Events & Activities
Lectures
Seating for lectures is available on a first-come, first-seated basis.
Free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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A Conversation with Susan Claassen
February 10, 12:30pm
Writer, actress and producer Susan Claassen shares the creative process behind her one-woman play about legendary Hollywood costume designer Edith Head. The play is a behind-the-scenes recounting of great movie lore and delicious insider stories.
For optional luncheon, call (602) 307-2011. Presented by the Museum's Arizona Costume Institute |
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The 10 Most Exciting Photographers I Learned about in the Last Year
February 10, 7pm
Come behind the scenes and gain curatorial access with Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography Rebecca Senf, Ph.D., as she shares the work of 10 photographers she has been introduced to in the last year. Special opportunities to meet new faces in the field, such as jurying portfolio reviews and meeting artists who visit the Museum and Center for Creative Photography, has allowed her to make unique discoveries. Dr. Senf presents emerging photographers as well as new work produced by established artists, from color to black-and-white, and from film-based to digital production.
Presented by the Museum's Contemporary Forum and the Museum's In Focus |
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Indonesia’s Textile Arts
February 24, 7pm
Why are the arts of weaving and dyeing recognized among Indonesia's most important cultural expressions? Roy W. Hamilton, senior curator of Asian and Pacific collections at UCLA's Fowler Museum, explores the many roles of cloth in Indonesian society. With this background in place, he discusses Sumatran textiles now on view, ranging from luxurious silk ikats of the Palembang sultanate to the wildly imaginative supplementary-weft weavings of the Lampung pepper-trading region. After the lecture, visit Sumatra: Textiles from the Dr. Thomas J. Hudak Collection, on view beginning February 13 in the Museum's Orme Lewis Gallery.
The talk is preceded by music from Children of the Mud Volcano, ASU's gamelan orchestra, from 6:30 to 7pm in Whiteman Hall. Sponsored by the Museum's Asian Arts Council |
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The Americas Series: Bringing Latin American Art to Light
February 27, 2pm
A major challenge for curators, artists and art communities is to dispel the many stereotypes surrounding Latin American art. Hear the intriguing insights of one of the country's leading curators focused on the work of artists of the Americas and their role within the broader regional, national and global art ecologies: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, the new chief curator at Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach, CA and former director/chief curator of Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation and Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection in Miami.
Included with Museum admission; suggested program donation: $10. Presented by the Museum's Latin American Art Alliance |
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Very Vintage
March 10, 12:30pm
With a name synonymous with fashion and the most beautiful faces in Phoenix, Robert Black created the Southwest's top modeling and talent agency. Mr. Black, co-author of The Style of Bill Travilla and The Little White Dress, gives a peek into fashion's glamorous past and shares his expertise on collecting and wearing vintage clothing.
For optional luncheon, call (602) 307-2011. Presented by the Museum's Arizona Costume Institute |
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Collecting on the Edge
March 10, 7pm
Museum members Kent & Vicki Logan are world-famous collectors of contemporary art. They seek to identify cutting edge artists and to build a personal gallery with an unparalleled selection of provocative art works. After Mr. Logan discusses their collection, Jim Ballinger, Sybil Harrington Director, engages the couple in a conversation about their collecting strategy.
Presented by the Museum's Contemporary Forum |
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Ansel Adams: In Focus
March 17, 7pm
Alan Ross, artist, educator and master printer, has earned an international reputation as a specialist in the art of black-and-white photography. As Ansel Adams' photographic assistant from 1974 to 1979, Ross was integrally involved with Adams' books, teaching in Yosemite and production of fine prints. Ross presents a personal view of the master, from his professional and obscure personal work to his passion for people.
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Tea and Immortality: Contemporary Chinese Yixing Teapots from the James T. Bialac Collection
March 31, 7pm
Terese Bartholomew, curator emerita, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, gives a short history of Yixing ware from the 16th through the 20th centuries. Hear more about the four major styles of teapots and how contemporary potters express themselves in the four traditional styles. Join us for a reception after the talk.
Sponsored by the Museum's Asian Arts Council |
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In the Mood: Glamour in the 1940s
April 7, 7pm
Dennita Sewell, curator of fashion design, gives an overview of the effects of rationing and sweeping social shifts during with the onset of World War II. She examines their effects on appearance and glamour in the 1940s though the pages of period fashion magazines and examples of original works on view beginning April 3.
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The Americas Series: Hidden Innovations in Modern Latin American Art
April 17, 2pm
Patrick Frank is a bilingual art historian, curator, author (Posada's Broadsheets: Popular Imagery in Mexico City, 1890-1910 and Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts), editor of Readings in Latin American Art and contributor to Marilyn Stokstad's Art History. As witty as he is eloquent, Dr. Frank discusses expressive 20th-century figural art.
Included with Museum admission; suggested program donation: $10. Presented by the Museum's Latin American Art Alliance |
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Exposing Time: A Photographer Documents a Changing World
April 21, 7pm
Environmental photojournalist Gary Braasch shows how time exposures, repeat and sequential images can evoke the motion and change of the world. He focuses on his work documenting natural history and climate change for international magazines, exhibits and books.
Sponsored by the Museum's In Focus |
ArtBreak Gallery Talks
Informal, 30-minute presentations are given by docents, staff or guest speakers in the Museum’s galleries.
Included with Museum general admission or free for Members, unless otherwise noted.
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Symbols of Status and Adornment
March 3, Noon
Peter Banko, guest curator, discusses textile traditions of Sumatra and the special exhibition on view beginning February 13.
Presented by the Museum's Asian Arts Council |
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Tea and Immortality
April 7, Noon
Curator of Asian Art Janet Baker, Ph.D., discusses contemporary Chinese Yixing tea wares on view beginning February 20.
Presented by the Museum's Asian Arts Council |
Object of the Month
Learn more about key works in the Museum’s collection every Thursday at 11:30am.
Included with Museum general admission; always free for Members.