You will be required to attend and write short responses to five (5) events related to art, Asia, or modernity (exhibitions, speakers, films, performances, readings, etc.) before the end of the term. For the linked assignments, see Response papers. Alternatively, you may substitute a meeting with me or with Writing Fellows at the Center for Teaching and Learning about your research project for any of the events.

Related events (upcoming):

Thursday, Mar. 30, 7:00pm, location TBD: Career in the Arts Roundtable.

Saturday, Apr. 15, 4:00–6:00pm, The Dove Block Project (corner of Exchange Street and Castle Street): Art Exhibition Opening, Juxtapositions: Selections from the HWS Art Collection. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition!)

Related events (past):

Friday, Jan. 27, 4:00–6:00pm, Provenzano Gallery (in the Scandling Center): Art Exhibition Reception, works by Eugene Cao and Mary Wei. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition!)

Friday, Feb. 3, 5:00–7:00pm, Davis Gallery at Houghton House: Art Exhibition Reception, Beth Livensperger, The Maze. Exhibition open through Friday, Mar. 3. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition!)

Friday, Feb. 10, 12:00 noon, Houghton House Library (first floor): Spotlight Speaker Erin Lichter, WS '17, Senior Planner, Spector Group, will present about career paths in corporate architecture. (Probably best for people interested in an architecture career.)

Saturday, Feb. 11, 4:00–6:00pm, The Dove Block Project (corner of Exchange Street and Castle Street): Art Exhibition Reception, Bearing Witness: The Paintings of Jaci Ayorinde. Exhibition open through Saturday, Mar. 4. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition!)

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6:00–7:30pm, Provenzano Gallery (in the Scandling Center): Art Exhibition Reception, Future. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition! The gallery is open seven days a week.)

Saturday, Feb. 25, 6:00pm, Bartlett Theater, Coxe Hall: ASU Presents Lunar New Year. Tickets cost $10. Doors open at 6:00pm; dinner and the show begin at 6:30pm.

Tuesday, Mar. 7, 4:45–6:00pm, Houghton House 112: Speaker, Josh Franco, National Collector, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, “There was a place called America…”: Looking Back at the Archives of American Art.
In the Summer of 2020, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger was interviewed for the Archives of American Art’s Pandemic Oral History Project. When asked what he wanted to tell artists living in America in 100 years, he responded, “Well, there was a place called America. I want to start with that.” In this lecture, Josh T Franco, head of collecting at the Archives, will perform an experiment. He will place himself in this retrospective position imagined by Hanska Luger to reflect on the impulse to preserve material culture with a national frame. Through selected documents from the Archives and following an overview of the institution’s history both prior to and as part of the Smithsonian, Franco will explore the question: Why the “American” in the Archives of American Art?

Thursday, Mar. 9, 5:00–7:00pm, Davis Gallery at Houghton House: Art Exhibition Reception, Robert McCann, Winding/Wounding. Exhibition open through Saturday, Apr. 15. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition!)

Thursday, Mar. 9, 5:00–7:00pm, Solarium Gallery at Houghton House: Art Exhibition Reception, Anthony Cerulli, The Archive as Art. Exhibition open through Saturday, Apr. 15. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition!)

Saturday, Mar. 11, 4:00–6:00pm, The Dove Block Project (corner of Exchange Street and Castle Street): Art Exhibition Receptions, Compass and Grid: Abstract Geometric Paintings by Geoffrey Gilbert, and Glyphs: The Art of Ed Hallborg. Exhibitions open through Saturday, Apr. 8. (Can't go to the reception? Just visit the exhibition!)