Two University of Arizona School of Music alumni are giving back to the program that gave them their start. Daryl Durran (BM ’78, bassoon) and Lois Durran (BM ’77, violin) have established the Daryl W. and Lois F. Durran Music Scholarship Endowment, a gift that will support undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Music for generations […]
read moreArizona Arts is proud to announce the 2026–27 JustArts Fellowship cohort of five students, using the arts as a vehicle for meaningful change at the University of Arizona. JustArts Fellows deliver student-led solutions to complex societal topics, leveraging creative expression to address sensory access, climate resilience, grief, homelessness, and community health. Inspired by the vision to create positive impact […]
read moreStaff and faculty from College of Fine Arts gathered for the 2026 Plenary and Breakfast on Aug. 19 at the Tucson Marriott University Park hotel to honor exceptional teaching, service and leadership from across the college’s schools and units. The morning also welcomed new colleagues to Arizona Arts and celebrated a wave of faculty promotions […]
read moreArizona Arts presents a 2026 fall semester of arts experiences to engage audiences on campus at the University of Arizona and in the Tucson community. Arizona Arts and its units produce over 700 events each year, most of them free. The division integrates the arts throughout the university experience; gives all students – regardless of major – […]
read moreThe numbers tell a story that any prospective student or their parent should hear. Across the College of Fine Arts and its four schools, University of Arizona arts graduates are finding work, building careers and making an impact in some of the most competitive creative industries in the world. And they’re doing it at a […]
read moreArizona Arts Rx, the innovative arts + culture prescription program, in partnership with SocialRx, wrapped its inaugural year with results that exceeded expectations. First-year outcomes include that 91% of students with poor mental health at intake demonstrated improvement in mental health and well-being and 60% of lonely students reported feeling less lonely. This campuswide initiative […]
read moreWhen “Animality: 100 Years of Photographs” opens at the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography (CCP) on Aug. 8, visitors will meet a menagerie: sea lions saluting, a boy touching a calf’s nose, a rattlesnake draped across a man’s shoulders, a polar bear staring back from a melting shoreline. More than 100 photographs and […]
read moreSchool of Theatre, Film & Television (TFTV) students are finding audiences around the world as their films earn selections and awards at respected festivals, reflecting the creativity, ambition and dedication of the school’s emerging filmmakers. As Director of Outreach and Industry, Kerryn Negus leads TFTV’s festival strategy, working individually with filmmakers to develop customized campaigns […]
read moreThe Arizona Arts human resources team has had a busy summer. Three seasoned leaders have joined the college’s senior team: Jeff Beekman as director of the School of Art and Pete Froslie as associate dean of research and graduate studies, both starting July 1, and Lia Uribe, who begins as director of the School of Music on Aug. 10. “The […]
read moreArizona Arts has named Dr. Lia Uribe as director of the University of Arizona School of Music. An arts administrator, bassoonist, and scholar known for her work expanding the reach and representation of music, Uribe joins one of the nation’s leading academic music programs. She begins August 10, 2026. Uribe comes to Arizona from the University of […]
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