Cross-Institute Initiatives
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts looks to place this examination of human experience within the context of four central themes: how digital culture and digitally mediated environments impact and activate our world; how health and wellness are influenced by creative research and practice; how art and design facilitate entrepreneurialism in the space where creativity and innovation intersect; and how design and the arts respond to and interact with ASU’s desert environment.
The institute’s themes already are reflected in several projects and programs under way throughout its schools and units. Art and Architecture + Landscape Architecture this week announced X-Square, a new annual competition to design and program a public space on the northwest corner of the Tempe campus. Arts, Media and Engineering created SMALLab, a new interactive learning environment that is being used by local K-12 schools as well as in New York. Dance instituted a new curriculum to position students to become more aware internally and externally within society. Theatre and Film launched their p.a.v.e. initiative that focuses on educating students, artists and educators about arts entrepreneurial opportunities. Music supports research that examines the effects of music on people’s moods.