UArizona’s Sama Alshaibi awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship

April 26, 2021

University of Arizona School of Art Professor Sama Alshaibi was awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in New York City on April 8.

Alex Jimenez partners with Tucson Water on national initiative

April 26, 2021

Arizona art alumna Alex Jimenez was selected to partner with Tucson Water as part of a new national initiative addressing local water issues.

Documentary filmmakers seek meaningful change in Brooks County

April 16, 2021

The documentary, Missing in Brooks County, created by Arizona faculty, will be screened at the Arizona International Film Festival.

Audiences can vote on piano competition at the Trester Festival

April 15, 2021

The inaugural Trester Festival for Latin American Music includes student piano competition and the audience gets a vote.

Tucson Folk Festival returns with 75 performances across three stages, April 10-11

April 6, 2021

The Tucson Folk Festival returns for its 36th year, April 10-11, 2021, with over 75 performances, broadcast live from three stages.

“Lights Out” for American factories and workers

March 25, 2021

Kaitlyn Jo Smith (MFA ’20, Photography, Video, Imaging) won a national juried showcase at the 2021 College Arts Association annual conference in Graduate Film/Video, Animations & New Genres in March. In the film, “Lights Out,” Smith sourced over 50,000 portraits of factory workers from Facebook, which were then turned into deep-fake portraits by artificial intelligence, commenting on […]

Immerse yourself in the UAMA 3D galleries

March 22, 2021

UAMA has virtually hung two exhibitions to recreate the gallery experience, turning to technology to create an immersive experience.

Filling a documentary film gap

March 22, 2021

Alumni Herb and Kerry Stratford created a documentary film, “Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman,” father of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Jory Hancock, Melissa Lowe retiring from School of Dance

March 19, 2021

Architects of the University of Arizona School of Dance, the husband-and-wife team of Jory Hancock and Melissa Lowe are retiring after 34 years on campus building one of the nation’s elite collegiate dance programs. The couple joined the dance faculty and staff in 1987. Hancock has led the dance program since 1989 and has been the director of the School […]

A Statement of Solidarity from Arizona Arts

March 18, 2021

Dear Arizona Arts colleagues, Today the University of Arizona Office of the Provost issued a statement condemning the violence in Georgia earlier this week that left eight dead, most of the victims women and Asian American. This is only the most visible and latest example in the sharp and deplorable rise in discrimination, violence and hate against […]