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ASU students bring awareness to disorder through art exhibition

Beauty on the Brain encourages both awareness and self-acceptance through art pieces.

By Lindsey Lucero | November 14, 2012

St. Patrick’s Day every day at Irish library

The newly constructed McClelland Irish Library in downtown Phoenix offers a center for genealogical research, and plenty of space to read favorite Irish writers.

By Justine Pallas | November 7, 2012

Dolls, paint and stories shared at the Heard Museum

The Heard Museum is proof that physical travel is not necessary to adopt a more holistic view toward one’s place in the world.

By Jeremy Conigliari | November 5, 2012

A person dressed as a menacing skeleton stands in front of Laura Jackson's red-dyed swimming pool at her haunted house in Tempe. (Photo courtesy of Laura Jackson)

ASU alumna hosts free Halloween haunted house

An ASU alumna is hosting a free haunted house this Halloween solely out of her enthusiasm for the holiday.

By Lindsey Lucero | October 29, 2012

State Fair human anatomy exhibit cultivates curiosity

Fair attendees that need a break from the rides and the noise might want to stop at the “Our Body: The Universe Within” to gain an understanding of the internal workings of the human body.

By Mikayla Gilbert | October 23, 2012

Phoenix Oktoberfest embraces many different cultures

This year’s Oktoberfest truly celebrated culture — not just German culture, but the convergence of many different ones.

By Mikayla Gilbert | October 7, 2012

‘Starry’ night tour presents Wright landmark in impressive way

While various tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s residence are conducted throughout the year, the Night Lights tours, uniquely offered in the fall and spring, present an enchanting way to discover Taliesin West.

By Lana Rogoff | September 25, 2012

Children attending a flashlight tour at the Desert Botanical Garden stop at a station to visit a desert tortoise. (Photo courtesy of Desert Botanical Garden)

Garden night tours ignite curiosities of nature

Desert Botanical Garden holds educational Garden Flashlight Tours that enhances appreciation for the desert.

By Taylor Costello | August 26, 2012

Musicians pose support for Russian punk band Pussy Riot

Russian punk band Pussy Riot’s two-year jail sentence for “hooliganism” is inspiring protests in Europe and the U.S. and causing fellow musicians to speak out in solidarity.

By Justine Pallas | August 23, 2012

Music club at ASU presents alternative to Greek Life

The Underground Foundation, known simply as TUF, prepares for its third year on campus as one of Tempe's foremost supporters of the independent art and music scene.

By Mitchell Bobman | August 22, 2012

Left to right: Rhet Andrews and Mark Capurso are sharing exhibition space for the month of June at the ASU Gammage to display their photography of the Southwest and Europe. (Photo by Shawn Raymundo)

Photos at Gammage convey man-made and natural beauty

“The Grady Memorial Gammage Auditorium is displaying photos by Mark Capurso and Rhet Andrews, and even untrained eyes can see that these are not photos printed with haste at a local CVS.”

By Taylor Costello | June 3, 2012

Gary T. Erbe, Cowboy Comics, 1996. Bronze, oil and gilded wood. Gift of the artist in memory of Muriel Koestler. (Photo courtesy of the Phoenix Art Museum)

‘Paper!’ demonstrates the elasticity of material in art

“When visitors go through the exhibition, presently hosted in the Steele Gallery, it becomes palatable how influential the material was in giving countless artists a medium to jot down or express a variety of imagery.”

By Taylor Costello | May 27, 2012

Shonto W. Begay stands proudly next to his artwork exhibited at the 54th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market in downtown Phoenix. (Photo by Brittany Lea)

Indian Fair & Market brings spirit, tradition to Phoenix

Several Native American tribes gathered at the 54th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market to socialize and display and market their individual artwork.

By Emily Nichols | March 6, 2012

Slideshow: Body Art Expo

Hundreds of tattoo enthusiasts gathered at the Arizona State Fairgrounds over the weekend for the Body Art Expo, featuring over 300 tattoo and piercing artists working on site.

By Lisa Bartoli | February 19, 2012

Art exhibit gives voice to disadvantaged youth

“Expressing Human Rights: All People Free and Equal” is an opportunity to showcase for youth to explore human rights as they see it in the world around them.

By Newlin Tillotson | January 31, 2012

Resident artists explore the unexplainable

Exploring the miraculous is a concept Social Studies resident artists Julianne Swartz and Ken Landauer are working on in their upcoming ASU Art Museum exhibition “Miracle Report.”

By Newlin Tillotson | January 17, 2012