How do we express big and little ideas, feelings, disruptions and transformations? UAMA’s annual summer Vault Show creates an opportunity for artworks to come out of storage and into the galleries, showcasing our permanent collection of over 7,000 objects in new and invigorating ways. This year’s edition comes together around the ideas of big and little. Pondering […]
read moreThis round of the UAMA Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour goes out to all of our non-human family, whether furry or scaly, who enrich our lives to no end. PETS! As usual, the multiple choice questions will be fun for all attendees and answers will be anonymous. So grab your best fur-end (or share a […]
read moreA pop-up exhibition of early modern artworks from the UAMA permanent collection, co-curated by University of Arizona art history students, highlighting global and cultural understandings of the time period known as the “Renaissance”. Join students from the course Global Renaissance, led by Assistant Professor Jennifer Saracino, as they present their interpretations of artworks made or depicting places […]
read moreMuseums across the University of Arizona are proud to offer free or reduced admission in celebration of U of A Museum Day 2026 on Saturday, April 4, 10a – 4p, including the Center for Creative Photography and the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Immerse yourself in a day filled with discovery and wonder, where […]
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 moreJoin dynamic local storytellers as they take the stage and give voice to some of the stories that shape our bodies throughout our lives. Discussing her devotion to drawing and painting real human bodies, including her own, artist Bailey Doogan explained: “our bodies are full of stories.” Inspired by this phrase, UAMA and Odyssey Storytelling invite you […]
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 moreAfter completing installation of a new, state-of-the-art HVAC system, the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA) reopens on Jan. 17 with a major survey of work by celebrated Tucson artist and University of Arizona Professor Emerita, Bailey Doogan. The reopening also marks the museum’s move to free admission for all visitors — a transformative […]
read moreExplore the artistic life and legacy of Bailey Doogan in this conversation with fellow artists, former students, colleagues and collectors, presented by the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Panelists Terry Etherton, Doug Nielsen, Cynthia Miller and Ann Simmons-Myers will illuminate the personal and often collaborative processes Doogan used to create her work, as well […]
read moreCelebrate the opening of “Bailey Doogan: Ways of Seeing,” at the exhibition reception at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. This exhibition serves as a survey of work by Bailey Doogan — a celebrated Tucson artist, graphic designer and esteemed professor emerita at the University of Arizona. For the first time, selections from each phase of […]
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