1. VASE lecture: Cara Romero

    Renowned artist/photographer Cara Romero will give a career-spanning talk about the making of a contemporary Native American artist — from her training at the Institute of American Indian Arts to founding the Cara Romero Gallery and Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her lecture is the second of the 2026-27 Visiting Artists and Scholars Endowment (VASE) series. […]

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  2. Material Matters

    Graduate students from the University of Arizona School of Art present a new participatory arts-based research exhibition, “Material Matters: Endeavors in Arts-Based Inquiry,” at the Lionel Rombach Gallery. Featuring works by art education researchers Andy Julo, Mandi Smith, Ziyu Feng, Yuqing Wang, Aru Zhao, Jackie Zhao, and interdisciplinary artists Camden Hardy and Phoebe Charpentier, the […]

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  3. Relative Impulse

    The School of Art exhibition, “Relative Impulse,” features artworks for which the making — or destroying — of family archives is material and metaphor. Funny, heart-wrenching, or bizarre, using the ephemera of memory itself or a copy of a copy, each artwork reminds us that everything’s relative.

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  4. VASE Lecture: Dario Robleto

    Houston-based artist, writer and fillmmaker Dario Robleto will discuss his interdisciplinary approach to crafting and conveying messages of emotion and identity into the cosmos — a kind of “humanities off-planet” — to kick off the 2026-27 Visiting Artists & Scholars Endowment (VASE) lecture series. Robleto’s work has been exhibited widely and held in prominent collections, […]

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  5. National Portfolio Day

    High school or community college students thinking about becoming an art major are encouraged to attend National Portfolio Day in Tucson on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University of Arizona School of Art. University representatives from art schools around the country will meet with students to review portfolios, offer constructive […]

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  6. School of Art Welcome

    The School of Art will welcome new and transfer students — and welcome back current students — on Wednesday, Sept. 9, in an event that includes campus groups. From 4 to to 4:30 p.m., the new and transfer students will attend an orientation. Then, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., all School of Art students and faculty/staff are invited to […]

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  7. Shifting Potential

    “Shifting Potential,” a group exhibition featuring School of Art MFA students, investigates a type of shift in perspective; whether through the body, systems of society, or one’s sense of reality. The potential itself is dependent on its own particular context and temporality.  The show features Athena Apodaca, Bryce Pol, Clarissa Kear, Keelin Miller, Sheldon Patten, Melanie Montes, […]

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  8. IDA Capstone Spring ’26

    Join students from the School of Art’s Illustration, Design & Animation (IDA) program for their Spring 2026 Capstone exhibition on May 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Subspace Art Collective, 480 N. Perry Ave. Among the student artists are:

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  9. Wildcat Saturday Art School Open Studios

    It’s that time of year, and the Art & Visual Culture Education program is excited to celebrate the conclusion of Wildcat Saturday Art School 2026 with an Open Studios event. This special day is an opportunity to step into the studio, experience the creativity and energy of the classes, and spend time making and exploring […]

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  10. The embodied landscape

    Join us for new methodologies in photographic land studies with Dionne Lee and Kristine Potter at the Center for Creative Photography auditorium and forecourt, with artist practice talks and a collage workshop on May 14 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.. Curated by Art History MA student Faye Dowling, the event will have education and workshops by Denisse Brito (CCP) and Amanda Smith (PhD, […]

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