ASU Herberger College press releases

Dance program garners second NEA grant

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. � Herberger College Dance at Arizona State University received its second dance masterpieces grant in 2007 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance. The annual award is given to select dance programs across the nation to pair professional dance artists with college students to reconstruct dances by notable choreographers and to share the work with the community ....

ASU Art Museum Announces 2007-08 Season

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. (July 20, 2007) Arizona State University (ASU) Art Museum announced three new initiatives – Global Arizona, InterLab and Moving Targets – that underscore the Museum’s vision to serve as a laboratory for thinking about and enjoying art in innovative ways. Already a leader among university art museums for its exhibitions, the ASU Art Museum is building on its reputation for innovation and engagement of issues important to ....

Fall classes for aspiring artists enrolling now

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. – Fall 2007 registration opens July 20 for Herberger College at Large & Herberger College for Kids. Part of the Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University, aspiring artists from serious high school arts students to adults and kids, preschool to teen, express themselves through classes in art, digital art, dance, music and theatre. Aspiring artists of all ages improve their craft and learn ....

ASU Art Museum Presents Cecere Collection

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University (ASU) Art Museum announces the opening of Everyday Miracles: Latin American Folk Art from the Cecere Collection, July 14, 2007 through Jan. 5, 2008.

Peter P. Cecere collected more than 12,000 pieces of folk and ethnographic art over a period of more than 25 years in the Foreign Service with the United States Information Agency in Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia and Uruguay. ....

Herberger College appoints associate dean, Lynne Aspnes

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. –When Lynne Aspnes applied to be director of the School of Music in the Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University last year, she had no idea where the experience would take her. As a long-time music professor at the University of Michigan with nearly 10 years’ experience as an associate dean, she knew she was destined for a new leadership role and was excited ....

Visual Melodies is music for the eyes

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. – This summer, the ASU Art Museum presents its 8th annual family-oriented summer exhibition, Visual Melodies: Selections from the Permanent Collection. Visitors experience an orchestra of images: violins, pianos, horns and drums, playing a silent melody that is music for the eyes. The exhibition runs June 2 through Aug. 28, 2007.

Interactive stations within the museum’s galleries allow visitors and families to create their own melodies and art. ....

Marshall is instrumental to School of Music vision

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. – The ASU Herberger College is pleased to announce Kimberly Marshall, Goldman professor of organ, as the new School of Music director. Since August 2006, Marshall has pulled out all the stops as the School of Music’s interim director when Wayne Bailey stepped down after a six-year term as director. Marshall previously was the School of Music’s associate director of graduate studies. In her new role, Marshall’s ....

Renegades bring ceramics into 21st century

Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. – For centuries, ceramics have graced the palaces of kings as highly sculptural pieces and utilitarian ware. Clay is one of the oldest art materials known to humanity, used for both utilitarian purposes and creative expression. It has recorded the life of prehistoric civilizations, reconstructing the lives of ancient mankind for archeologists and historians. Pottery from Greece, Africa and Asia inspire with their sophistication, decoration, beauty ....

Museum patrons create interactive sound environment

Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. – Sean Duffy’s newest installation, The Grove, seeks to gather people in a participatory and performative experience. The Grove consists of multiple turntables, each linked to numerous speakers suspended from the ceiling. A selection of albums by instrumental and vocal performers at each turntable allows participants to interactively change the sound environment. With close to 400 speakers, the installation creates a canopy of ....

Theatrical designs in global competition

Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 MST

TEMPE, Ariz. � Designs by two ASU Herberger College School of Theatre and Film faculty members are part of the USA National Exhibit at the 11th Edition of the International Competitive Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture, (Prague Quadrennial) held June 14-24, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic. Known as the world�s most prestigious competitive theatre art exhibitions, the Prague Quadrennial has occurred once every four years since 1967.

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