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The School of Art Advisory Board is a group of enthusiastic and dedicated Friends of the Arts, representing a cross section of the Tucson community. These individuals apply their life experiences and their work expertise to promoting the School, the faculty and the students. It is their mission to cultivate relationships with the community, to raise funds by offering a variety of events featuring the strength of the School, and thereby enhance public awareness of the School and its programs. Call 520-621-1251 to get a calendar of events or for further information.

2019-2020

Active Members:

Jan Cicero
Lois Colberg
Ginia Desmond, Vice-Chair
Scott Duerstock
JoAnne Hungate, Recording Secretary
Margaret Kordsiemon
Dr. Kimberley Lund
Patricia Merrill, D.O.
Kay Ransdell, Chair
Anne Snodgrass
Jim Tharp
Paul Winick
Susan Zibrat, Financial Liaison

Associate Members:

Cynthia Hedlund
Lee Herbst
Fran McNeely
Frances Moore
Eva Stefenson-Marquart
Sheldon Trubatch
Elizabeth von Isser

Honorary Members:

Joyce Broan
Moira Geoffrion
Susan Kornhaber

University of Arizona School of Art

1 week ago

We are so incredibly happy to announce the 2020 MFA Alumni Thesis exhibition! During the last year of their coursework, graduates were poised to exhibit their thesis research when we were hit with campus closure because of the pandemic. As a result, these students missed out on one of the most intrinsic components of their academic studies, presenting a fully developed body of work to the public in the form of an exhibition. Slowly as the world begins to open we are able to host these artists and reflect on the work they completed in those last months of their degree pursuits. Please join us in celebrating our graduates in the 2020 MFA Alumni Exhibition! ... See MoreSee Less

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Check out some excellent work from the Illustration + Design Capstone with Simon Hinchliffe this spring! You can see the work at bddy.me/3hHPfSq ... See MoreSee Less

Check out some excellent work from the Illustration + Design Capstone with Simon Hinchliffe this spring! You can see the work at https://bddy.me/3hHPfSq

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A huge thank you to Yellow Images for making these projects possible! These images are from students working with Simon Hinchliffe in the ART 365 Identity and Systems Design class creating airline branding using #yellow mockups!

Artwork by: Mayra Taborda, Meghan Hazeltine, Montessa White, Nick Daniels, Riley Hodge, Sophie Baygents, William Vaughn, Xuxian Zhang, Zachary King, Abigail Moon, Anahi Berrellez, Daniela Gonzalez, Jake Polishhook, Jamie Rodriguez, Joey Miscio, Julia Roth, Kat Mcgee, Kathie Heidler, and Lourdes Gomez ... See MoreSee Less

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#uarizonaschoolofart #universityofarizona #uarizona #uofa #ua #arizona #tucson #schoolofart #art #artist #illustration #design #digitalart #airlines #yellow #yellowimages

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These amazing aluminum sculptures belong to a collection titled “Lebenswelt” by School Of Art MFA Candidate Abigail Coleman!
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“Lebenswelt is a collection of cast aluminum sculptures to be installed on multiple sites on the grounds of The Land With No Name Sanctuary for Homeless Sculpture, a non-profit organization founded and operated by University of Arizona alumni Ted Springer and Kate Hodges. The pieces are made from materials foraged from the final installation sites and amalgamated together to connect the viewer to the sculptures, the sites, and the landscape of the organization. The work is an expression of the concept of Lebenswelt. Popularized by nineteenth century German philosopher Edmund Husserl, the term relates to the intimate connection of the human and non-human world. This project has been made possible by donors to the College of Fine Arts Fund for Excellence.” ... See MoreSee Less

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It reminds me of the pouring of molten aluminum on ant hills...

Truly beautiful !

2 months ago

Thank you all for a successful reception last week celebrating our amazing MFA graduates— you can still check out the entire exhibition including 2021 MFA graduate Trent Pechon’s “From What Lies Outside It” pictured here! Link in bio!
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Senses heighten, eyes adjust as clouds pass overhead, smells of decomposing cottonwood leaves and moist soil, cool mountain spring water, and the taste of its nourishing minerals, the dawn chorus of songbirds, a cool breeze rustles tall grass and leaves in the shade of twisted trees; an understanding of my essential, primal needs rises.
My work involves transforming objects and moments of everyday life into something new and strange through meticulous craftsmanship and unexpected scale and presentation. I’m interested in how objects can communicate in ways that words cannot and help us feel and see the contradictions in our habitual ways of thinking and being. - @trentpechon ... See MoreSee Less

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Congratulations to Gia del Pino for being selected as a "Crossing Latinidades" Creative Writing Fellow, funded by the The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation! Gia is a doctoral student in our Art & Visual Culture Education program, a visual artist, activist, and artist-teacher who is committed to a socially engaged art praxis. Her research examines systemic/systematic violence and trauma related to immigration policy and its long-lasting and intergenerational effects on families. ... See MoreSee Less