The University of Arizona Museum of Art opens a new exhibition “Staged: The Art of Performance” on Oct. 10, a date filled with arts experiences. Maskmaker Zarco Guerrero, euphonium virtuoso Benjamin Pierce, four treadmill-running performers and a student cast about to do the Time Warp will bring the University of Arizona’s arts campus to life that weekend. […]
read moreJoin us in celebrating the opening of “Staged: The Art of Performance”! Featuring works from the University of Arizona Museum of Art collection and loans from local private collections — including “Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn)” by Andy Warhol and “Avalon Ballroom” by Warrington W. Colescott — “Staged: The Art of Performance” showcases the beauty and spectacle of stagecraft. This reception is free and […]
read moreJoin photographer and interdisciplinary artist Colleen Plumb for a lecture exploring her work and artistic practice. Through photography, video, sound, and public projects, Plumb examines the complex relationships between humans, animals, and the environments they share. Her work invites viewers to consider questions of coexistence, care, and responsibility in an increasingly interconnected world. Drawing on projects featured […]
read moreThrough photographs, personal reflections, and historical context, author Pryor Dodge will discuss his recently published book “Ylla: The Birth of Modern Animal Photography.” Dodge and CCP Chief Curator Becky Senf will explore the remarkable life and legacy of Camilla ‘Ylla’ Koffler. Together, they will discuss Ylla’s groundbreaking career, her deep fascination with animals, and the lasting […]
read moreArizona 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 moreCome and “meet” a menagerie of our furry, finned, and feathered friends depicted across more than 100 photographs and archival objects from the Center for Creative Photography’s collection. “Animality: 100 Years of Photographs” features a wide range of photographic formats, a diverse group of photographers, and all manner of animals across a century of time. The […]
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 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 moreSpanning the medium’s history, Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography explores how photography transforms how we see and reshapes our understanding of time, perception, and reality. While photographs are often associated with human vision, they also have the power to reveal, transform, and defamiliarize their subjects. “Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography” celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the […]
read moreThe Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the University of Arizona has announced the acquisition of nine significant photography archives, marking one of the most substantial expansions of its holdings in recent years. The donated archives, which have been in the planning stages for years, represent an extraordinary cross-section of 20th- and 21st-century photographic practices, […]
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