What does it mean to write about food as a queer person? This question will guide us as we read food poetry and nonfiction by trans and queer authors, then write our own short pieces. Come prepared with paper, something to write with, and a willingness to learn from one another. While this virtual workshop […]
read moreWinter-Themed Art Trivia Happy Hour from the University of Arizona Museum of Art. It’s winter, which means – for many cultures – that holiday celebrations are in store! This month’s round features works depicting some of these cherished occasions from around the world and throughout time. As usual, the multiple-choice questions will be fun for all […]
read moreAstronomical art is a good indicator of the relationship between the poetic and scientific worlds. This presentation, “Astronomy and the Visual Arts,” is part of the Monday Members’ Art Talk series from the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Richard Poss will examine a series of works ranging from medieval manuscript illustrations to contemporary space […]
read moreAnalia Saban will give a comprehensive lecture about her art practice during the last 16 years, since her days as a graduate student until today. Through her work, she will speak about her interest in materiality, technology, and how the history of materials influences Art History. This lecture is made possible by a collaboration between […]
read moreA chicken with the outline of a bikini browned onto its crispy skin sticks its legs into the air. A woman’s naked body is labeled with the names for meat cuts. A plump pig with lipstick and an apron is serving BBQ. “Sexy Salad and Manly Meat” is part of our “At the Table” Speaker […]
read moreBeginning in 2019, Oregon-based multidisciplinary artist, Malia Jensen, installed six carved salt-lick sculptures and eighteen motion-activated cameras across Oregon, monitoring the wildlife interactions and surrounding landscape for one year. Jensen will discuss the Nearer Nature Project and resulting in six hour surveillance video, Worth Your Salt, and share related work and ideas. Malia Jensen (b.1966, Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Portland-based artist known […]
read moreThe local food movement aspires to create close associations between consumers, communities, and the peoples and lands that produce the foods they eat. Drawing on over five years of ethnographic research, the speakers will consider how the value propositions underlying local food are and are not being conveyed through visual narratives. Pieces from the collection […]
read moreBe sure to bring an appetite for this month’s round of Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour. In honor of the exhibition The Art of Food: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, all of the works featured will be food-themed. As usual, the multiple-choice questions will be fun for all art lovers […]
read more‘The Art of Food’ explores the universal subject of food at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, opening with a Community Day on Oct. 24.
read moreArizona Arts launches ‘Signature Series,’ a new series showcases the division’s most compelling, engaging arts events on and off campus.
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