What’s happening at the ASU Art Museum this week: March 31 – April 6, 2014

This Is Not America, Part III opens Saturday, April 5, 2014 in the Americas Gallery at the ASU Art Museum. The third in a three-part series of exhibitions looking at the intersection of art and social change, this exhibition is co-curated with ASU MFA students and focuses on the central themes of dominance and illusion. For more info: https://asuevents.asu.edu/not-america-part-iii

Tuesday, April 1, 2014:

6 p.m., in the Kresge Gallery at the ASU Art Museum — Learn about issues of appropriation and fair use from Christine Steiner, an expert arts attorney from Los Angeles. For more info: https://asuevents.asu.edu/appropriate-appropriation-fair-use-visual-arts

Thursday, April 3, 2014:

7:30 p.m., at the ASU Art Museum Brickyard — Hear from internationally renowned potter Linda Sikora as she gives this year’s Jan Fisher Memorial Lecture. For more info: https://asuevents.asu.edu/linda-sikora-jan-fisher-memorial-lecture

Friday, April 4, 2014:

7 p.m. at Combine Studios Gallery in downtown Phoenix — Explore Pablo Helguera’s Librería Donceles with the curator, Julio Morales in this special First Friday event. For more info: https://asuevents.asu.edu/gallery-tour-curator-julio-cesar-morales-librer%C3%ADa-donceles

Saturday, April 5, 2014:

11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the ASU Art Museum — It’s time for First Saturdays for Families! This month, explore Echoes of Japan, hear a special performance from ASU School of Music students and use actual printmaking techniques to create your own masterpiece. For more info: https://asuevents.asu.edu/first-saturday-families-6

As always, museum admission (at any location) is always free! For questions on hours, directions or programming, call 480.965.2787 or visit asuartmuseum.asu.edu.

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Image credits, clockwise from left:

Linda Sikora in her studio. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Pablo Helguera. “Librería Donceles,” 2013. (detail) Installation with books, works on paper, sound. Image courtesy of the artist and Kent Fine Arts.
Helen Hyde (1868-1919), “Cherry Blossom,” woodblock print. From Echoes of Japan (2014).
Pablo Guardiola, “Untitled,” 2007. Digital C-print, 20 x 30 in. Image courtesy of the artist. From This Is Not America, Part III (2014).