ASU West Artistic Events

Unfortunately, the ASU West Campus power outage continues, and we will remain closed today and until further notice. We will provide an update on our reopening ASAP. The campus facilities team is working hard to get the power back up. Thank you for your patience!

Due to a campus-wide power outage at ASU West, the ArtSpace West gallery will not be open today. We plan to reopen as scheduled tomorrow at noon. Thank you for your understanding and patience!

Learn about our current exhibition, "IndigoShado: Legends," by the IAP alum Kristian Williams with Endless Vault Studios, and also read about the IAP program from current faculty members as well as a current student!

West campus faculty, alumni and students showcase art across disciplines and genres - The Arizona State Press Alumni, students and faculty discuss the uniqueness of the Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance program amid the opening of the "IndigoShado: Legends" exhibition. 

Join us at the opening of IndigoShado: Legends by IAP alum Kristian Williams and Endless Vault Studios tomorrow at 7-9pm at ArtSpace West!

Welcome to the new 2023-2024 season for ASU West Artistic Events. Our Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance (IAP) program have planned a great new season of installations in ArtSpace West and artistic events on the West campus for you. Our first event is an installation titled "Indigo Shado: Legends" created by IAP alumni Kristian Williams, with an opening reception on Wednesday, Sept 6 @ 7:00 pm in ArtSpace West. Williams and Endless Vault Studio present a unique installation in the realm of imaginative science fiction using digital art, video, and sculpture combined with trip hop/jazz music. This installation is can be viewed Sept 7-27, Mondays-Thursdays from 12noon-5pm (closed on Labor Day, Sept 4). Make plans to experience this!

Welcome to the new 2023-2024 season for ASU West Artistic Events. Our Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance (IAP) program have planned a great new season of installations in ArtSpace West and artistic events on the West campus for you. Our first event is an installation titled "Indigo Shado: Legends" created by IAP alumni Kristian Williams, with an opening reception on Wednesday, Sept 6 @ 7:00 pm in ArtSpace West. Williams and Endless Vault Studio present a unique installation in the realm of imaginative science fiction using digital art, video, and sculpture combined with trip hop/jazz music. This installation is can be viewed Sept 7-27, Mondays-Thursdays from 12noon-5pm (closed on Labor Day, Sept 4). Make plans to experience this!

Today is the Earth Day Celebration led by IAP faculty Barry Moon in Delph Courtyard from 1-5pm. Unplugged musical performances will be featured by IAP alumni Shiloh Ashley, Tatiana Crespo, Shape Trio, and The Woodworks!

"Lifelines" is now! ArtSpace West is open Mondays - Thursdays, 12 noon - 5 pm, and runs through April 27.

Our final installation in this ArtSpace West season is LIFELINES, an installation of works by IAP faculty Barry Moon and Jacob Meders. This installation's opening reception will take place on Wednesday, April 12 from 7-9 pm, and then will continue in the gallery until April 27. ArtSpace West is open from 12 noon - 5 pm Mondays through Thursdays on the ASU West campus.

Today and tomorrow (Wed & Thurs) are the last two days to view "Staging America: The Artistic Legacy of the Provincetown Players" in ArtSpace West. This exhibit allows you to see and hear the history of the Provincetown Players, the group that helped usher American theatre into the Modern era of the 20th century, as well as introduce the playwrights Eugene O'Neill and Susan Glaspell. ArtSpace West is open from 12n-5pm.

"Staging America: The Artistic Legacy of the Provincetown Players" continues in ArtSpace West through Thursday, March 30th. The exhibit invites you to step into the world of the Players from their inception in Summer of 1915 in Provincetown on Cape Cod to their establishment as a company in Greenwich Village in the Fall of 1916. In the process, the Players ushered American theatre into the modern age. One feature is a short film that uses original photos from their productions of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones" (photo here showing the original "Brutus Jones" Charles Gilpin) and "The Hairy Ape," both early examples of expressionism in American theatre. ArtSpace West is open Mondays-Thursdays from 12noon-5pm.

A reminder that tonight is the opening of "Staging America: The Artistic Legacy of the Provincetown Players" in ArtSpace West from 7-9pm. This installation celebrates the work of the American theatre company the Provincetown Players and the release of IAP faculty Jeff Kennedy’s new book by the same title. The exhibit features historical photos, narrative, film, video, projections, interactive websites, and audio that display the story of the Players and how they ushered American theatre into the modern era. A special feature TONIGHT ONLY will be a staged reading of Susan Glaspell’s play, “Trifles,” featuring some of our finest local actors. This play continues to have its own legacy as one of the first feminist plays and as the most anthologized one-act in all of American theatre (This photo is of a performance in 1918, though our actors don't look quite so gray). The reception begins at 7:00 pm in ArtSpace West, and the performance will start around 7:30 pm. We hope you can attend.

This Wednesday night, March 15, from 7-9 pm is the opening reception for a new installation in ArtSpace West: "Staging America: The Artistic Legacy of the Provincetown Players." Created by IAP faculty Jeff Kennedy, this installation uses historical photos, visual art, videos, interactive media, and sound to celebrate the legacy of the Players who from 1915-1922 were instrumental in ushering American theatre into the modern era with experimental plays written by American playwrights. Dr. Kennedy also has a new book that was just released with the same title as this installation. As a special event for the opening reception, five professional actors will be performing "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, which was premiered by the Players and is considered one of America's first feminist plays (as well as the most anthologized one-act play in the American canon). We invite you to join us; food will be served, and the performance will begin around 7:30 pm. This installation will continue through March 30; ArtSpace West is open Mondays-Thursdays from 12 noon- 5:00 pm.

Our next installation in ArtSpace West is "Staging America" from March 16-30. IAP faculty Jeffery Kennedy presents an historical installation of photos, ephemera, and videos that celebrate the artistic legacy of the Provincetown Players, the subject of his recently released book. This originally amateur theatre company changed American theatre beginning in 1915 by ushering it into the modern era in terms of its writing style and subject matter, and in the process introduced the world to playwrights that included Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Reed, and Djuna Barnes. The opening reception on Wed, Mar 15 @ 7 p. m. will feature a staged reading of Glaspell's play "Trifles."

If you want to see the installation "This is Too Much" in ArtSpace West, be sure to visit before 5 pm today. While it will be available for guests of the Black History Month Pioneer Award Dinner to view on Saturday, this will be the last day of public viewing. Thank you to the visual arts students of The Academies at South Mountain High School for sharing their amazing work with us!

This is the last week to view "This is Too Much," the current installation in ArtSpace West that features the work of visual art students from The Academies at South Mountain High School. The works exhibited were juried by a panel from New College and awards were given to the students when they returned to our campus on February 14. Here are some of the works and the students who created them. ArtSpace West is open Mondays-Thursdays from 12 noon-5 pm.

Here are photos from the opening night reception of "This is Too Much," our new installation in ArtSpace West that features the work of visual art students from South Mountain High School. We were so pleased to have so many of the artists and their families and friends attend. This exhibit continues in ArtSpace West through February 23. ArtSpace West is open Mondays-Thursdays from 12 noon - 5:00pm.

Tonight is the opening reception of "This is Too Much," a juried exhibition of work by the visual art students of The Academy at South Mountain High School. Join us from 7-9pm in ArtSpace West and meet some of the artists, enjoy refreshments, and celebrate the opening of Black History Month!

Our next installation in ArtSpace West opens this next week as our campus begins its month-long Black History Month celebration. "This is Too Much" is a juried exhibition from the visual arts students at South Mountain High School. This exhibit is a visual expression of what students have to say about the world they've inherited. It represents their frustration about this world and also how they want to forget about all of the chaos and celebrate the beauty and joy they experience. The opening reception for "This is Too Much" is this Wednesday night, February 1, from 7-9 pm (preceded by the opening of Black History Month ceremony at 6pm in Delph Courtyard), and the exhibit runs through February 23. ArtSpace West is open Mondays-Thursdays from 12 noon-5 pm.

Just two more days to view "Nau te rourou, naku te rourou" in ArtSpace West! Don't miss this unique collection of work by contemporary Indigenous printmakers! ArtSpace West is open from 12 noon-5pm on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Our next installation, "This is Too Much," featuring the artwork of high school students from South Mountain High School celebrating Black History Month, opens next Wed, Feb. 1, with a reception from 7-9pm.

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Our installation "Nau te rourou, naku te rourou (With your basket, and my basket) continues today and all next week in ArtSpace West (Monday-Thursdays, 12 noon-5 pm). This unique installation of work by contemporary Indigenous printmakers will only be in our gallery until January 26, so don't miss it!

Today was the ASU West Campus MLK Celebration, which involves middle schoolers from many Valley schools coming to campus to learn about the different cities involved in the Civil Rights movement, and then take the signs of non-violent protest that they create to re-enact the March on Washington, this year in its 60th anniversary (originally Aug 27, 1963). The event is capped off with a recitation of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, performed by IAP faculty Charles St. Clair, and this year with help from Danta McGilvery from First Institutional Baptist in Phoenix. "Let Freedom Ring!"

This week continues "Nau te rourou, naku te rourou (With your basket, and my basket)" in ArtSpace West. We encourage you to visit this unique installation, featuring work by contemporary Indigenous printmakers. The gallery is open Tuesday through Thursdays from 12 noon-5 pm and admission is free.

Wednesday night was the opening of "Nau te rourou, naku te rourou (With your basket, and my basket)." IAP faculty Jacob Meders briefly introduced us to the work of these contemporary Indigenous printmakers. Don't miss this exciting installation, running now through January 26 (ArtSpace West is open Mondays-Thursdays from 12noon-5pm, but will be closed for the MLK Holiday on Mon, Jan 16).

Our first installation of the Spring 2023 season is "Nau te rourou, naku te rourou" (With your basket, and my basket). This installation’s title comes from a Maori whakatauki (proverb) that speaks to sharing resources and knowledge to ensure the well-being of all people involved. An installation of contemporary indigenous printmakers who approach the making process with their cultural lens intact, this exhibit will feature the work of Alexis Neal, Vanessa Edward, and Toi Whakaata. A special opening reception will take place in ArtSpace West (just south of the campus bookstore) on Wednesday, January 11 from 7:00-9:00 pm. The installation is free to the public and open on Mondays-Thursdays from 12noon-5pm through January 26. For more information, go to https://newcollege.asu.edu/artspacewest

Just a reminder that the Herberger Young Scholars Academy exhibit is December 6 & 7 from 12n-5pm in ArtSpace West. Their students present a Collective Exhibition of their Art Class as curated by their artist-in-residence, Marco Bianchi.

ASU West campus is proud to be the site of the Herberger Young Scholars Academy. On December 6 & 7 from 12n-5pm in ArtSpace West, their students will present a Collective Exhibition of their Art Class as curated by their artist-in-residence, Marco Bianchi.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! Our next artistic event is the opening of "Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou (With your basket and my basket)" on Wed, January 11, @ 7pm in ArtSpace West. This is the opening reception for this new exhibit, with the title coming from a Maori whakatauki (proverb) that speaks to sharing resources and knowledge to ensure the well-being of all people involved. An installation of contemporary Indigenous printmakers who approach the making process with their cultural lens intact, developing their narrative through their art. The exhibit will feature the work of Alexis Neal, Vanessa Edwards, and Toi Whakaata in collaboration with Indigenous printmakers from the United States.

This is the last chance to visit this exhibit celebrating the life and work of the author, community leader, and activist Jean Chaudhuri. ArtSpace West is open Monday-Wednesday this week from 12noon-5pm.

Check out this interview that Alexander Soto and Vina Begay taped with Ted Simon for AZ PBS, highlighting the current exhibit on the life and work of Jean Chaudhuri. The exhibit continues next week Monday through Wednesday from 12-5pm in ArtSpace West.

Native American Heritage Month exhibition ASU’s Labriola Center is hosting an exhibit at ArtSpace West Gallery honoring Native American leader Jean Chaudhuri.

Here are some photos from the opening reception for "Jean Chaudhuri: What's Life All About?" on Wed., Nov 9 in ArtSpace West. We were honored to have so many of Jean's friends and family attend as we celebrated her life and work. This installation runs through Wed, Nov 23!

TONIGHT is the opening reception for "Jean Chaudhuri: What's Life All About?" @ 7pm in ArtSpace West. Co-sponsored with Labriola National Anthem Indian Data center, join us as we celebrate this important author, playwright, poet, and activist whose work and life because an example of giving back to your community from an Indigenous perspective. The exhibit continues until November 23, Mondays-Thursdays from 12n-5pm.

THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, November 9 @ 7:00pm, is the opening of Jean Chaudhuri: What's Life All About?" in ArtSpace West. As part of the West campus Native American Heritage Month celebration, this exhibition displays the life of Jean Chaudhuri, whose work and life became an example of giving back to your community from an Indigenous perspective. A citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, she was an author, playwright, and poet, and the Labriola National American Indian Data Center shares her collection so that others may feel the love she carried for the indigenous community in Phoenix and Tucson. The installation continues through November 23. For more information, go to https://newcollege.asu.edu/artspacewest.

This exhibition’s title comes from a poem by the author and community leader Jean Chaudhuri, whose work and life highlights a central part of her life: what it means to give back to your community from an Indigenous perspective. A citizen of the Muscogee-Creek Nation, Chaudhuri became Director of the Traditional Indian Alliance for Greater Tucson and Executive Director of Tucson Indian Center in 1972. An author, playwright, and poet, she wrote the book A Sacred Path: The Way of the Muscogee Creek with her husband, Joy Chaudhuri. The Labriola National American Indian Data Center shares Jean Chaudhuri’s collection so that others may feel the love she carried for the Indigenous community here in Phoenix and Tucson. A special opening reception will take place on Wednesday, November 9, from 7:00-9:00 pm. The installation is free to the public and open on Mondays-Thursdays from 12noon-5pm through November 23. For more information, go to https://newcollege.asu.edu/artspacewest

This is the last week you can view alejandro t. acierto's installation "Strategies for the evasion of capture" in ArtSpace West (Mondays-Thursday, 12noon-5pm). Don't miss this thought-provoking exhibit!

NEXT in ArtSpace West will be "Jean Chaudhuri: What's Life All About," which opens Wed, Nov 6 with a special reception from 7-9pm, and then will run at the gallery's normal hours until Wed, Nov. 23 (closed for Veteran's Day, Nov 11). Labriola National American Indian Data Center presents this exhibition that celebrates the work and life of author, playwright, and community leader Chaudhuri.

alejandro t. acierto: "Strategies for the evasion of capture" continues its run in ArtSpace West on Wednesday and Thursday this week, and continues through October 27. ArtSpace West is open Mondays-Thursdays from 12n-5pm, admission free. For more information, go to newcollege.asu.edu/artspacewest.

Because the campus is enjoying Fall Break, ArtSpace West is closed Monday and Tuesday, October 10 and 11. We will reopen on Wednesday, October 12 from 12noon-5pm.

Opening this week! "Strategies for the evasion of capture" begins in ArtSpace West this Wednesday night @ 7:00pm for an opening reception, then continues Mondays-Thursdays from 12noon-5pm until October 27. Don't miss this unique installation by IAP faculty alejandro t. acierto. For more information, go to: https://newcollege.asu.edu/artspacewest

Opening with a reception on Wed, Oct 5 @ 7pm, alejandro t. acietro: "Strategies for the evasion of capture" uses photographs, video, sculpture, and performance to look, metaphorically and actually, at pugos, a unique low-flying bird from the Philippines that consistently remain obscure from photographic capture. Their elusive nature poetically opens the possibility of other realities, of other existences, or of different ways of being that are not reliant on colonial contact. This installation draws from archival television news footage, interviews with prominent zoologists, and historical ephemera in an exhibition that gestures to contemporary discourses around visibility and the tensions embedded in surveillance cultures. For more info, go to https://newcollege.asu.edu/artspacewest

Just Announced: Jean Chaudhuri: "What's Life All About?" opens November 10 in ArtSpace West (runs through November 23, Mondays-Thursdays from 12n-5pm).

This exhibition’s title comes from a poem by the author and community leader Jean Chaudhuri, whose work and life are showcased in this installation and highlight a central part of her life: what it means to give back to your community from an indigenous perspective. A member of the Muscogee-Creek tribe, Chaudhuri established the Traditional Indian Alliance for Greater Tucson in 1972 and became the Executive Director for the Tucson Indian Center. An author, playwright, and poet, she wrote the comedic play "Indians Discover Christopher Columbus" for the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s landing on this continent. She wrote the book "A Sacred Path: The Way of the Muscogee Creek" with her husband, Joy Chaudhuri. In 1986, Chaudhuri co-chaired the Native American Heritage Preservation Coalition, formulated to prevent a land swap of the Phoenix Indian School with a private developer’s land in Florida; without Jean, the Phoenix Indian School would not be here today. The Labriola National American Indian Data Center shares this collection of Chaudhuri’s work so that others may know the significance and incredible amount of labor she gave to the Indigenous community here in Phoenix and Tucson. A special opening reception will take place on Wednesday, November 9, from 7:00-9:00 pm.

Our first installation in ArtSpace West for the new 22-23 season is created by Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance faculty alejandro t. acierto and opens with a reception on Wednesday, October 5 @ 7 pm. "Strategies for the evasion of capture" uses photographs, video, sculpture, and performance to look, metaphorically and actually, at pugos, a unique low-flying bird from the Philippines that consistently remain obscure from photographic capture. Their elusive nature poetically opens the possibility of other realities, other existences, or different ways of being that do not rely on colonial contact. This installation draws from archival television news footage, interviews with prominent zoologists, and historical ephemera in an exhibition that gestures to contemporary discourses around visibility and the tensions embedded in surveillance cultures.

This installation runs October 6-27, and ArtSpace West is open Mondays through Thursdays from 12noon-5:00pm.