Museum video series, ‘Art Sprouts,’ blooms during quarantine

June 19, 2020

The Museum of Art took to YouTube to bring at-home, family-friendly art activities to the Tucson community via Art Sprouts: Home Edition.

Music alumna Dr. Lori Wiest appointed school director

May 13, 2020

Dr. Lori Wiest, the new Director of the Fred Fox School of Music, received her doctorate from Arizona 30 years ago this spring.

Costume designers make masks for healthcare workers

March 26, 2020

When the pandemic hit, Arizona MFA theatre students and costume designers immediately began making masks for health care workers and first responders in Tucson to address the shortage of masks.

Other TARGET/s exhibition addresses border issues

March 23, 2020

The online art publication Hyperallergic featured the University of Arizona Museum of Art’s Other TARGET/s, a group exhibition in which artists condemn migrant detention, mass incarceration and the juvenile justice system while portraying resiliency, grace and dignity.

Dan Asia tapped for National Council on the Arts

February 18, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Daniel Asia, a professor of composition at the Fred Fox School of Music, to serve a six-year term as a member of the National Council on the Arts.

Exhibition explores grief with partner ArtWorks

October 21, 2019

The Museum of Art collaborated with the ArtWorks community to create a compelling exhibition, “Crafting My Story,” a group show, exploring grief, loss and spiritual life among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Exhibition examines the life, afterlife of Bauhaus

August 31, 2019

A University of Arizona Museum of Art exhibition, A New Unity: The Life and Afterlife of Bauhaus, evokes the true spirit of Bauhaus by bringing together multiple departments across campus.

International scholar Andrew Schulz named Dean of the College of Fine Arts

June 28, 2018

A visionary leader in the arts and one of the foremost scholars on 18th- and 19th-century Spanish art, has been named as dean of the College of Fine Arts