You are invited! / Feb. 8

SEASON OPENING
Friday, Feb. 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Member preview 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Join us for a celebration of our spring shows! We'll have food, drink, a brass band, an interactive piece by artist Holly Hanessian and more. Free and open to the public!

*MINING FOR YOU Feb. 9 - May 11, 2013
Artists Matthew Moore (Phoenix) and Clare Patey (London) collaborate on a project centered on the issue of endangered elements in the periodic table, specifically copper. Copper plays a major role in Arizona’s history and in its current economic, environmental and cultural life. Cu²â¹ will explore the process of staking a claim, the idea of owning the Earth’s natural resources, and our dependence on copper for everything from saucepans to cellphones.

If you have copper objects that you could lend to the exhibition, we need them! The artists are collecting copper objects and their stories from community members in order to trace the prevalent use of copper in our lives. Bring your object to the opening on Feb. 8, or contact Andrew Swaim, andrew.swaim@asu.edu, for delivery and times, or for more information. Any contributions are greatly appreciated.

Cu²â¹: Mining for You is generously supported by the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, the City of Tempe, Dr. Eric Jungermann, Tana and Ridge Smidt, Donna and Howard Stone, the British Council, Target, Corporate Interior Systems, the Advisory Board of the ASU Art Museum, Friends of the ASU Art Museum, Four Points Sheraton and the Wilhelmine Prinzen Endowment at the ASU Art Museum.

Photo by Michael Lundgren.

Traces of Japanese Life
Selections from the Melikian Collection

Feb. 1 - May 25, 2013

Beautiful landscapes, pottery designs, a shipwrecked sailor’s view of Russia, tales of good and evil, the construction of Samurai warriors’ armor and weapons, the care of horses, Christianity and Buddhism are topics addressed in the 17th - 20th-century manuscripts and objects on loan from the Melikian Collection. These fragmented records have been a resource for study by art history seminar students guided by Claudia Brown, professor at the Herberger Institute School of Art, and Jean Makin, print collections manager at the ASU Art Museum.

This exhibition is supported by James and Ana Melikian, the Japan Foundation and Friends of the ASU Art Museum. Visit asiaartsphoenix.org.

Image: Artist unknown, Samurai Armor and Warfare, 1848. Hand-painted manuscript book, 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches. The Melikian Collection.

Born of Fire:
The Pottery of Margaret Tafoya

Re: Generation: Featuring a survey of ceramics
by Margaret Tafoya's descendants

Dec. 22, 2012-April 27, 2013

This unprecedented exhibition of pueblo pottery provides collectors, students and the public a unique overview of one of the most accomplished potters of the 20th century. Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001), a matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters, was a pioneering pueblo artist who sustained the ceramic tradition of her ancestors by transforming it from a process for making functional vessels into an art form.

Organized In collaboration with the Erie Art Museum (Pa.) and with assistance from King Galleries, Scottsdale, Ariz. Funded by the Lovena Ohl Foundation; Grace and Paul Markovits; King Galleries, Scottsdale; George Gibbons and CLA members of the Ceramics Research Center.

Image: Margaret Tafoya, Vases and Bowls with Bear Paw Design, burnished earthenware, 1950-1970, variable dimensions. Photo by Duane Reider.

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Born of Fire: The Pottery of Margaret Tafoya

Born of Fire:
The Pottery of Margaret Tafoya