The Arizona State University Art Museum was named “the single most impressive venue for contemporary art in Arizona” by Art in America magazine. Devoted to innovation, education, and relevancy in their programming, the ASU Art Museum has a profound presence in the Valley and beyond. What better way to escape the heat than to experience some of the summer events and exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum? From thought-provoking art to a family fun day in July to a new line of jewelry, there is something for everyone.
Exhibitions
Zoomorphic
May 17 – August 9
Zoomorphic art is a clever blend of animal forms and human ideas. Animals provoke many feelings in people, from affection and tenderness to outright fear. In this exhibition, artists combine human feelings with animal images to create curious portraits of both — in print, painting and ceramics.
Plate Silk Stone
June 22 – December 8
In these figurative prints selected from the permanent collection, women artists take on social and domestic issues, as well as themes of history, culture and identity, each with a distinctive approach to her work that reflects her individual interests, training, personality and experiences.
Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby
Now – July 20
Don’t miss Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby, a landmark exhibition featuring the work of contemporary ceramist Wayne Higby. The 60–piece exhibition is the first major retrospective to provide an in-depth critical analysis of Higby’s work from the 1960s to the present. The exhibition highlights Higby’s earlier raku-fired ceramics and later groundbreaking large-scale architectural wall installations, as well as his study drawings.
Events
Family Fun Day
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, July 13
The ASU Art Museum is throwing a giant art party to celebrate our summer show, Zoomorphic. Visitors can explore animal images in the hands-on stations in the exhibition spaces, and we’ll have art activities for children and their families, performances, balloon artists, pizza, some surprise visitors and more!
In the Store
New Jewelry from Victoria Altepeter
The ASU Art Museum Store is now carrying jewelry by Victoria Altepeter, a Tempe-based metalsmith and educator with an MFA from Arizona State University. Altepeter’s work revolves around her interest in the night sky. Inspired by views of deep space from the Hubble telescope, she makes each piece one at a time, by hand, often employing special alloys she creates.
