Arizona Arts presents a 2026 fall semester of arts experiences to engage audiences on campus at the University of Arizona and in the Tucson community. Arizona Arts and its units produce over 700 events each year, most of them free. The division integrates the arts throughout the university experience; gives all students – regardless of major – […]
read moreWhen “Animality: 100 Years of Photographs” opens at the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography (CCP) on Aug. 8, visitors will meet a menagerie: sea lions saluting, a boy touching a calf’s nose, a rattlesnake draped across a man’s shoulders, a polar bear staring back from a melting shoreline. More than 100 photographs and […]
read moreArizona Arts has named Dr. Lia Uribe as director of the University of Arizona School of Music. An arts administrator, bassoonist, and scholar known for her work expanding the reach and representation of music, Uribe joins one of the nation’s leading academic music programs. She begins August 10, 2026. Uribe comes to Arizona from the University of […]
read moreThis July, nearly 100 photographs from the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography travel north to Phoenix for “Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography,” an original exhibition opening July 29 at Phoenix Art Museum. Organized by Phoenix Art Museum and CCP, the exhibition explores how the medium shapes, transforms, and reimagines reality rather than simply […]
read moreBroadway in Tucson has announced its 2026–27 season, and the lineup is headlined by “The Outsiders” — winner of four 2024 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The season draws heavily from beloved American storytelling: “The Outsiders,” “The Notebook,” and “The Great Gatsby” all began as iconic books, became celebrated films, and are now smash musical […]
read moreTwo College of Fine Arts students are among nine selected for the Fronteridades Undergraduate Internship Program from the Confluencenter of Creative Inquiry. This program places students with local nonprofit and grassroots organizations serving communities across Tucson and the borderlands. The program connects students with community arts and advocacy organizations, offering hands-on professional experience while building […]
read moreChad Herzog, executive and artistic director of Arizona Arts Live and associate vice president of Arizona Arts, has been selected as one of nine inaugural Provost Fellows for Academic Success Goals — a new university-wide program launched in fall 2025 to advance the University of Arizona’s strategic priorities. “I encourage you to engage with them […]
read moreThis year, four 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 arts research to address pressing challenges in Tucson and beyond—from reimagining how we prepare future healthcare workers to listening for resilience in the city’s arid […]
read moreI am delighted to announce that Chelsea Farrar has been appointed Director of the University of Arizona Museum of Art, effective February 16, 2026. Chelsea is an accomplished arts leader whose extensive experience, institutional knowledge, and deep ties to both the University and the broader community make her exceptionally well suited for this role. Chelsea, […]
read moreArizona Arts presents a 2026 spring semester of arts experiences to engage audiences on campus at the University of Arizona and in the community. Arizona Arts and its units produce over 700 events each year, most of them free. The division integrates the arts throughout the university experience; gives all students – regardless of major – access […]
read more