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.

AZPM features School of Art’s Jessica Gonzales evolution as ‘The Muralist’

March 25, 2021

Jessica Gonzales (BFA ’12, 2D Art), painted her first large-scale public mural in 2016. Since then, she’s churned out a seemingly endless cascade of instantly recognizable, colorful, murals all over Tucson in public locations, private business, and homes, making her one of the most prolific muralists in the region. Those words and this beautiful video […]

“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 […]

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.

The Floor Plans of a Place

February 24, 2021

School of Art alumnus Karlito Miller Espinosa (MFA ’19) discusses what inspired his new mural on the Joseph Gross Gallery located on Speedway Boulevard and North Mountain Avenue in Tucson. Subscribe to Arizona Arts on YouTube.

Deborah Ruiz: Ultimate Adapter

February 23, 2021

Artist Deborah Ruiz (BFA ’20, Illustration + Design) definitely took the road less travelled. A story of personal persistence and grit.

Wonder makes me tell the story

February 23, 2021

Lindsay Utz, who edited Academy Award-winning documentary, “American Factory,” discusses the beginning of her career on campus in Tucson.

Finding new ways of expression

February 23, 2021

Trent Pechon, 3D artist/graduate student, tells the Arizona Alumni magazine about how he has improvised teaching his sculpture students at the School of Art.

Brisa Tzintzun describes working alongside muralist Mata Ruda

December 17, 2020

MFA candidate Brisa Tzintzun assists internationally renowned muralist, Karlito Miller Espinosa (MFA ’19) with School of Art mural.

Karlito creates new mural on Speedway

November 5, 2020

The School of Art is getting a new mural. Recent alumnus and internationally renowned muralist Karlito Miller Espinosa, aka Mata Ruda, is creating a mural on the School of Art’s Joseph Gross Gallery during the month of November 2020. The mural is part of the arts renaissance at the University of Arizona. The Arizona Arts […]