Museum Information
Deconstructing Eden: Asmat Identity Rediscovered
Asmat Gallery Opening Reception
6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 23
Anderson Student Center
Graduate Student Curator Natalie Andron McMonagle will introduce her exhibition Deconstructing Eden: Asmat Identity Rediscovered. The exhibition explores the fluid, multifaceted identity of Asmat culture in Papua, Indonesia, through carvings, weavings, photographs and video.
Traditional as well as contemporary works from the AMAA@UST collection as well as photographs and video by Dutch artist Roy Villevoye are featured in the exhibition.
For more information please contact AMAA@UST director Julie Risser 651-962-5512.
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Visiting Hours
The Asmat Gallery will be open for regular hours starting February 13th. Viewing hours are as follows:
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Wednesday
10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Thursday
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday
Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday
The Asmat Gallery is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests please call 651-962-6315.
Parking is available in the Anderson Parking Facility, corner of Grand and Cretin avenues. Gallery and location and parking directions are available at www.stthomas.edu/campusmaps.
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AMAA@UST Walking Tour
Our walking tour "Selections from the American Museum of Asmat Art" continues on our St. Paul Campus. Objects are displayed in the O'Shaughnessy Educational Center (OEC) lobby gallery, the first and second floors of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, the first floor hallway of the John R. Roach Center for Liberal Arts (JRC), and the Brady Educational Center (BEC) lobby gallery. It is recommended that people begin the tour in the OEC lobby gallery, proceed to the library, then go to JRC, and finish the tour over in BEC. Reversing course, starting at BEC and ending in the OEC lobby also works well. Completing the walking tour requires covering approximately half a mile.
One Asmat shield is on display on our Minneapolis Campus in Schulze Hall. This work is located on the second floor near the skyway to the School of Law.
People interested in viewing a wider selection of objects or arranging a guided tour of the displays are encouraged to contact Dr. Julie Risser by phone 651-962-5512 or email jarisser@stthomas.edu.
