Enjoy the very best artworks created by seven MFA candidates from the School of Art in the annual 2021 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition offered in 3D, 360-degree, virtual reality. Physically hung in the galleries of the University of Arizona Museum of Art and the School of Art’s Joseph Gross Gallery, the exhibition is […]
read moreIf spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s Party!,” then Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour is the perfect way to celebrate the season. Pour your favorite beverage and prepare your favorite snack, then join us on Zoom for this special Spring-themed round! As usual, the multiple choice questions will be fun for all art lovers […]
read more“The Ten-Year Party” – that’s what Elaine de Kooning called the decade-long, post-war development and breakthrough of Abstract Expressionism. Brilliant, stunning and married to Bill (Willem), Elaine was at the center of the close-knit group of driven, imaginative, under-the-radar downtown artists whose names now reverberate: Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko, Grace Hartigan, Robert Motherwell, […]
read moreResearch on provenance – the history of ownership of an art object – is an important part of maintaining a museum collection. Understanding provenance allows insight into the history of specific works, helps verify a piece as authentic, or ensures that it has been acquired by honest means. The UAMA is dedicated to continued provenance research on […]
read moreArizona Arts launches the Racial Justice Studio to promote a deep understanding of anti-racism by centering artistic and creative practice.
read morePresented by two scholars from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design: Dr. Rebecka Black, Associate Professor and Head of Art History, and Dr. Tom Keefe, Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts How do art and history intersect with social movements and calls for social justice in early 20th century America? Join Drs. Becky Black & Tom […]
read moreLex Gjurasic, a visual artist featured in Picturing 2020: A Community Reflects, will speak with UAMA’s Curator of Community Engagement Chelsea Farrar about her approach to art making (i.e., use what you have) and how she has used art to find happiness during trying times. This talk will be virtual. Lex has exhibited her work nationally […]
read moreThe Kress Collection at the University Museum of Art consists of 64 European artworks that span the 14th to the early 19th centuries, including The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo is a jewel of the UAMA collection and one of the most important works produced in 15th-century Spain. Featuring portraits, mythological subjects, and biblical narratives, these pieces represent some […]
read moreThis exhibition features a variety of works from the University Museum of Art’s contemporary art collection that reflect on issues related to religion, gender, gentrification, food justice and other pressing issues of the past 30 years. Some of the highlights are Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s Spam, a mixed-media painting which speaks to the systematic and violent dismantling […]
read moreOver the summer of 2020, the UAMA invited artists from our community to submit artwork depicting their myriad experiences with the destabilizing events of this year. Their overwhelming response resulted in Picturing 2020: A Community Reflects, an online exhibition featuring works by more than 150 artists from across Southern Arizona. >> Visit Picturing 2020: A Community […]
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