curator IRL XP

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

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)

Creative Aging for Lifelong Learning (CALL): Exploring Your Narrative Through Art: A Storytelling and Mixed Media Workshop

ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108, Tempe, AZ, United States

Join this inaugural workshop series for older adults (55+) to work with storyteller Marilyn Omifunke Torres on how to explore and frame your own narrative, and create art reflecting your experiences with interdisciplinary artist Diana Calderón, whose work is currently on view at ASU Art Museum in A pattern, a trace, a portrait: Four Artists […]