The Virginia G. Piper
Center for Creative Writing

Mary Hood

NEA Big Read Partner 2021

About Mary Hood

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.

Find Events with Mary Hood

Map(ing) Closing Reception
ASU School of Art, Mary Hood

Date: Friday, March 19, 2021 - 6:00pm
Location: Step Gallery, 605 E Grant St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Type & Genre: Art Exhibit, Exhibition, Gallery Show; American Indian, Indigenous, Printing, Visual Art
Celebrate 10 years of Indigenous printmaking collaborations in a special retrospective with Mary Hood and the ASU School of Art!

Map(ing) Opening Reception
ASU School of Art, Mary Hood

Date: Friday, March 5, 2021 - 6:00pm
Location: Step Gallery, 605 E Grant St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Type & Genre: Art Exhibit, Exhibition, Gallery Show, Reception; American Indian, Indigenous, Printing, Visual Art
Celebrate 10 years of Indigenous printmaking collaborations in a special retrospective with Mary Hood and the ASU School of Art!

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

Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 12:00pm
Location: Step Gallery, 605 E Grant St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Type & Genre: Art Exhibit, Exhibition, Gallery Show; American Indian, Indigenous, Printing, Visual Art
Celebrate 10 years of Indigenous printmaking collaborations in a special retrospective with Mary Hood and the ASU School of Art!

About NEA Big Read

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. This event is presented as part 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. 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, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Humanities Division at ASU. Find events, meet our partners, and start reading today at http://piper.asu.edu/big-read.

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