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)

Igor Stravinsky Focus of UA Composers Festival

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • October 11, 2012
The UA School of Music is devoting its fifth annual Composers Festival to all things Igor Stravinsky, with the centerpiece being a performance of excerpts from "The Rite of Spring." "In the pop world, this still remains a touchstone," said UA composition professor Daniel Asia, who curates the festival, which runs through Oct. 14.

UA's Arts, Humanities Earn Global Billing

  • UANews
  • October 4, 2012
For the UA's work in the area of the arts and humanities, especially around teaching, research and international impact, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings has placed the University among the top 50 institutions in the world. Other institutions in the top 50 include Stanford University, Duke University, Cornell University, the University of Hong Kong and the University of California, Berkeley.

UA Students to Present 'Avenue Q'

  • UANews
  • October 4, 2012
For weeks, students in the UA School of Theatre, Film & Television went through the rigorous process of learning puppeteering in preparation for their presentation of "Avenue Q." In preparing for the Tony Award-winning production, the students had a chance to work with UA alumna Michelle Lane, a member of the second cast of "Avenue Q."

Ensuring That the Voices Remain

  • UANews
  • September 25, 2012
When the UA Poetry Center set out years ago to archive decades of its audio and visual recordings of events, preservation was a main priority. Over time, what developed is what is now called voca, an archive of hundreds of recordings that the center has made available to the public nationally and internationally.

UA Symphony to Open with a Wash of Beauty

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • September 13, 2012
When it comes to Beethoven's symphonies, No. 6 "Pastoral" is arguably one of his more quietly elegant grand works. Thomas Cockrell, the UA's director of orchestral activities, believes it also is a perfect piece with which to introduce the Arizona Symphony Orchestra in its 2012-13 season debut on Sept. 15.

A Vision for UA Galleries is Coming to Fruition

  • UANews
  • September 11, 2012
When Brooke Grucella took the position of galleries curator at the UA School of Art in 2006, she came with a vision to elevate the status of the gallery spaces, collaborating with students and faculty artists as well as others across the nation and internationally.

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