Celebrate 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 […]
read moreArt critic and writer Eleanor Heartney delves into the work and significance of artist Bailey Doogan in this virtual talk with University of Arizona Museum of Art. Bailey Doogan’s art is infused with the revolutionary ideas swirling around feminist thinking in the early 1980s. This talk by Eleanor Heartney looks at how feminist ideas about […]
read moreCurated by Grace Waldrip, a senior art history student in the School of Art, this pop-up exhibition seeks to highlight and define how portraiture has worked alongside social and cultural messaging around wives and wifehood throughout art history. Featuring portraits of, or related to, wifehood from 1589 to 2001, visitors are invited to explore and […]
read moreModern life means interacting with countless machines… In fact, most of us carry a mini machine with us at all times — one that wakes us up and tells us the weather, gives us the fastest route to our destination, hangs on to our credit cards and admission tickets, and even provides us with a […]
read moreA 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 […]
read more“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 […]
read moreLove 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 […]
read moreThe 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 […]
read moreFor 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 […]
read more“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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