In recognition of both Hispanic Heritage Month and Disability Pride and Heritage Month running concurrently, The Clara M. Lovett Art Museum wants to highlight two sculptures by Francisco Zúñiga. Zúñiga is best known for his sculptures and public artworks. Most of his works focus on working-class women, often those who would work in marketplaces. He was inspired by pre-Hispanic art, especially in his sculptures of human maternal figures. In his later years, Zúñiga had severely limited vision as…

Jun Kaneko is a Japanese artist and United States resident, who has created a series of sculptures which he has deemed “Dango,” a Japanese word meaning dumpling. They range in size from small hand-held pieces up to eight feet in height! In our upcoming exhibition, we have two Dango pieces. Although neither are at the extremes in terms of size, they are drastically different in style and color.

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Prominently shown in the foreground of the first picture is…

Take a sneak peek at the Aaron M. Macy Memorial exhibitions, which are available this fall semester.

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This collection was arranged by J. Douglas Macy on behalf of his son Aaron. The wide array of artistic styles and media shown here demonstrate a broad selection of the artworks displayed in three of our galleries.

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The first image (left) is of the piece titled Urchin, which was sculpted by Aaron Macy himself. It contains metal nails that…

Celebrating our most recent acquisition, Portrait in Black and White by Debra Edgerton.

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Edgerton, an accomplished watercolor and multi-media artist, is an Assistant Professor at the NAU School of Art and has been a faculty member for nearly 30 years.

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Portrait in Black and White is a watercolor on paper painting. The white background in this piece helps to isolate the subject and the subtle use of color adds depth to the fabric.

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This week, we are pleased to feature Yingni Wu, a photography student of the School of Communication, and an exchange student from China studying at Northern Arizona University.  “Time will pass, but the time frozen by the camera can last forever." -Yingni Wu Yingni Wu, Seeing Wing - Summer Series, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist. Yingni Wu, Window, 2021. Digital photography. Image courtesy of the artist. Through Yingni’s work, she strives…

For this week’s #NAUArtistOfTheWeek, we feature Cameron Zucker, a photography major in the School of Communication and a local working artist of Flagstaff. Cameron describes himself as a dedicated photographic artist who works with “everything from large format film to cutting edge digital technology,” primarily from his homemade lab. What makes Cameron Zucker especially unique as a photographic artist is his use of platinum and palladium 24 karat gold orotones on vellum, which he says is only used by a handful…

To kick off this semester’s #NAUArtistOfTheWeek series, we are happy to feature artist and Navy veteran Anthony Kiefer.  Anthony graduated high school in 2005 from Northland Preparatory Academy and then pursued engineering at the University of Arizona before joining the United States Navy. The artist recollects, “After four years in the Navy Nuclear Program, with over a quarter of that time on a submarine, I spent the next eight years getting to know myself.” Inspired by this, Anthony Kiefer is…

Happy Veteran’s Day! NAU Art Museum extends its appreciation to all members of our military, past, and present, for your service and sacrifice. In light of Veteran’s Day, we shine a spotlight on this Navajo Code Talkers monument made by renowned artist and NAU alumnus RC Gorman to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World War II. This monument was officially unveiled exactly 25 years ago, on Veteran’s Day in 1995. The sculpture is dedicated to the Navajo Code Talkers, 400…

This week’s #NAUArtistOfTheWeek is Adrianna Vasquez Melero! Adrianna is a senior Studio Art major, emphasizing printmaking at the NAU School of Art. Adrianna reports that they work primarily in watercolor, and that their artwork is “a reflection of what we may feel at any point in our lives.” Adrianna also explains that “It can be unsettling to see [the reflection] since I do not censor my own thoughts, but I believe that it’s necessary to see the ugly of mental…

This week’s #NAUArtistOfTheWeek is Emily Oliver (@ekoartistry)! Emily is a sophomore and studio art major emphasizing in ceramics @nauschoolofart. She is from Sahuarita, AZ in Southern Arizona. Emily describes her art style as primarily realistic and works a variety of media ranging from pencil drawings to watercolors and acrylics to ceramics, of course. Emily has been creating art for as long as she can remember and strives to become a professional artist once completing her college career. [caption id="attachment_1943" align="alignnone"…

This week’s #NAUArtistOfTheWeek is Grace Godat. Grace is an Art Education major @nauschoolofart, and defines her artistic style as impressionistic in nature, and occasionally she enjoys venturing into surrealism and abstractism. Her favorite artistic subjects are sunsets and water. Grace reports that her method of working typically entails photographing the sky at varying points of the sunset and using the images as references to paint a combination of the sky at different points of the sunset. As an Orange County,…

The NAU Art Museum is pleased to kick off our new segment, #NAUArtistOfTheWeek, with the intriguing work of freshman Nicholas Sanchez (@mr.nicksanchez). Nicholas is a Studio Art major @nauschoolofart and this is his second year painting. Nicholas also enjoys skating and playing the guitar. Thank you, Nicholas, for sharing these pieces with the NAU Art family! Death of the Monarch (2019). mixed media, 8.25 x 11.75 in. Painting of a Dog Drink…

Posted on behalf of  Sierra Medina.

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Today NAU Art Museum highlights the artworks of NAU Alumni, RC Gorman, in light of #IndigenousPeoplesDay. Rudolph Carl Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona on July 26, 1931. Inspired by his Native-lineage and most famous for his prints of Navajo women, RC Gorman explained to The New York Times “I was raised on the reservation, and we didn’t have very much.” Gorman attended boarding school on the Navajo reservation and later attended…