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Map(ing) Gallery Hours with ASU School of Art, Mary Hood

Date(s): Thursday through Saturday, February 25 - March 20, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Phoenix MST
Location: 
Step Gallery, 605 E Grant St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Type(s): 
Art Exhibit, Exhibition, Gallery Show
Genre and Form(s): American Indian, Indigenous, Printing, Visual Art
Cost: Free

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

About this Event

Curated by Mary Hood, Associate Professor at the ASU School of Art, Map(ing) brought together 25 Native and Indigenous artists with graduate students to produce a series of special, limited-edition prints around Native aesthetics, culture, and identity.

Featured artists include Yolanda Hart Stevens, Marilou Schultz, Jason Garcia, Ahkima Honyumptewa, Dana Claxton, Nicholas Galanin, Steven Yazzie, Eliza Naranjo Morse, Randy Kemp, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Dallin Maybee, Wanesia Misquadace, Sarah Sense, C. Maxx Stevens, Warren Montoya, Thomas Greyeyes, Craig Kelly, Rowan Harrison, Tom Jones, John Feodrov, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Brenda Mallory, and Hannah Clause.

Ready to visit? Map(ing) is available to view at the Step Gallery during regular hours Thursday through Saturday, February 25 - March 20, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Phoenix MST at 605 E Grant St, Phoenix, AZ 85004. You can also see the exhibition at an opening reception on First Friday, March 5 and a closing reception on Third Friday, March 19. 

Looking for more events? Visit the Heard Museum, view art by Indigenous artists in Arizona with XICO, or view the full schedule for the NEA Big Read today at http://piper.asu.edu/nea-big-read/schedule

About the Author

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The School of Art in the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is the leading institution for the instruction of art in metropolitan Phoenix and central Arizona.

Mary Hood, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is currently an associate professor of art/printmaking at Arizona State University. As part of her teaching philosophy, Mary uses printmaking to focus on community-affiliated projects such as RIPPLE (2005), for Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Arizona, DITTO (2006), a public art project, and Map(ing) (2009-2019), a collaborative project between Native artists and ASU graduate students.

About the NEA Big Read: Phoenix

This event is presented as part of the NEA Big Read: Phoenix, celebrating Indigenous literary arts and culture in the Valley with over 25 talks, workshops, performances, book clubs, art exhibits other virtual events inspired by The Round House by Louise Erdrich. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The NEA Big Read: Phoenix is presented by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University with additional support from Arizona Humanities, Phoenix Public Library, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Humanities Division at ASU, and over 40 authors, performers, and community organizations. Find events, meet our partners, and start reading today at http://piper.asu.edu/big-read.

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