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We have curated a selection of online content that includes performances, interviews, discussion questions and more. We invite you to use this content for your activities and educational offerings.

Performances
Virtual exhibitions
Lectures, talks and interviews
Family and kids
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Performances

Armando Guadalupe Cortes–Performance at the ASU Art Museum for "Total Collapse"

Armando Guadalupe Cortes, “Gold Over Stone. Earth Over Gold. Flame Over Everything. Smoke to the Sky,” Performance documentation. Performed at the opening of “Total Collapse: Clay I the Contemporary Past” at the ASU Art Museum on Feb. 1, 2020. (11 minutes)

This performance was referenced in the video Meet the Curator of Total Collapse where you get to see the work in progress. Have you ever seen an art performance in person, and if so, would you share details of the performance you saw?

This video is another performance by Armando Cortes - what similarities do you find between the two videos? Any differences? Which performance do you prefer and why?

ASU Symphony Orchestra performs Strauss: Don, Juan Jeffery Meyer, Conductor

The ASU Symphony Orchestra opened the 2018-19 season with this performance of Strauss’s Don Juan.

0:25 Strauss: Don Juan Recorded for broadcast consideration.

Sept. 22, 2018 – Gammage Auditorium in Tempe, Arizona. (19 minutes)

If you could hear one part of that last performance again, what part would you choose? Why would you want to hear it again?

Were there any images that came to mind during the performance?

If you could play one instrument right now, which one would you choose?

What is your favorite thing about music?

Beneath, directed by Lance Gharavi

“Beneath” is a media-rich, live performance about the science of the Earth’s deep interior. Alternatively whimsical, poetic and awe-inspiring, this transdisciplinary fusion of current scientific research and live theatre peers into the mysteries of what lies far below the surface.

Why do we know so much more about things that are millions of miles (or even further) above us than we know about what’s just a few dozen miles beneath us?

How do the artists in “Beneath” connect the science of the Earth’s interior to human life and culture?

Chaz Martineau, Jazz Saxaphone

The following video is a recital of Chaz Martineau, Jazz Saxophone; that took place on Feb. 13, 2020.Music starts at timestamp 7:00. (60 minutes)

Were there any images that came to mind during the performance?

If you could play one instrument right now, which one would you choose?

What is your favorite thing about music?

Conference of the Birds, directed by Rachel Bowditch

“The Conference of the Birds” is an original devised adaptation of Farid Un-Din Attar’s 12th Century epic Sufi poem of the same name. The performance was held at Unexpected Gallery, a 6,000 square foot industrial warehouse in Downtown Phoenix. This performance celebrates Iranian music, culture and poetry through movement, masks, puppets, shadows and a multimedia environment. (60 minutes; Password: birds)

How do you feel the large gallery space worked as a theatre venue?

Did you enjoy the multimedia components of this play? Which ones added most to the show?

Erik Olson, Jazz Guitar

The following video is a recital by Erik Olson, guitar, that took place on Nov. 23, 2019.Music starts at timestamp 12:15. (50 minutes)

If you could hear one part of that last performance again, what part would you choose? Why would you want to hear it again?

Were there any images that came to mind during the performance?

If you could play one instrument right now, which one would you choose?

What is your favorite thing about music?

JIJI, Harp of Neverves (composed by Hilary Purrington), ASU Symphony Orchestra

The concerto was commissioned by American Composers Orchestra (Paul and Michelle Underwood and additional support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation). The world premiere was Nov. 13, 2019 at Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall with American Composers Orchestra and conductor George Manahan. (22 minutes)

If you could hear one part of that last performance again, what part would you choose? Why would you want to hear it again?

Were there any images that came to mind during the performance?

If you could play one instrument right now, which one would you choose?

What is your favorite thing about music?

Joan Tower: Made in America (from Towards A More Perfect Union)

ASU Gammage in collaboration with the ASU Symphony Orchestra welcomes you to a theatrical, symphonic concert—with film, song and spoken word—highlighting new works and powerful compositions that speak to the challenges of our time. Works by Tamar-kali (“Mudbound” — Academy Award Nominated film), Daniel Bernard Roumain (“We Shall Not Be Moved” — New York Times top 10 classical new works), Joel Thompson (ASU Projecting All Voices Fellow), Carlos Simon (Sundance/Time Warner Composer Fellow), Grammy®-winners Joan Tower and Martha Gonzalez, and renowned spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Co-directed by Jeffery Meyer and Daniel Bernard Roumain. (13 minutes)

If you could hear one part of that last performance again, what part would you choose? Why would you want to hear it again?

Were there any images that came to mind during the performance?

If you could play one instrument right now, which one would you choose?

What is your favorite thing about music?

Voice Studio 235: Carole Fitzpatrick's Studio Recital

A Studio Recital series featuring works by Spring 2019 Voice Studio 235: Students of Carole FitzPatrick; April, 9, 2019. Enjoy the whole recital or jump to 51:36 for a 30 minute sample. (75 minutes)

If you could hear one part of that last performance again, what part would you choose? Why would you want to hear it again?

Were there any images that came to mind during the performance?

If you could play one instrument right now, which one would you choose?

What is your favorite thing about music?

Virtual exhibitions

Meet the Curator of Total Collapse, Andres Payan Estrada at the ASU Art Museum

Learn more about the exhibition “Total Collapse: Clay in the Contemporary Past" on a tour with curator Andres Payan Estrada. The exhibition features diverse and experimental work in sculpture, performance and site-specific installation. The artists utilize a variety of engaging practices that have contributed to and reflect recent developments and expansion in the field of contemporary ceramics. The exhibition is organized around ideas that explore the function of clay as an anthropological device, representing early human technology and as an everyday contemporary object. (6 minutes)

What piece in the exhibition interests you the most?

The curator, Andres Payan Estrada talks about how time is an important theme in the exhibition. What connections do you see between the passage of time and the pieces?

What is your first memory of interacting with a ceramic object?

School of Art student work

Get an up close look at the work of students in the School of Art.

Lectures, talks and interviews

Diébédo Francis Kéré Lecture

Francis Kéré is an architect and educator from the village of Gando, Burkina Faso whose professional practice has grown into a global, award-winning practice. Here, Kéré describes his process for making community-focused space with locally available materials and simple, novel techniques.

What do you think about Kéré’s ability to engage the community in the construction of their own facilities?

How do you feel about Kéré Architecture expanding from a West Africa focused practice to a global practice?

Joan Blumenfeld: Seeing Inside: Interior Architecture and the Human Interface

Joan Blumenfeld is principal at Perkins + Will as an architect and interior designer who has risen to the status or distinction of Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Commercial Interior Design Association (IIDA). Here Blumenfeld talks about the role of interior environments on the health and well-being of humans and the environment.

What is your favorite room or space that you’ve ever spent time in?

What do you look for in intimate private space, versus communal spaces?

Niall Kirkwood: The Poetics of Landscape Detail: Seeing, Judging, Thinking

Niall Kirkwood is a landscape architect, author and professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design who has taught and practiced throughout the world. Here, Kirkwood talks about the importance of design and construction details in contemporary and historical landscape architecture and public space.

Have we lost our appreciation for construction details in contemporary cities?

What details are engrained in you as some of the most memorable that you have ever experienced? A handrail? A bench? A sidewalk?

The Question Bowl with artist Cruz Ortiz at the ASU Art Museum

ASU Art Museum invited Texas-based artist Cruz Ortiz to create a new artwork especially for the Artists' Workshop. Ortiz is fascinated by how land and corresponding laws and regulations impact our everyday life. The murals “Summer Nite Star Dream” and “Palo Verde Dream,” (2019) explore local Arizona desert landscapes. Watch this video to learn more about Cruz Ortiz! For more information on Ortiz see www.cruzortizart.net and burntnopal.com. (2 minutes)

In the video, Ortiz is asked about the connections of art and politics. Share an example of a memorable political work of art that had an impact on you.

What current events do you think Ortiz is illustrating in his mural? (See Instagram for an image of the mural: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-C5N33nYWi/)

Family and kids

At-home museum activities

Make a time capsule inspired by the museum’s “Total Collapse” exhibition, connect with nature in your own neighborhood and more.

Saturday Storytime: “My Name is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter”

ASU Art Museum has moved its Saturday Storytime events to Instagram. Get cozy and listen to our Museum Ambassador Zamara reading “My Name is Georgia: a Portrait by Jeanette Winter.”