Choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker Liz Lerman. Photo by Lise Metzger.Shortly after Liz Lerman arrived at ASU as the first Institute Professor in the Herberger Institute for Design...

Rebuilding Notre Dame, Black Performance Theory and more — Herberger Institute highlights from April 2019See how students and faculty in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona...

Photo of students in The Design School’s Indigenous Stories and Sky Science lab during a three-day trip, which included a visit at Roden Crater. Photo by Shenise Bryant.Earlier this year, Arizona...

Faculty featured in Smithsonian and The New York Times — Herberger Institute highlights from March 2019In our March highlights, we showcase some of the incredible work our faculty, alumni and...

By Jason Schupbach, director of The Design School in ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the ArtsA student in The Design School works on a class project.What does it mean to design a more just...

Announcing our Practices for Change Fellowship — Herberger Institute highlights from February 2019From a new fellowship to a new hub for digital innovation and a campaign pushing for gender equity in...

“Dear Women” is a short film by the ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre that encourages women to tell their stories as filmmakers.When the 91st Academy Awards air this Sunday, a woman will not win...

“I think we’ve got a lot of challenges these days, in pretty much every private and public sector in this country, and I think artists are a massive untapped resource that could help in surprising...

Partnering with artist James Turrell on Roden Crater–Herberger Institute highlights from January 2019Only one month into 2019 and so much is already happening at the Herberger Institute for Design...

by Anna Dong, founder of Generation CreativeI have always loved being creative. To this day, I can remember being in pre-school and feeling as though the possibilities were endless when I was doing...

Art and immigration, art and science, art and justice — Herberger Institute highlights from December 2018As 2018 draws to a close, here’s a taste of what’s been happening at the Herberger Institute...

by Sam Shugert, MA in Creative Enterprise and Cultural LeadershipI graduated this week with my Master of Arts in Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership, an interdisciplinary program within...

Placemaking, placekeeping and the complexity of human emotion — Herberger Institute highlights from November 2018It’s been a busy month for our faculty, students, donors, partners and initiative...

We believe designers and artists are unique and often under-activated assets in communities. As the largest comprehensive design and arts college in the U.S., we also believe we have a critical role...

Last week, The Arizona Republic published Who’s Next: 24 creatives building the Valley’s arts scene.The Who’s Next series highlights emerging leaders who are shaping the Valley of the Sun and the...