The Joffrey Ballet, with dancers Christine Rocas and Joanna Wozniak. This season, performances will be held in Centennial Hall, Crowder Hall, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, all on the UA campus; at Fox Tucson Theatre downtown, and new this season, performances at two other downtown venues, the lobby bar of Tucson’s Hotel Congress and the Rialto Theatre. (Photo credit: Christopher Duggan)
UApresents 2013-14 Season Announced UApresents has released its 2013-14 season lineup, and Broadway in Tucson has announced that it will move its season performances to Centennial Hall. Between the two professional organizations, audiences will enjoy presentations by the likes of Cesar Millan, Renee Fleming, the Boston Pops, Bobby McFerrin, Jungle Jack Hanna and the cast of the two-time Tony Award-winning "American Idiot."
Art student Steve Carcello crafts a pot on a replica of an ancient Greek pottery wheel as biology student Dan Pont measures the wheel's speed. (Photo by Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
UA Students Study Ancient Greek Pottery Techniques UA students are using a replica of an ancient Greek hand-operated potter's wheel to study how Greek pots were created many years ago. The interdisciplinary project, directed by Eleni Hasaki, UA associate professor of anthropology and classics, explores both the art and science behind ancient Greek pottery making.
In a national call for increased awareness around the arts and art education, the National Art Education Association affirmed that both encompass and promote three pivotal domains: self-expression and communication, language, and socially and culturally embedded values. The UA School of Art does all these things, and more. (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
A Contemporary School for the Transforming Arts Engaged in applied, interdisciplinary work, UA School of Art students, faculty and staff are deeply embedded in communities beyond the University's boundaries. Collaborative outreach is an important endeavor at the School of Art. This is the fifth feature in a six-part series exploring the history of the UA School of Art and the UA Museum of Art, and their positive impacts on society.
About the UAMA's holdings, Dennis Jones, who directs UAMA and the UA School of Art, said: "This is one of the most valuable of modern art collections in Arizona." (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
From Tucson to Tokyo, UAMA's Reach The UA Museum of Art's collection includes works by world-famous artists. The UAMA's holdings are so in demand that museums around the world borrow its artwork, including museums in Tokyo, Spain, France, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In fiscal year 2011 alone, the UAMA saw a 74 percent increase in the number of museum tours along with a 53 percent increase in the number of people in attendance. This is the third feature in a series about the UAMA and the UA School of Art.
A movement exists to create more integration between the UA Museum of Art and the School of Art, two units that contribute greatly to the arts community in the southwestern U.S., and beyond. Last year, UAMA featured four triptychs of New York artists David Headley, the art of Sol LeWitt and Joshua Olivera's "Palimpsest: an Image of What Once Was." (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
An Expanding Vision for Arts Education, Outreach About 90 years ago, the UA organized its first arts exhibition. Since then, the University's arts core has continued to evolve and grow. Today marks the start of a six-part series exploring the history of the UA School of Art and UA Museum of Art - and the continued importance and public impact of both.
The Joffrey Ballet, with dancers Christine Rocas and Joanna Wozniak. This season, performances will be held in Centennial Hall, Crowder Hall, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, all on the UA campus; at Fox Tucson Theatre downtown, and new this season, performances at two other downtown venues, the lobby bar of Tucson’s Hotel Congress and the Rialto Theatre. (Photo credit: Christopher Duggan)
Art student Steve Carcello crafts a pot on a replica of an ancient Greek pottery wheel as biology student Dan Pont measures the wheel's speed. (Photo by Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
In a national call for increased awareness around the arts and art education, the National Art Education Association affirmed that both encompass and promote three pivotal domains: self-expression and communication, language, and socially and culturally embedded values. The UA School of Art does all these things, and more. (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
About the UAMA's holdings, Dennis Jones, who directs UAMA and the UA School of Art, said: "This is one of the most valuable of modern art collections in Arizona." (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
A movement exists to create more integration between the UA Museum of Art and the School of Art, two units that contribute greatly to the arts community in the southwestern U.S., and beyond. Last year, UAMA featured four triptychs of New York artists David Headley, the art of Sol LeWitt and Joshua Olivera's "Palimpsest: an Image of What Once Was." (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)

UApresents, the Value Added

  • UANews
  • November 15, 2012
The arts and humanities move us, but can they change our lives? In addition to shows it offers, UApresents facilitates education and outreach efforts designed to engage not only the University community, but young students, families and teachers across the region. This is the fourth article in a series about the work and contributions of UApresents.

Exploring Water Issues Through the Arts, Humanities

  • UANews
  • November 9, 2012
Edited by UA faculty members, the soon-to-be published "Ground|Water: The Art, Design and Science of a Dry River" explores local water issues in a global context through the lens of the arts and humanities. Contributors include students and faculty members who submitted essays, poems, photographs, drawings and other works of art.

Veterans Transform Uniforms Into Art

  • UANews
  • November 9, 2012
The Combat Paper Project turns old military uniforms into paper for artwork about the military experience. The UA chapter of Student Veterans of America will host Combat Paper workshops Nov. 12-16, with selected artwork to be featured in a Nov. 17 exhibit on campus. Veterans and their loved ones are encouraged to bring in retired uniforms to the free papermaking workshops.

Favorite Places to go in Southern Arizona

  • The Arizona Republic
  • November 8, 2012
The Center for Creative Photography on the UA campus - a perfect spot to visit in Southern Arizona - has images by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Frederick Sommer and more. The "Made in Arizona" exhibit, in honor of the statehood centennial, is on display through Nov. 25.

Book Festival $200K Award Going to UA, 2 Literacy Groups

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • November 8, 2012
Representatives of the Tucson Festival of Books will present a $200,000 check today to the UA and two other literacy organizations at an international celebration of literacy. Since 2009, the Tucson Festival of Books has contributed $700,000 to organizations dedicated to improving literacy efforts in the Tucson community.

Advancing the Digital Humanities

  • UANews
  • November 1, 2012
Bryan Carter, a UA assistant professor of Africana studies, is among a number of faculty members in the UA College of Humanities advancing work around the digital humanities. Their aim is to more readily employ consumer-based technologies in a way that is educational, creative, interdisciplinary and engaging.

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