1. Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour: Conceptual Art!

    A ripe banana affixed to a wall with duct tape doesn’t strike most folks as art, and even fewer would pay a few bucks for it… …unless they were hungry. And yet Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, composed solely of those two materials, sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction last fall. “Why in the world?” you […]

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  2. Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour: At the Seaside!

    “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always ourselves we find in the sea.” — E. E. Cummings While the sea has an undeniable allure no matter the season, it looks especially appealing to us desert dwellers once summer arrives. That’s why, for July’s round of Virtual Art Trivia, we’ll spend […]

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  3. Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour: Weddings!

    Love and marriage may go together like a horse and carriage, but add art trivia to the mix to take the proverbial (wedding) cake! In June 2020, we marked UAMA’s first-ever Art Trivia Happy Hour. Five years later, thanks to art trivia fans whom we love and adore, we’re still going — and stronger than […]

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  4. Bailey Doogan: Ways of Seeing

    The exhibition will showcase a survey of work by Bailey Doogan (1941-2022), a celebrated artist, graphic designer and esteemed professor emerita at the University of Arizona School of Art. In Bailey Doogan: Ways of Seeing, selections from each phase of the artist’s career will be displayed together for the first time, highlighting her artistic processes […]

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  5. Art prescriptions to aid student mental health

    For many college students, navigating academic demands, social changes, and the transition to adulthood can take a toll on emotional well-being. At the University of Arizona, a new initiative led by Arizona Arts aims to support student mental health in a creative way — by tapping into the healing power of the arts. Research shows that […]

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  6. Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour: Wonders of the World!

    “Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” — Carl Sagan This Earth Month, we’ll honor our exquisite planet by visiting a sampling of its designated “Wonders” — natural, ancient and modern — via the immersive medium of art. As usual, the multiple choice trivia questions will be fun for […]

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  7. Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour: The Renaissance!

    “To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” ― Leonardo da Vinci For the March round of UAMA Virtual Art Trivia, we’ll mark the Vernal Equinox and arrival of spring by visiting another period associated with rebirth […]

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  8. U OF A MUSEUM DAY!

    U of A Museum Day is back for its second year! Here’s how, CCP, UAMA and its Archive of Visual Arts are marking the occasion. At UAMA, enjoy free admission all day (10a-4p) and special programming from (Noon-4p). Explore books and zines in the Mobile Abolition Library ― on the road from Albuquerque, NM ― […]

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  9. Spring Arts Preview from Arizona Arts

    Arizona Arts presents a 2025 spring semester of arts experiences to engage audiences on campus at the University of Arizona and in the community.  This spring we will celebrate milestone anniversaries for “I Dream in Widescreen” (20th), the Center for Creative Photography (50th) and the Martha Graham Dance Company (100th). Arizona Arts and its units produce […]

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  10. The Artist and The Collector

    A conversation with artist Hank Willis Thomas and collector Jordan D. Schnitzer, presented by the University of Arizona Museum of Art. This free event will take place at the CCP Auditorium on Feb. 15 at 1p. Based in New York, Hank Willis Thomas is among the most prominent contemporary artists of the past 25 years. […]

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