“A Love Letter to This Bridge Called My Back” gathers visual, poetic and pedagogical works by women of color across generations. While rooted in the legacy of the landmark 1981 anthology “This Bridge Called My Back,” this exhibition stands apart as its own body of work — one that speaks boldly into the present. We are living […]
read moreJoclyn Flynn has always been a leader with an eye for creativity. The sophomore majoring in 3D and extended media at the School of Art now brings that leadership to student government as the College of Fine Arts senator within the Associated Students of the University of Arizona (ASUA). In the role, Flynn serves as […]
read moreArizona Arts will celebrate the Class of 2025 on Dec. 18 at Crowder Hall, honoring students whose work has shaped the creative life of the College of Fine Arts. Selected for their artistic excellence, leadership and drive to push their disciplines forward, this year’s Outstanding Seniors represent the very best of the College of Fine […]
read moreSchool of Art alumna Shiloe Fontes has always loved science and art, so she decided to combine the two at the Flandrau Science Center. “The art and science connection is so strong, but it gets overlooked. I wanted to figure out how to bring that back in,” she said. Fontes (BA ’07, Visual Communications; MA […]
read moreA dozen College of Science students, intending to minor in the arts, received the 2025-2026 Mars Science Plus Scholarship, which promotes exploration and helps offset the students’ educational costs. Made possible by a $2 million gift from John and Adrienne Mars to the College of Science, the scholarship is designed to help science students broaden […]
read moreJoin Illustration, Design & Animation students for their BFA Capstone Fall 2025 show and reception on Friday, Dec. 12., in Room 205 and the lobby of the School of Art. Artists in Valentin R. Mancha’s ART 469 class showing their work are: Brittney Ruiz, Ashley Bambauer, Isabel Fernandez, Maddie French, Lauren Peppiatt, Morgan Erdman. Xavier Urias, […]
read more“More-than-Human Dialogue,” a pop-up exhibition hosted by School of Art Ph.D. candidate Ling-Yu Chou, will explore the relationship between humans, nature and art making. Featuring student landscape paintings from the “Nature, Place, and Belonging” project, the Thursday, Nov. 20, show from 9 a.m. to noon in the School of Art lobby, highlights how nature becomes a co-creator. […]
read more“Caring & Cultivating,” an art exhibition about community care, is part of a year-long, interdisciplinary, arts-based research project featuring University of Arizona College of Fine Arts graduate students. The Nov. 13 opening reception, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., will feature food, drinks, art, sound and dance at the School of Art’s Visual Arts Research Studios […]
read moreFounded in 1921, the non-Native, self-named “Smoki People” of Prescott, Arizona, appropriated Native dance and ceremony for nearly 70 years. Paradoxically, they also built a museum housing a collection worthy of interpretation, study and care. The 100-year institutional history and its important de-colonial transformation to the Museum of Indigenous People will be presented in this […]
read moreA tradition since 1970, the School of Art and the University of Arizona Museum of Art will host the 2026 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition along with the school’s Joseph Gross Gallery. During the last year of their coursework, graduates work closely with faculty to develop a body of original art to present to the public […]
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