April 3, 2008 through October 3, 2008

Opening Reception April 3, 2008 5 - 8 p.m.
Open to Public, Food provided

In Mosaic: Cultural Identity in America, jury selected student artists explore questions of national identity. Sarah Elsasser, the guest curator and student in ASU’s Barrett, The Honors College, has asked students to express, through a variety of artistic media, how they understand and identify with being American. Mosaic contextualizes U.S. American identity as a diverse and changing ascription, based on ethnicity, religion, gender and sexual orientation. This exhibit presents both positive and negative takes on American culture and invites the visitor to engage emotionally with the artwork.


Mosaic Lecture Series
April 8 at 5 p.m.
Lecture by Professor Linell Cady, Religious Studies, ASU
"Religion and American Identity: Separation, Fusion and Beyond"

April 15 at 5 p.m.
Lecture by Professor Michael Winkelman, Anthropology, ASU
"Cross-cultural Development"

April 22 at 5 p.m.
Lecture by Professor Karen Leong, Gender Studies, ASU
"Gender: Sexuality, Race and the Forging of an American Identity"

April 29 at noon
Artist Panel and Discussion

Download the Mosaic Flier
Download the Mosaic Education Packet
Download the Mosaic Education Packet (High School Addendum)
Download the Mosaic Education Packet (Adult Information)
Visit the Mosaic Educational Resources Website
Visit the Mosaic Blog and read Artist Statements

Images from left to right:
"Indivisible?" by Jenna Kosowski
"Buy-Cultural" by April Bojorquez
"Slums to Suburbs" by Layla Luna