Vampires Faceoff

Here is a taste of the vampires spotted last night in the Tempe area – be careful out there, they’re mean!

-Jillian

“It’s not easy being green”

Canalscape being installed at ASU Art Museum

Canalscape turns ASU Art Museum green

Actually, it isn’t all that difficult. Especially when the Canalscape installation is in full swing at ASU Art Museum – we have green plants all over the front of the building and in the Nymphaeum (that’s our swanky name for our front entry area that’s located down the stairs). This is going to be an exciting project, and one that I personally hope becomes reality in the near future. Imagine seeing a currently-dull-and-uninhabited canal from the street, fully redesigned with parks, or shopping, or restaurants, or anything creative that reflects the neighborhood around it. We may soon have (more!) really wonderful spaces around our fair city that are inviting, relaxing, invigorating – our very own oases.

Come see what it’s about at the opening reception on Tuesday, November 10, from 6 – 9 pm at ASU Art Museum. It’s free. There will be food, drink, music and a dance performance! All this amid the fun of Tempe Greenstreets, happening outside our door on Mill Avenue in conjunction with the U.S. Greenbuild Conference. It’s going to be an exciting evening!

-diane

…in case you missed it, the title reference.

 

Jillian Mcdonald: Zombies vs. Vampires – Premiere Reception (Fri. 13th) @ ASU Art Museum

Friday, November 13, 2009

5-7pm

FREE Public Reception and World Premiere

Jillian Mcdonald: Zombies vs. Vampires

 

Please join us for the FREE Public Reception and World Premiere

of Jillian Mcdonald’s two channel video installation Zombies vs. Vampires,

a work created with the community during the artists six-week Social Studies

residency at the Arizona State University Art Museum

 

Image documentation of the six-week residency and creation of the work can be

found on the ASU Art Museum FaceBook page at:

Asuart Museumstaff

 

Commentary by the artist during the project can be found through postings

on the ASU Art Museum blog: http://asuartmuseum.wordpress.com/

 

Special thanks to all the volunteer community members who participated in the

project as Zombies, Vampires, Make-up Artists, Videographers, Still Camera

Photographer, Support Crew and Prof. Muriel Magenta.

Thank you to BlueMedia for their in-kind printing support for the installation:

http://www.bluemedia.com/

 

We look forward to having you join us!

Arizona State University Art Museum

Mill Avenue @ 10th Street

Tempe, AZ 85287-2911

t. 480.965.2787

f. 480.965.5254

e. asuartmuseum@asu.edu

w. http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu

blog. http://asuartmuseum.wordpress.com/

- John

tagged

I am not condoning random painting on the outside of our building. It’s not ok. Please refrain from tagging the museum with random art even if it is sort of cool.

-diane

edit: By the way, we did get the reference.

First Saturday projects!

collage project for First Saturdays, November 2009

If all these events just aren’t enough for you (have you even come in to do a Fundred yet??) this coming weekend is the first Saturday of November, which means, FREE MANUAL ART LABOR FOR THE MINORS free hands-on art projects for kids!

This month’s project is based on the Nowhere to Hide: Three Artists in the Desert exhibition, with artists Richard Lerman, Carrie Marill and Julie Anand. Based on Anand’s collage-type work and Marill’s birds, we’ve got some fun bird-inspired collage projects just waiting to happen. The beautiful collage pictured above was done by our Ed. Department assistant, Dawn. She’s good, no?

Don’t forget- everything is free and the kids can keep their projects. With the holidays quickly approaching, what better way to keep the kids entertained for a day than a FREE day at ASU Art Museum?

Following is a real quote from a real teacher who brought her class into the museum for a tour: “They liked the museum better than the zoo!”

hear that? BETTER THAN THE ZOO. you should come on Saturday and see why.

-diane :)

Friday Conversations

Please join us Friday at 11 a.m. as artist Richard Lerman talks with us about his installation, Hoover: Water | Power at ASU Art Museum. These are always super-interesting conversations, and always free! Free parking is located outside of the Ceramics Research Center, on the northeast corner of Mill Ave. at 10th Street.

-diane

Improv Alert Redeux!

So sorry to announce that Jillian has had to cancel this week’s meetings regarding Z-Train. Really sorry, everyone. stuff happens. :/

Follow us on Twitter @ASUArtMuseum or check back on this blog for updated info as we have it.

-diane

Zombies Have More Fun

Prom zombie Tara Logsdon leads the zombies in a move from Thriller.

How can you not love them?
-Jillian

Indie Chic press

ReadyMade.com picked up our notice about Indie Chic, our cool craft fair that’s happening on the same day as Tempe Festival of the Arts, December 5! This is exciting for us since the event creator and organizer, Lehka (who happens to share an office with yours truly), has gotten Ready Made magazine for years.

I can also attest to the excitement that’s been happening around here as submissions keep rolling in. There are going to be some *very* awesome artists at this event. Bring those holiday piggy banks, folks. You’re gonna need ‘em.

-diane

 

Zombies vs Vampires: BRAVO to Everyone!

Fun shots of vampires and zombies getting me – staged before heading out for taping in the desert this weekend, photos by Steve Gittins.

Make-up artists, videographers, photographer, and actors were in top form this weekend when we filmed Zombies vs Vampires in Tempe’s Papago Park.

Both shoots went super well – with warm weather, clear skies, an almost full moon, and no police, though a few hiker families watched the zombies in action this evening from the sidelines. One park ranger came by and thought we were a church group (!?) or a band, but he liked it so John Spiak invited him to the Nov 10th opening!

Now the editing begins!

-Jillian