Sadie Shaw (BFA ’19, Art & Visual Culture Education) is the neighborhood president and creator of the Sugar Hill Oral History Project. A conversation Shaw, and dusty funk musician, Jacki Blu, reveals the hidden history of the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona. From its formation in the 1950s, Sugar Hill was unofficially redlined for […]
read moreDr. Lori Wiest, the new Director of the Fred Fox School of Music, received her doctorate from Arizona 30 years ago this spring.
read moreMFA artist Dorsey Kaufmann creates an interactive art installation, Ripple Effect, visualizes water quality data through sound, light and water. The installation was shown in rural mining communities across Arizona.
read moreBrad Slater (Media Arts ’96), the 2019 CFA Alumnus of the Year, WME agent and partner, representing LeBron James and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, among others.
read moreArizona Athletics commissioned School of Art alumnus Danny Martin (MFA ’08) to paint a mural, “The Cactus Comet Rides Again” on Arizona Stadium.
read moreJohn Matter (BA, Media Arts ’01) earned an Emmy Award for his work on the HBO hit series, Game of Thrones.
read moreThe inaugural Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival celebrates the work of local and international Indigenous filmmakers to promote greater understanding of Indigenous cultures.
read moreImmanuel Abraham (DMA ’19) was inspired to play the violin when he saw Itzhak Perlman play on a children’s show, the Israeli version of Sesame Street. He grew up with violence in the inner city of Chicago, but at 14, he began playing the violin
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