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Heather Lineberry, Senior Curator and Associate Director at the ASU Art Museum, sits infront of Ana Mendieta’s Siluetas series at the ASU Art Mueseum in Tempe. This art series is Mendietas most famous work and it focuses on what she calls earth-body sculutres.

ASU Art Museum weaves a 60-year legacy on campus

The museum has been a destination for both campus inhabitants and the public as well.

By Damion Julien-Rohman | February 15, 2017

ASU dance students practice their performance for the Mainstage: Transitions Projects 1 event in Tempe, Ariz. on Tuesday Feb. 7, 2017.

Dance seniors perform Transition Projects to finish four years of work

Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates prepare their most ambitious and passionate culmination of their ASU experiences on stage for the last time.

By Michael Felix | February 9, 2017

ASU students should explore their surroundings and expand their knowledge

The learning that occurs outside the classroom is just as crucial as hours spent in a college class. Students should immerse themselves in the surrounding areas of all four of ASU's campuses.

By Ashley Sutherland | February 8, 2017

Jonathan Wright (left) works with visiting artist Brenda Mallory to create a unique work of art inspired by Mallory's Native American heritage.

Map(ing): ASU students breath life to artists' visions

ASU students work with Native American artists to create unique screen printed artworks over the course of several weeks to be displayed at the ASU Art Museum.

By Michael Felix | February 7, 2017

Louis Mendoza, Director of ASU's School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, stands in his office on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017.

Eliminating funding for the arts and humanities rips at our cultural fabric

For fifty years, the government has helped has helped fund America's arts and humanities. The Trump Administration might end that.

By David Marino | February 6, 2017

Local artist and ASU alumna Amanda Adkins pictured at her Grand Avenue studio on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

The business of art: ASU grads bring practical skills to a creative field

As art students prepare to enter the workforce, their business and marketing skills can be just important as their talent.

By Jasmine Spearing-Bowen | January 30, 2017

ASU President Michael Crow talks with the State Press editorial board on Oct. 6, 2016, in the Fulton Center in Tempe.

Campaign ASU 2020: University announces $1.5 billion fundraising campaign

Campaign ASU 2020 is set to raise $1.5 billion through philanthropic efforts to help students and the university.

By Jordan Tower | January 27, 2017

Liz Lerman and Kiki Jenkins walk on treadmills to begin their conversation as they are recorded by ASU students at the ASU Art Museum on Jan. 19, 2017.

Walking through a conversation: The Treadmill Tapes

ASU faculty professor Liz Lerman's installation, "Minds on the Move: The Treadmill Tapes," demonstrates how walking can form communities and connect people together.

By Owen Baldner | January 25, 2017

Patsy "Skyline" Lowry discusses her art at her "Arizona Spirits" gallery in the State Senate Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

ASU alum's exhibit sets foundation for art on senate grounds

With a collection of bright colors and designs, ASU alumni Patsy "Skyline" Lowry's work introduces local art into senate museum.

By Damion Julien-Rohman | January 22, 2017

The Rinky Dink editorial team poses for the release of "series one." Their second launch, featuring a set of 10 new zines, will take place at Grand Central Coffee on Dec. 8.

ASU-based zine packs a poetry punch in a tiny package

The rinky dink press, founded by ASU professor Rosemarie Dombrowski, will be launching its second series of zines at Grand Central Coffee from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8.

By May Phan | November 30, 2016

Combining passion and filmmaking at the ASU Fall Film Capstone Showcase

This year's ASU Fall Film Capstone Showcase will be screening films from various genres by selected senior film students.

By Marcella Baietto | November 30, 2016

No music notation? No problem for ASU Latin Marimba Band

The ASU Latin Marimba Band will be hosting a latin dance pachanga (party) on Nov. 16 that will showcase various culturally diverse musical pieces and dance steps.

By Marcella Baietto | November 15, 2016

The Guerrilla Girls stand outside the Abrons Art Center in 2015. ASU will be hosting one of the Guerrilla Girls’ founding members on Nov. 18, 2016.

Feminism in a gorilla mask: The Guerrilla Girls to talk art, activism at ASU

Feminist art group to join ASU in discussing art, politics and women's place in society.

By Taylor Transtrum | November 10, 2016

Angela Ellsworth poses for a portrait on Nov. 3, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona. Ellsworth is the director of the Museum of Walking, which seeks to combine movement with art in new ways.

Making strides: How ASU’s Museum of Walking creates art through movement

Associate art professor Angela Ellsworth established the Museum of Walking in 2014 to explore how walking and movement intersect with creativity and art.

By Skylar Mason | November 10, 2016

From left, abbott Mark Patrick Hederman, bishop Rowan Williams and poet John F. Deane pose for a photo at a retreat offered by Deane and Williams to the monks of Glenstal Abbey.

Irish poet and novelist will visit ASU next week

Esteemed Irish poet John F. Deane will be visiting Arizona from Nov. 11-14. During his visit, he will speak at the Irish Cultural Center, a Irish church, and the ASU Tempe Campus, where he will hold a poetry reading and discussion from 3 - 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

By Lurissa Carbajal | November 9, 2016

Viewers interact with Alejandro Almanza Pereda's still life works during "Encounter: Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all," an exhibition which runs until Nov. 26 at the ASU Art Museum.

Looking for thought-provoking art? Don't miss these five exhibitions leaving the Valley in November

Check out these five shows displayed around Phoenix and Tempe before they close this month.

By Skylar Mason | November 8, 2016

First look at 'Emphatics' exhibition showcases rare avant-garde fashion

In celebration of First Friday and fashion, on Nov. 5, the Phoenix Art Museum revealed its new exhibit, "Emphatics," to the public — Karin Legato's rare, avant-garde collection.

By Leah Goldberg | November 6, 2016

Graduating to the beat of the drum: ASU grad student performs recital

Edouard Beyens, a percussionist grad student, will be performing a recital this upcoming Monday at Katzin Concert Hall that will feature a mixture of modern and classical musical works.

By Marcella Baietto | November 3, 2016

Art installation at ASU remembers the 'Mud Angels' of Florence

The flood in Florence, Italy 50 years earlier is remembered through Ellen Murray's "Deluge" on display in Noble Science Library until Dec. 12.

By Owen Baldner | November 3, 2016

Political ads as art: Filmmaking artists to present 32 years worth of work at ASU Art Museum

On Tuesday Nov. 1, renown artists, Antonio Muntadas and Marshall Reese will show their film, "Political Advertisement IX 1952-2016," at the ASU Art Museum. This film is compiled of 32 years and nine presidential elections worth of televised political advertisements.

By Leah Goldberg | October 30, 2016

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