Antebi, Taylor participating in the ‘Digital Borderlands’ storytelling project

June 18, 2021

Faculty Nicole Antebi and David Taylor are participating in the ‘Digital Borderlands’ storytelling project, funded by the Mellon Foundation.

Documentary filmmakers seek meaningful change in Brooks County

April 16, 2021

The documentary, Missing in Brooks County, created by Arizona faculty, will be screened at the Arizona International Film Festival.

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.

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 […]

Dual degree approach to storytelling

November 2, 2020

Roxanna Ibarra hopes to use her two degrees to convey storytelling visually and aurally, while embracing her Mexican and American cultures.

Macias featured in four Texas exhibitions

September 29, 2020

Alejandro Macias, assistant professor at the School of Art, currently has his work showcased in four exhibitions in time for Hispanic Heritage Month all in Texas. Macias grew up in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S./Mexico border. His work focuses on what it means to identify with more than one culture and how that can affect […]

Photographer Alex Turner Featured in Lenscratch

July 9, 2020

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

Other TARGET/s exhibition addresses border issues

March 23, 2020

The online art publication Hyperallergic featured the University of Arizona Museum of Art’s Other TARGET/s, a group exhibition in which artists condemn migrant detention, mass incarceration and the juvenile justice system while portraying resiliency, grace and dignity.

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.

Murals, public art will become a ‘defining feature’ of University identity

September 30, 2019

Arizona Athletics commissioned School of Art alumnus Danny Martin (MFA ’08) to paint a mural, “The Cactus Comet Rides Again” on Arizona Stadium.