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2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition features 8 artists

2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition features 8 artists

Continuing a tradition since 1970, the School of Art and the University of Arizona Museum of Art will host the 2026 Master of Fine… Read More
Jeff Beekman to lead School of Art

Jeff Beekman to lead School of Art

Jeff Beekman will take over as director of the University of Arizona School of Art on July 1, bringing nationally recognized leadership… Read More
Digging in: Art class makes adobe bricks to ease housing, buffelgrass crises

Digging in: Art class makes adobe bricks to ease housing, buffelgrass crises

Jacques Servin isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. And on a warm Saturday afternoon in downtown Tucson, neither are his University… Read More
3 students to present art education research at national conference

3 students to present art education research at national conference

Three University of Arizona doctoral students in Art & Visual Culture Education will present their research during the 2026 National… Read More
Top senior Margalit soars as animator, comics editor

Top senior Margalit soars as animator, comics editor

For her dedication to animation, illustration and creative storytelling, Sela Margalit has been named the School of Art’s Outstanding… Read More
Art students land national skateboarding scholarships

Art students land national skateboarding scholarships

For Eden Squires and Corbin Rouette, skateboarding has inspired their artwork and photography. Now, the sport is helping the two… Read More
New VASE lineup brings 'world of imagination'

New VASE lineup brings ‘world of imagination’

Entering its 19th season, the University of Arizona School of Art’s Visiting Artists and Scholars Endowment (VASE) lecture series… Read More
2025 MFA Exhibition showcases 11 artists

2025 MFA Exhibition showcases 11 artists

Carrying on a tradition that began in 1970, 11 graduate students from the School of Art will present their work in the 2025… Read More
Student's time as wildland firefighter shapes exhibition

Student’s time as wildland firefighter shapes exhibition

In Alexis Joy Hagestad’s new solo exhibition, viewers can walk through a fictional burned forest, watch a video with a fire map of the… Read More
Field-study class sees borderlands with ‘new lens’

Field-study class sees borderlands with ‘new lens’

After they found discarded passports near the U.S. border wall with Mexico, graduate students and Professor David Taylor from the… Read More
What Do You See?

What Do You See?

Utvista Galiante
Tailgate Party

Tailgate Party

Roger Masterson
Half Off Special

Half Off Special

Wilbur Dallas Fremont
Floral Arrangement

Floral Arrangement

Janessa Southerland
I fell down some stairs

I fell down some stairs

Lyle Emmerson Jr.