1. Joan Ashcraft: 2025 CFA Alumni of the Year

    The University of Arizona Alumni Association has named Dr. Joan Ashcraft (BM ’74, MM ’76, Ph.D. ’86) the College of Fine Arts 2025 Alumni of the Year. “As a distinguished three-time graduate of our School of Music, Dr. Ashcraft has made an extraordinary impact on the arts landscape in Tucson and beyond,” said Andy Schulz, […]

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  2. Utz earns Sundance award in directorial debut

    Alumna Lindsay Utz in her directorial debut earned a World Cinema Documentary Audience Award for “Prime Minister” at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 31. Utz and Michelle Walshe, co-directors of the 102-minute documentary, shine a light on former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, capturing her through five tumultuous years in power and beyond. The film uses […]

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  3. Father inspires Art alum’s Oppenheimer exhibit

    Even before the Oscar-winning film “Oppenheimer” hit theaters, University of Arizona School of Art alum Ernesto A. Trujillo created a striking collection of mixed-media prints that portrayed his father’s thoughts and fears of nuclear destruction as a defense industry engineer. Trujillo first presented the gallery online in December 2022, but the public can now see his solo […]

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