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Urban Sol: 'A representation of US'

Urban Sol, a cr oss-institute initiative in Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, shines a light on street arts culture with DJs, MCs, aeroSOUL artists and dancers...

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PRISMS Contemporary Music Festival highlights the human voice

The 10th annual PRISMS Contemporary Music Festival at Arizona State University puts the human voice center stage. PRISMS: Voices will highlight the different aspects and styles of voice Nov. 6-10. “...

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Leaders in the field of equitable development to hold Creative Placemaking National Summit in Phoenix

Civic and cultural leaders who practice “creative placemaking,” the community approach that puts arts, culture and design at the heart of community planning and equitable development, will hold their...

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Reaching for the stars

Millions of people around the world are working on making the push into space. Blue Origin is testing landers in the west Texas plains. SpaceX engineers are putting in long hours at its headquarters...

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Archivist to leave theater collection she built over the past 35 years

“Call Kathy.” It’s a phrase that gets thrown around quite a bit among scholars and practitioners in the field of theater for youth. And call they do. They call with questions about scripts and set...

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Brentano String Quartet returns to ASU as 2019-20 resident artist

Praised as “passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding” by the London Independent, the internationally acclaimed Brentano Quartet returns to the ASU School of Music for the school’s Visiting Quartet...

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Three ASU professors in The Design School recognized by DesignIntelligence

The latest rankings from the America’s Top Ranked Architecture & Design Schools survey conducted by DesignIntelligence recognized three Arizona State University faculty members among the most...

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ASU School of Music announces new director of wind ensembles

Jason Caslor, associate professor and associate director of bands and orchestras in the ASU School of Music, will take the helm as director of ASU wind ensembles beginning fall 2019. Caslor , an ASU...

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New ASU music composition professor combines iconic sounds to create new meanings

Composer Alex Temple has joined the Arizona State University School of Music in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts as an assistant professor of music composition. “I have taught a...

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School of Music doctoral graduate gives back through music

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement . When Arizona State University School of Music graduate Fredrick Brown, Doctor of Musical Arts in wind band...

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ASU saxophone ensemble has banner year at national chamber music competitions

Seyon Saxophone Quartet, a chamber music ensemble composed of Arizona State University School of Music students, won first and second prizes at two prominent national chamber music competitions...

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Interior architecture student draws on theater background in design projects

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement . Working in an ensemble theater that has a focus on civic dialogue turned out to be a useful background for Courtney...

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ASU alum wins $10,000 grand prize in accessible design competition

Herberger Institute alumna K Brandt Knapp won the $10,000 grand prize for the #ZeroThreshold Design Competition, an architecture and urban design initiative that celebrates accessibility as a...

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ASU alum’s short film selected for Oaxaca FilmFest in Mexico

The Oaxaca FilmFest international film festival in Mexico has featured the work of Guillermo Del Toro , Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese . And now Martín González, who graduated with a degree in film...

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Herberger Institute alumni, faculty receive grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts

The Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded grants to 31 artists throughout the state, including two faculty members and six alumni from Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design...

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