ASU Art Museum exhibitions align with our initiatives focused on contemporary art, Latin American and Latinx artists, ceramics and contemporary craft, and issues of art and sustainability. Many of our exhibitions are based on commissions and residencies and involve a process that is deeply collaborative between the artist, curator, students and faculty from across disciplines, and local communities. 

Exhibitions also focus on the museum’s collections. The Encounter series invites artists and scholars to curate exhibitions from the collection based upon their own research and creative practice. The Museum/Archive series revisits and rereads the museum’s collecting and exhibition history.

The Spotlight series features major new projects and cross-disciplinary collaborations led by faculty from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.