Lights, Camera, Action in Tucson

  • BizTucson
  • July 13, 2012
Professors in the UA School of Theatre, Film & Television are actively working in the industry. They include Larry Estes, one of the producers-in-residence, whose long list of credits includes "One False Move." Victoria Westover, who teaches film programming, recently produced "Apache 8," a documentary about an all-women firefighting crew.

MTV, Rap will be Topic for Lecturer

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • June 22, 2012
The birth and rise of MTV will be part of a lecture that Dan Kruse has planned for next week. Kruse, KUAZ-FM's afternoon announcer and local host of NPR's "All Things Considered," is working on his master's degree in ethnomusicology at the UA School of Music.

Online Exhibitions Help Preserve Arizona History

  • UANews
  • June 21, 2012
To extend the life of some exhibitions and share items and research previously not exhibited live, Arizona State Museum has created an online presence highlighting its collections and expertise on the Southwest.

Local Filmmakers Land Hollywood Gig

  • KTVK-TV
  • June 13, 2012
UA alumnus Bryan Chesin is co-producing a forthcoming film, "Magic Hour," which is about a young man taken in by a local crime family in early 1990s Venice Beach.

Filmmaker, UA Alumnus Offers View From Behind the Camera

  • Arizona Public Media
  • June 8, 2012
What is the status of film production in Arizona, and how much might it mean to the state's economy? Robert Loomis, a UA alumnus and Tucson-based filmmaker and film instructor who has worked in the industry for more than 20 years, is uniquely equipped to answer these questions.

UA Design Students Learn the Art of the Letterpress

  • Arizona Public Media
  • June 8, 2012
Students are learning about typesetting through the recently expanded Book Art and Letterpress Lab. Having to sort letters one at a time, ink the rollers and hand-crank a letterpress provides a sense of artistic satisfaction to an increasing number of UA students looking to expand their design skills.

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