StellarScape tells an immersive, multimedia story of a star

March 13, 2022

StellarScape tells an immersive, multimedia story of a star in music, dance, and cinematography with astrophysical simulation.

de Kooning documentary drops at SXSW 2022

March 11, 2022

The Thief Collector unravels the layers of the infamous de Kooning heist, exploring how far someone would go for something that they covet.

Creative Encounters in Awe Walking

March 11, 2022

Recent neuroscience research shows that going on awe walks, looking for things that inspire childlike wonder, can promote wellness.

Emerging Conversations: Reimagining Waterbearers

March 10, 2022

Emerging Conversations is an annual art education symposium organized by graduate students in the Art & Visual Culture Education program at the University of Arizona School of Art. It is the only symposium of its kind on the West Coast in the United States. Emerging Conversations creates space for artists, educators, art historians, arts-based researchers, […]

Amber Coleman sheds light

March 10, 2022

Art is all about telling stories, and doctoral candidate Amber Coleman sheds light on the kinds of stories that too often don’t get told.

Melissa Lowe and Jory Hancock Dance Studio

March 1, 2022

Studio 301 in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre has been renamed in honor of two dance visionaries: Melissa Lowe and Jory Hancock Dance Studio.

Medici Mondays: Sinamar Respicio

February 28, 2022

Last summer Sinamar Respicio attended a virtual choral conductor workshop at Rider University, thanks to support from Medici Circle.

Tucson legend, folklore icon Big Jim Griffith remembered

February 28, 2022

Beloved Tucson legend and folklore icon Big Jim Griffith died peacefully at his home in December. He was 86.

intertwine

February 28, 2022

Assistant Professors Jackie Glazier and Marissa Olegario perform “intertwine” at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. The composition by Los Angeles-based artist Sarah Gibson was inspired by MJ Levy-Dickson’s bird’s nest drawings. Gibson writes “I imagine these two parts as a mother bird and a baby bird as the latter gradually learns now to leave the nest.” […]

Tamika Lawrence stuns in “Black No More”

February 28, 2022

Tamika Lawrence (BFA ’10, Musical Theatre) was called “a stunning singer” by the New York Times theatre critic in a “Black No More” review.