Students to pursue border-engaged arts research

February 23, 2021

Graduate artists Mariel Miranda and Bella Maria Varela (art) and Diana Peralta (music) were awarded border-engaged research scholarships.

Emmy Tisdel, Mariel Miranda join 2020-21 University Fellows cohort

February 23, 2021

An accomplished violinist and an international visual artist from Arizona Arts, Emmy Tisdel and Mariel Miranda, have joined the prestigious 2020-21 University Fellows program, the flagship initiative of the University of Arizona Graduate Center.

Arizona Arts Studio Series … inside the flute studio

October 13, 2020

What’s it like inside the flute studio at the Fred Fox School of Music … during COVID. Hear professor Brian Luce and students Kaissy Yau and Melissa Requist discuss reentry and playing on stage at Centennial Hall; and see what role kinesiology and biomechanics has with improving flute performance. Arizona Arts Studio Series takes you […]

Music and the Brain

September 28, 2020

Molly Gebrian’s “What Musicians Can Learn About Practicing from Current Brain Research,” offers on how to efficiently practice for success.

Photographer Alex Turner Featured in Lenscratch

July 9, 2020

MFA alumnus Alex Turner’s Blind River project is featured in Lenscratch.

A musical field experience in New York City

May 12, 2020

At the invitation of the New York Philharmonic Archives, several music graduate students researched the Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), who spent his final years in New York City.

What is research in the arts, exactly?

May 11, 2020

Ellen McMahon is often asked what arts research actually is. Turns out it’s complicated.

Dr. Jennie Gubner discusses new intercultural research program

March 26, 2020

An interview with Dr. Jennie Gubner, the new chair for the Applied Intercultural Arts Research program with the Graduate College.

The Neuroscience of Creativity

January 23, 2020

Andy Belser and Molly Gebrian have researched neuroscience, learning and creativity to discover how to improve how students learn and perform.

Art installation helps communities understand water quality

November 21, 2019

MFA 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.