1. Paul Valadez: Selections From The Great Mexican-American Songbook

    In his collage series The Great Mexican-American Songbook, artist Paul Valadez plays with language and images in ways that reflect memories and multiply meanings. When a stack of vintage sheet music led him to wonder who or what could define an “American Songbook,” he was inspired to cut and paste to create something different. Adding, subtracting, […]

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  2. A Century of Surrealism

    In October 1924, French poet André Breton published the first Surrealist Manifesto and marked the birth of a movement. Breton — considered a founder of Surrealism — defined it as “pure psychic automatism,” transcending reason to delve into the unconscious mind. In the context of visual art, it is associated with impossible images and juxtapositions, […]

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  3. Mapping Q 2024: Still Queer After All These Years

    The University of Arizona Museum of Art’s “Mapping Q” program marks its 10-year anniversary with a special exhibition celebrating the creative resilience of LGBTQ+ youth artists, both present and past. “Mapping Q 2024: Still Queer After All These Years” Mapping Q invites LGBTQ+ youth ages 14-24 to explore identity through artmaking workshops on topics like self-care, community […]

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  4. The Vault Show: New Acquisitions

    The University of Arizona Museum of Art collection is composed of approximately 7,000 works of art spanning multiple centuries and cultures.  The Vault Show creates an opportunity for artworks to come out of storage and into the galleries, showcasing our permanent collection in new and invigorating ways. This iteration features new acquisitions that were purchased by […]

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  5. Reception for Annie Lopez: Origin Story

    Join us in celebrating the exhibition Annie Lopez: Origin Story with an evening reception featuring remarks by the artist, refreshments, and musical enrichment at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Annie Lopez is a storyteller. Informed by family history, remedies, and lived experiences as both a Mexican-American and fourth-generation Phoenician, her stories are told with text and images […]

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  6. OUR STORIES: HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS 2024

    This annual exhibition at the University of Arizona Museum of Art showcases the creativity and artistic achievement of high school artists across Tucson and Pima County. What unique artistic practices have teachers and student artists developed in classrooms across Southern Arizona? What ideas do young artists want to express, and how do they do it through […]

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  7. ANNIE LOPEZ: ORIGIN STORY

    Annie Lopez is a storyteller. Informed by family history, remedies, and lived experiences as both a Mexican-American and fourth-generation Phoenician, her stories are told with text and images through her signature cyanotype prints.  Origin Story highlights two main bodies of the artist’s work: her dress forms and the Storybook series.  Lopez’s striking dresses are fashioned from tamale wrappers, printed on in […]

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  8. TFTV Test Event

    This is a test event for TFTV. Duis varius pulvinar magna, consequat egestas augue convallis eget. Integer arcu lorem, semper at euismod vitae, placerat vel ante. Praesent dignissim leo erat, at sagittis mauris sodales ac. Vestibulum gravida varius leo, at finibus quam. Aliquam erat volutpat. Fusce rutrum vitae risus eget sagittis. Vivamus mollis mauris nulla, […]

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  9. Lila Downs

    Few alternative artists have the dynamic power and range of this bilingual warrior-woman, who has recorded nine albums, earning a Grammy and four Latin Grammys along the way. NPR Music Agave Heritage Festival, Pueblos del Maíz, and Arizona Arts Live are proud to bring Lila Downs back to the Old Pueblo for a live performance […]

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  10. Sample TFTV event for testing

    Come one, come all. This screening event is cheap and a good example of testing the system since it has all the fields. It should have a slideshow, and plenty of optional info.

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