Tag: Research in the Arts

  1. “Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis” opens at CCP

    Over the last 10 years, American photographer Kelli Connell immersed herself in the archives of the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, researching the lives and relationship of writer Charis Wilson and legendary photographer Edward Weston.  That research led Connell and her previous partner Betsy Odom to retrace Wilson and Weston’s journeys through California and the American Southwest, […]

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  2. Hasan Elahi named dean of Arizona Arts at the University of Arizona

    Artist, educator, and academic leader to oversee one of the nation’s most integrated arts divisions starting July 1, 2025 TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona has appointed Hasan Elahi as the next dean of Arizona Arts. He will begin his tenure on July 1, 2025. Elahi is an artist and higher education leader whose […]

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  3. Ricardo Chavez named Outstanding Graduate for School of Art

    Ricardo Chavez has been selected as the “Outstanding Graduate” by the University of Arizona School of Art for the 2025 spring semester. Here’s a summary of Professor Irene Bald Romano’s nomination letter: Ricardo Chavez is a gifted art historian and one of the most outstanding graduate students in the Art History program. His research is […]

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  4. Six new projects blend creativity and community impact

    This year, six Arts Research + Resilience projects were awarded funding through a continuing partnership between the Arizona Institute for Resilience and the College of Fine Arts.  Each project uses the tools of artistic inquiry to build more connected, creative, and resilient communities—whether through public exhibitions, experimental filmmaking, or trapeze-based theatre. Projects were selected based on […]

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  5. Student’s time as wildland firefighter shapes exhibition

    In Alexis Joy Hagestad’s new solo exhibition, viewers can walk through a fictional burned forest, watch a video with a fire map of the western United States and listen to trees moving and creaking in the wind. “This Forest Remembers Fire” not only explores the effects of fire suppression in the United States in the face […]

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  6. Integrative Arts Research Fellows cohort named

    Nine College of Fine Arts faculty members have been selected as part of the Integrative Arts Research Fellowship cohort, earning funding to support research projects.  The Fellows were selected based on their ongoing projects which build resilient individuals and communities through practice-based arts research methods. Each will receive a stipend and pilot project funding to […]

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  7. Beihua Guo takes 2nd in Grad Slam with ‘Ground Zeros’

    University of Arizona School of Art student Beihua Guo captured second place in the campus-wide Grad Slam contest with his presentation, “Designated Ground Zeros: Documenting Cold War Nuclear Targets with Uranium Prints.” Guo, a first-year MFA candidate in the school’s Photography, Video and Imaging program, vied with five other finalists for the best three-minute graduate […]

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