“Push Comes to Shove” at SMOCA

September 28, 2016News

We are thrilled to be exhibiting five felt banners related to the Fairy Fantastic! story Better Out Than In in Push Comes to Shove at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.  The exhibition is a  cross-disciplinary collaboration between SMoCA and ASU Intermedia Professor Muriel Magenta, Ph.D., Push Comes to Shove: Women and Power (October 1, 2016 – January 8, 2017) aims to use art as a critical catalyst in rethinking and transforming the advancement of women.

The exhibition will feature 19 artists whose works deal with the themes and issues of how women exercise and think about power. The exhibition is grounded by the experiences of five women who have held positions of great leadership: Kyrsten Sinema, U.S. congresswoman, 9th District, Ariz.; Rebecca White Berch, former chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court; Barbara Barrett, international businesswoman, former U.S. ambassador to Finland and namesake of ASU’s Barrett Honors College; Diane Enos, former president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community; and Gloria Feldt, Co-Founder & President of Take The Lead, activist, former CEO of Planned Parenthood and faculty member of the ASU School of Social Transformation.

2016 Trans*studies

September 1, 2016News

Trans*studies is a 4-day international academic conference from September 7th – 10th at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Mauro Cabral and Sandy Stone will give keynote talks and international panelists will address topics such as transgender issues, sex/gender variance, gender nonconformity, and diverse embodiments - as well as work that draws upon trans* methodologies to inform research in other areas of inquiry. The Sausage, along with our videos, Eric Moe’s Idyll and Robot Love will screen in the Gallagher Theater at 2:30 on Saturday, September 10th.