1. Medici Mondays: Gia Del Pino

    Gia Del Pino earned a certificate in Art and Curatorial Practice this summer, thanks to support from the College of Fine Arts Medici Circle.  Del Pino, a fifth-year PhD student in art and visual culture education, participated in the New Centre for Research and Practice’s virtual certificate program. The centre’s mission is to expand possibilities […]

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  2. Tucson becomes global stage in final year of Center Stage

    Arizona Arts Live, the University of Arizona’s official performing arts presenter, is proud to announce its participation in the final year of Center Stage. Center Stage is the pioneering cultural diplomacy initiative created by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and produced by the New England Foundation for the Arts. For […]

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  3. Medici Mondays: Kayla Howard

    Kayla Howard attended the Theatrical Intimacy Education Weekend Workshop this summer in Denver, thanks to support from the College of Fine Arts Medici Circle.  Howard, a senior majoring in theatre arts and minoring in adolescence, community, and education, worked with educators and working professionals in intimacy choreography and coodination. Theatrical Intimacy Education is the oldest […]

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  4. Medici Mondays: Cole Nagoda

    Cole Nagoda served as a composition fellow in Spain and the Netherlands this summer,  thanks to support from the College of Fine Arts Medici Circle. Nagoda, a junior BM major in music composition, composed pieces for the Valencia International Arts Summer Festival in Spain and the Cortona Sessions for New Music education program in Ede, Netherlands. In […]

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  5. Music faculty join global research effort with France-Arizona

    Three School of Music faculty are part of a new international research effort focused on the human dimensions of climate change. A first for College of Fine Arts faculty, this project is supported by the France–Arizona Institute for Global Grand Challenges, a partnership between the University of Arizona and France’s Centre National de la Recherche […]

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  6. Medici Mondays: Gwen Buettner

    Gwen Buettner interned with the renowned Joffrey Ballet School this summer, thanks to support from the College of Fine Arts Medici Circle. Buettner, a senior double majoring in dance and journalism, managed student wellness working within the Joffrey residence hall. She corresponded with artistic faculty, administration, and the health and wellness team daily to foster positive experiences […]

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  7. Students create migration-themed podcast series

    Undergraduate students in Regents Professor Sama Alshaibi’s studio art class at the School of Art created a six-part podcast series based on the theme, “Migration as Practice.”  Rooted in Arizona’s Borderlands, the series, Race/Remix: Student Edition, explores the complexities of migration as a lived experience and metaphor and examines how movement shapes identity, memory and belonging.  […]

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  8. 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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  9. Class of 2025

    The College of Fine Arts was proud to celebrate the Class of 2025 by bestowing 361 degrees at the CFA Graduation Convocation on May 18 to a sellout audience at Centennial Hall. Dean Andy Schulz, vice president for the arts, served as the keynote speaker. Schulz announced earlier this year that he was stepping down […]

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  10. Dylan Cook is the Outstanding Senior for CFA, School of Music

    Dylan Cook has been selected as the “Outstanding Senior” by the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts and the School of Music for the 2025 spring semester. Here’s a summary of Professor Brian A. Luce’s nomination letter: Dylan Cook, the 2024–2025 Presser Scholar, is a double major in Music Performance and Music Education whose […]

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