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CREATIVE EXCHANGE
Art museum to partner with Brazilian
counterpart
The ASU Art Museum will participate in an exciting
partnership with the Museu de Arte Contemporânea at the
University of São Paulo, Brazil, according to an announcement
by the American Association of Museums this spring. The association
indicated that the ASU museum is one of 17 included in its International
Partnership Among Museums program for the 2005-2007 cycle. The
program helps American museums advance their mission by carrying
out collaborative projects with partners institutions abroad.
Each participating staff member spends a month working on-site at the
partner's museum. ASU Art Museum's Ted Decker, special museum initiatives
manager, is working in São Paulo this summer; a staff member from
the São Paulo museum will come to ASU to work in the fall.
The project will also link the two museums via Web technology. Visitors
to the two museum Web sites will learn about each institution, university
and community.On kiosks in each museum lobby, visitors will be able to
view works of art from permanent collections and learn more bout the
history of the works. Streaming video will provide live visual access
to each museum's galleries.
The University of São Paulo's museum boasts a collection of modern
and contemporary Latin American art that is considered one of the best
in the hemisphere. The project is expected to augment the ASU Art Museum's
programming initiatives in Latin American art. Six exhibitions are scheduled
over the next three years, featuring work by artists from Argentina,
Brazil, Cuba and Mexico.
The ASU Art Museum is located on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue
and 10th Street in Tempe. Exhibition hours are 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. on Tuesdays
and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free. For
more information, call (480) 965-2787 or visit the museum online at http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu.
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