Exhibit Openings

A HUMAN IMPULSE: Figuration from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection
ASU Art Museum
January 26 - April 27, 2008

MOULTHROP GENERATIONS: Turned Wood Vessels by
Ed, Philip, and Matt Moulthrop
ASU Art Museum
October 20, 2007 - February 24, 2008

Following the Rythms of Life: The Ceramic Art of David Shaner
ASU Art Museum
September 22 - January 6, 2008

Business As Usual: New Video from China/Cao Fei and Yang Fudong
ASU Art Museum
September 15 - December 9, 2007

DRAWING FROM HISTORY:
Permanent Collection and Loans
ASU Art Museum
Apr 14 - June 23

Drawing from History: Permanent Collection and Loans presents 20 works by contemporary artists who are influenced by and quote from art history. The exhibition focuses on work in the ASU Art Museum’s collection, including new acquisitions and loans from local collections. The exhibition also includes historic works that provide inspiration and reveal sources.

Renegade Clay:
Five Views from the West
ASU Ceramic Research Center
Apr 14 - Aug 24

This exhibition uncovers the work of five artists from western states who are defining a new generation of clay workers: Rebekah Bogard, Neveda; Shay Church, California; Max Lehman, New Mexico; Thomas Muller, California; and Christina West, Montana.

ASU Herberger College School of Art Faculty:
2006-2007 Exhibition
ASU Art Museum
Apr 14 - Aug 28

The bi-annual show offers students and the public an opportunity to see the respected talents of the ASU Herberger College School of Art faculty. This year’s exhibition features works by more than 35 art faculty members in media as diverse as painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, inter-media, fiber and ceramics, as well as research by art history and art education professors.

Alien Images:
UFOs, Photography and Belief
Museum of Anthropology
Mar 8 - Aug 15

The ASU Museum of Anthropology is proud to present the exhibit, Alien Images: UFOs, Photography and Belief, opening March 8, 2007. Through a series of large photographic prints, projections, movies and books, the exhibit will explore the 137 year history of photographic images purported to show Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and the rich variety of interpretations used to explain them.

Connivences:
Stefan De Jaeger / Stéphane Janssen
A history of art, family and friends
ASU Art Museum
Mar 3 - May 12

Stéphane Janssen has collected art for nearly 60 years. At the age of 16, he bought his first work: a painting by Spanish artist Oscar Dominguez. It was the beginning of many friendships and a monumental collection. After World War II, Janssen amassed one of the outstanding CoBrA collections in the world.

Publishing on the Border
30 Years of Latina/o Publishing by the Bilingual Review Press
Jan 17 – Mar 9

The ASU Libraries are pleased to showcase a broad selection of books published by and artwork commissioned by the internationally renowned Bilingual Review Press (BRP). The exhibit coincides with ASU Libraries’ hosting of the 2007 Transborder Library Forum/FORO Transfronterizo de Bibliotecas from February 20-24, 2007 on the Tempe campus.

Gardening with Oscar Oiwa
ASU Art Museum
Oct 14 – Feb 13

This exhibition of Oscar Oiwa’s paintings, the first in a U.S. art museum, is another installment in the ASU Art Museum’s expanded initiatives for exhibiting and interpreting Latin-American art. Oiwa, a Brazilian artist of Japanese heritage, studied in Japan and the United Kingdom. He currently lives in New York.

New American City
ASU Art Museum
Sept 9 - Jan 27

PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION/ STUDENT WELCOME BACK PARTY:
Friday, Sept 8th - 7-10 p.m.
Local Bands Playing on Plaza - 8-10 p.m.

Unintended Consequences
Gallery of Design
Sept 14 - Nov 17

The Unintended Consequences exhibition seeks to suggest creative alternatives and explore the value of design thinking across the physical, social, and cultural landscape.

Opening Reception September 21, 6:30 pm. Exhibition through November 17.

Guarding the Flame:
Sri Lankan Palm Leaf Manuscript and Monographic Collections at ASU Libraries
Hayden Library
August 21 - October 13

The Exhibits Committee in coordination with Archives and Special Collections is pleased to announce a Hayden Library exhibit in two parts divided between the new exhibit space on the Lower Concourse and the Luhrs Gallery & Reading Room on the fourth floor. Designed to showcase as well as contextualize a recent gift of over one hundred palm leaf manuscripts from Sri Lanka, “Guarding the Flame: Sri Lankan Palm Leaf Manuscript and Monographic Collections at ASU Libraries” runs from August 21 – October 13, 2006.

Hayden Library Press Release

It's A Dry Heat:
Biological Adapations for Life in the Arizona Desert
Hayden Library
August - December

The exhibit is a collaborative effort between the School of Life Sciences (SoLS), the Natural History Collections in SoLS, and ASU Libraries and includes some materials from the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Get to know Arizona's native living creatures and learn how they survive in the harsh desert climate.

Hayden Library Press Release