Family Fun Day is coming Saturday July 11!

You're Invited! Family Fun Day is on July 11, 10a.m. - 2p.m. FREE!

Shoshana Ross, the brains behind Food: Feast for the Eyes

Hailing from Northern California, Shoshana attended ASU for her undergraduate studies and received a Bachelor’s of Art in Art History with a minor in Design Studies, cum laude, in 2007. She is currently studying for a Master’s of Art in Art Education and expects to graduate in 2011. Chosen as the Windgate Intern for the 2008-2009 year, Shoshana says that it “has been a fabulous opportunity to work with many different people at the museum, and I’ve enjoyed the responsibility.”

Want to know more about Shoshana and her work at the museum as a Windgate Intern? Scroll on down…

What did you do on a daily basis?
“I selected the art works, found information about the works and artists for labels, researched and wrote text panels, designed activities for the gallery and for the event, contacted and worked with collaborators, helped design the layout for the show, and much more!”

What did you learn from designing the exhibition?
“I truly got to see how an exhibition is created, from the ground up. I’ve probably had the most fun getting into the mindset of a child to design fun interactive components for the exhibition and event.”

What are the perks of the Windgate internship?
“It’s exciting to see the wheels turning for exhibitions, including those other than my own. Just the whole experience of being “behind the scenes” is fascinating.”

What have you learned from your internship experience?
“I’ve learned how to work independently, but also with lots of different types of people and organizations. I’ve learned how to think outside the box for an exhibition, cliché as that might seem, yet appeal to a wide variety of audiences. It’s a lot about balance and autonomy.”

Do you have any advice for would-be Windgate interns?
“I’d just remind them to work hard! The museum is all about what you see and experience, so everything we do has actual physical importance that affects people everyday.”

Now that you know who she is and what she looks like, you might just say “hi” to Shoshana when you stop by the museum Saturday, July 11, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m for ASU Art Museum’s Family Fun Day. Also, you can always stop by and see the Food: Feast for the Eyes exhibit (for !free!), Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 am -5:00 pm, until August 29th.

And yes, you too can play with the cute vegetable and fruit puppets!

~Crystal

Figuring Prominently

part of the Figuring Prominently exhibition at ASU Art Museum

Figuring Prominently is the newest exhibition to open this summer season at ASU Art Museum.  Thanks to ASU’s State Press for doing a terrific article for us! The show is open through September 19 and has some spectacular pieces from the museum’s collection.

ASU Art Museum is always free and open to the public. Visit us Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. We’re right on Mill Avenue at 10th Street, just south of University Drive.

-diane

ribbit. First Saturdays for Families. ribbit.

June's First Saturdays art project: frogs!

Our curator of education, Andrea, came to me today with this: the next First Saturdays for Families art project! It’s based on the ceramic art of David Gilhooly, who uses a lot of frogs in his work. See the work in our Summer Family exhibition, Food: Feast for the Eyes, which is now open, and make your own paper plate frogs!

ASU Art Museum is always free and open to the public! There’s no cost to participate in our event and kids get to keep their art projects. Perfect for kids 4-12 and their families, and no registration is required. Just stop by the museum any time between 10am – 3pm on the first Saturday of the month!

-diane

President Obama at ASU graduation, May 13, 2009

Always more to achieve.

 

President Obama at ASU Graduation, May 13, 2009

ASU Art Museum: conquering summer boredom!

Family Exhibition and Family Fun Day 2009 at ASU Art Museum

Where can you bring the kids this summer that’s fun, indoors, and isn’t going to cost you an arm and a leg?

Come to ASU Art Museum! The museum is always free and open to the public, and our annual summer family exhibition is getting ready to open next Saturday, May 16. There’s even free parking (on the northeast corner of Mill Avenue and 10th Street, just outside of our Ceramics Research Center). So you can afford to bring the kids and spend a day learning about and having fun with art.

We also have some great, FREE, family activities coming up in addition to the exhibition:

Saturday, June 6 and Saturday, August 1, join us for First Saturdays for Families. It actually happens the first Saturday of each month here in the museum. We offer hands-on activities that are perfect for kids 4-12 and totally free! No registration is required and all materials are provided free at the museum. And kids can keep their art projects, too. It’s a great way to get creative and have fun for a day!

July is special: the first Saturday is a holiday so the museum is closed, but the *second* Saturday is Family Fun Day! July 11, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., join us for hands-on activities, puppet show, an appearance by a KAET/Eight character, a reading area and great food-related information and art to go along with our family exhibition. All activities are free and there is no admission fee at ASU Art Museum. This is a really fun event that you won’t want to miss!

Family Fun Day is only once a year, but First Saturdays for Families is a monthly program, so mark your calendars and come on over. Don’t be bored this summer!

-diane

change of seasons

changing exhibitions at ASU Art Museum

Another iPhone photo as we get ready for the summer season. We’re sad to see the exhibition Breathing is Free leaving us, but there’s an audience waiting in Chicago so it’s being prepared for shipping. Our lead preparator, Stephen (noticeably absent for photos!) is working nonstop to change over galleries to the summer exhibitions. This gallery on the second floor is being readied for our summer family exhibition Food: Feast for the Eyes, which will be showing May 16 (that’s next Saturday!) – August 29, 2009.  

As always, our annual Family Fun Day (scheduled for Saturday, July 11!) is themed with the family exhibition, so expect lots of food, nutrition and health activities and fun stuff at this year’s event!

Also- if you haven’t yet seen Kurt Weiser’s exhibition Eden Revisited, this week is your last chance before it too travels to a new destination. The exhibition officially closes next Saturday, May 16, so come by to see some truly amazing ceramic art before it’s on its way!

Last chance for Kurt Weiser's exhibition Eden Revisited at ASU Art Museum

 

-diane

And that’s not all!

As if tonight’s Night Moves performance wasn’t enough, our Ceramics Research Center also has lots going on all day long! Check this out:

For those of you who missed out on the event during NCECA, we would like to invite you to the A La Carte Trunk Show. For one day the tableware of the following artists will be available for sale:

Jenni Brant                Chandra DeBuse
Andy Brayman          Jana Evans
Sam Chung                 Dandee Pattee
Erica Cioe                   Andy Shaw
Steven Colby              Christian Tonsgard

 

When:    Tuesday, April 28th     10am-5pm       

100% of all sales will go to the artist.
Cash, check & credit cards accepted.

And from 7 – 9 p.m.:

Presentations by Christian Tonsgard and Darien Johnson, who have completed their master’s degrees in ceramics. Both do fabulous work and your attendance helps support and encourage these talented emerging artists.  Refreshments served.

Don’t forget- Night Moves 11: Breathing is Free and Twelve Squared, is tonight from 6-8 p.m. The performance starts at 6:15. All of our events are FREE and open to the public!

See you there!

-diane

Museums are for dancing

Join us at the ASU Art Museum on Tuesday, April 28, 6-8 PM for a special performance:

NIGHT MOVES 11: Breathing is Free and Twelve Squared

(Performance begins at 6:15 PM)

FREE

Herberger College’s ASU Art Museum, The School of Music and the Department of Dance bring together 12 musicians and 12 dancers in an exciting evening of contemporary art and performance.

at ASU Art Museum and Nelson Fine Arts Plaza

Located on the SE Corner of Mill Ave. and 10th Street, one light south of University Drive, in Tempe.

Music:  Wendy Mae Chambers, performed live by ASU’s Contemporary Percussion Ensemble

Directors:  J.B. Smith and Simone Mancuso

Choreography:  Mary Fitzgerald, Karen Schupp and dancers

Museum Exhibition:  Breathing is Free by internationally acclaimed artist Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/2009/breathingisfree/

NIGHT MOVES is an ongoing collaborative series between the ASU Art Museum and Departments/Schools of the Herberger College of the Arts, coordinated in response to current exhibitions. http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/nightseries/index.php

-diane

“I’ve often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me”

Come see what greatness awaits at the 13th Annual ASU Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival!

When: Saturday, April 18, starting at 8 p.m. <<- that’s tomorrow night!

Where: on the plaza at the Nelson Fine Arts Center- just behind the museum. *please bring your own seating for a night under the stars!

Cost: nothing. nada. FREE!

The event is open to all ages, but please be aware that the second half of the evening may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Need help to get here? maps & directions

And if you’re wondering, the quote’s by Woody Allen.

See you tomorrow!

-diane