Carranza, Hoffbauer support equity in the arts

March 23, 2023

Donors Reuben Carranza and Jim Hoffbauer believe in the value of supporting not only the arts, but underrepresented, marginalized students.

Lance Guzman selected for MFA acting program at CalArts

March 22, 2023

Lance Guzman (BA Theatre Studies ’17) has been accepted into the highly competitive MFA Acting Program at CalArts in Los Angeles.

Arts, humanities, resilience projects selected for grants

March 22, 2023

Five arts, humanities, resilience projects were selected to receive funding from the TRIF Water, Environment, and Energy Solutions initiative

JustArts Fellows 2023

The inaugural JustArts Fellows cohort will present their projects. The JustArts Fellowship is an Arizona Arts initiative to advance equity in the arts by asking student leaders to identify challenges and propose creative solutions that increase student access to meaningful arts experiences. The 2022-23 cohort includes Arianna Aquino (School of Dance); Joshua Barbre (Fred Fox […]

Wonder House returns to SXSW 2023

March 10, 2023

The University of Arizona Wonder House returns to Austin, Texas, March 11-14 for the 2023 South by Southwest Conference and Festivals.

Free student tickets for dance, music, theatre and Arizona Arts Live

March 6, 2023

Arizona Arts is excited to share that this semester, college and high school students are eligible to attend many performances for free!

Screening of ‘ear for eye’

In honour of Black History Month, Hanson FilmTV Institute presents the critically acclaimed feature film from British filmmaker and playwright debbie tucker green. Her most recent film, ear for eye, was adapted by tucker green from her highly acclaimed 2018 Royal Court stage production for the screen, with backing from BBC Film, BBC Two and the British Film […]

Screening of ‘Esther Newton Made Me Gay’

Lesbian Looks & DocScapes in collaboration with Hanson FilmTV Institute presents Jean Carlomusto’s Esther Newton Made Me Gay ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY explores the life and times of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton. Throughout her career, Esther was a pioneer – questioning and challenging status quo assumptions on gender, sexuality and anthropological methods. Her work inspired generations of scholars to pursue […]

Envisioning the future of the School of Theatre, Film & Television

February 16, 2023

Today Dean Andy Schulz shared an announcement envisioning the future of University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television.

Romeo + Juliet

Perhaps the most famous love story ever written, Shakespeare’s play about the romance of two teenagers from feuding families has inspired opera, ballet, and the musical theatre masterpiece West Side Story. This production will include matinee performances for high school groups.