1. Screening of ‘ear for eye’

    In honour of Black History Month, Hanson FilmTV Institute presents the critically acclaimed feature film from British filmmaker and playwright debbie tucker green. Her most recent film, ear for eye, was adapted by tucker green from her highly acclaimed 2018 Royal Court stage production for the screen, with backing from BBC Film, BBC Two and the British Film […]

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  2. Screening of ‘Esther Newton Made Me Gay’

    Lesbian Looks & DocScapes in collaboration with Hanson FilmTV Institute presents Jean Carlomusto’s Esther Newton Made Me Gay ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY explores the life and times of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton. Throughout her career, Esther was a pioneer – questioning and challenging status quo assumptions on gender, sexuality and anthropological methods. Her work inspired generations of scholars to pursue […]

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  3. UGLINESS RETURNED: “WOMAN-OCHRE” IN THE HISTORY OF ART

    In this special in-person talk at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, writer and scholar Gretchen E. Henderson (author of the acclaimed book, Ugliness: A Cultural History) carefully replaces the painting, Woman-Ochre, in art history, moving beyond the 1985 heist and 20th-century Abstract Expressionism, using an aesthetic lens of ugliness to widen ways that we view and value art and […]

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  4. VIRTUAL ART TRIVIA HAPPY HOUR

    In honor of Black History Month, this round will feature a selection of the myriad Black artists who have made, and are making, an invaluable impact on the art world. Many have been featured in previous rounds of Art Trivia, so it’s a great time to test how much you’ve learned! As usual, the multiple choice questions will […]

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  5. The Linda McCartney Retrospective

    Curated by members of the photographer’s family, ‘The Linda McCartney Retrospective’ exhibition has its North American debut at the Center for Creative Photography and covers Linda McCartney’s career, 1965-1997. >> Center for Creative Photography>> CCP to host Linda McCartney exhibition announcement Featuring 176 photographs and additional archival materials that offer insight into her working methods, […]

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  6. Screening of ‘This Is Not Me’

    Hanson FilmTV Institute and DocScapes present Saeed Gholipour’s This Is Not Me. Two trans men trying to free themselves from the pressure and practice of gender matching are the focus of THIS IS NOT ME, a documentary about transgender people in Iran, who are challenged by religion and the harsh laws of gender inequality. As they seek to prove themselves […]

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  7. Screening of ‘Uprooted’

    Hanson FilmTV Institute, in collaboration with School of Dance and Africana Studies, presents a Black History Month presentation of Khadifa Wong’s Uprooted. Uprooted is a feature-length documentary celebrating the history, lineage, and future progressions of jazz dance. With a stellar cast of leading industry experts, award-winning choreographers, and legendary performers, this ground-breaking documentary goes back to the roots in […]

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  8. CONFESSIONS OF AN ART BRAT

    Helen McNeil-Ashton, daughter of Abstract Expressionist artist George McNeil and his art-director wife Dora, is a retired academic, a writer and the current Vice President for the Collection at the Highland House Museum in Truro, Massachusetts. Unless proven otherwise, every child takes their family for “normal” just the way it is. So if you’re raised in a bohemian world […]

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  9. FAKE, FORGERY OR FRIENDLY COPY?

    In the late 1970s, a UAMA curator raised a question after seeing a poster of Wassily Kandinsky’s painting Ruhe. The label on the poster stated the work was in a private collection, a strange detail considering the painting was owned by the University of Arizona Museum of Art … or was it? What began as a […]

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  10. Hazel Larsen Archer

    Sessions on Creative Photography is one comprehensive look at the boundary-breaking career of Hazel Larsen Archer, from her instrumental work in photography within mid century avant-garde art circles to her transformative approach to photo education. Archer embraced experimentation; challenged expectations and encouraged a radical depth of seeing; and was concerned both with photography and the experience […]

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