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Alumna Smith receives
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She joins long list of recent master's graduates to earn national recognition |
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When Kaitlyn Jo Smith received a prestigious early-career artist fellowship from Wellesley College, she thanked her professors at the University of Arizona School of Art for “believing in me and my work.”
“Graduate school taught me to think bigger, dream bigger and trust in my instincts,” said Smith (’20 MFA, Photography, Video and Imaging), whose interdisciplinary art focuses on America’s working class and the implications of automation on labor and religion.
Smith joins a long list of other recent alums and students in the MFA and Art History/Art & Visual Culture Education graduate programs to earn national recognition and realize their dreams.
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MFA show features next
generation of artists |
Carrying on a tradition that began in 1970, six School of Art graduate students presented their work in the 2023 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition in collaboration with the University of Arizona Museum of Art. The show featured installations by Alain Co, Mariel Miranda and Gabrielle Walter in the Joseph Gross Gallery and Emily Kray, Jesus Sanchez-Alvarez and Jandey Shackelford at UAMA. |
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Macias to focus residency
on border project |
Not only did Assistant Professor Alejandro Macias land a prestigious CALA Alliance residency this summer for Latinx artists, but he also received the Lehmann Emerging Artist Award from the Phoenix Art Museum and saw his “Man on Fire” painting acquired by the University of Arizona Museum of Art. He’ll focus his residency work on the U.S.-Mexico border, including disappearances, systems of repression, oppression, erasure and stories of migration. |
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Top senior Olander heads
to Columbia for master's |
Calista Olander traded one canvas — the ballet floor — for another in Art History when she enrolled in the School of Art. Olander, the school's spring 2023 Outstanding Senior, was accepted into Columbia University’s Art History and Archaeology master’s program. “Calista is a rare talent of a serious young scholar of art history and mathematics, with outstanding foreign language skills, and a love of the performing arts,” Prof. Irene Bald Romano said. |
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Alumna Olivia Miller
appointed UAMA director |
Olivia Miller became the first woman to serve as director of the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA) when she was promoted to the position on May 19. Miller (BA ’05, Art History and Studio Art) joined the museum in 2012, curating more than 30 exhibitions and overseeing the restoration and return of the UAMA’s stolen Willem de Kooning painting, “Woman-Ochre.” She had been interim director for nearly a year. |
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MFA candidate Cordova
receives Mellon fellowship |
MFA student Nathan Cordova (Photography, Video and Imaging), is one of eight University of Arizona grad students to receive a 2023 Mellon Fronteridades Fellowship. Nathan's audio/video artwork project, "Ghosts and Shadows," aims to uncover a common auditory and visual language between humans and the U.S.-Mexico Border as an immaterial-material entity. |
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Stephens' documentary
brings water story to life |
When Tia Stephens needed a local issue to explore for her honors capstone documentary project, the senior picked a topic we sometimes take for granted in the desert — water. “Every Last Drop,” Stephens’ feature-length film, explores Southern Arizona’s water practices and policy and debuted at The Loft Cinema in May. |
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Alum Hardy’s postcard
projects connect artists |
Postcards make Camden Hardy happy. It’s why he started the Postcard Collective 13 years ago as an MFA student at the School of Art, and why he led a collaborative storytelling project using postcards as part of a Ph.D. class co-taught by Prof. Ellen McMahon. |
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Nat'l women's museum
showcases Garner video |
Anna B. Garner (MFA '14) saw her performance video "Just Below" become part of the permanent collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. "(I'm) grateful to have my work in such an important institution, 'the first museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts,'" she said. |
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Creating art in sculptor
Danielle Hunt’s DNA |
As the youngest in a family of musicians, dancers, artists and storytellers, Danielle Hunt was a perfect fit for the College of Fine Arts. The senior, who just graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA, started out in Theatre, Film & TV but changed majors to Studio Art and Extended Media with a focus in Sculpture. “I love the tactile and sensorial nature of (sculpture), being able to really see, smell, hear, taste and feel what it is that I'm creating,” she said. |
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Prof Jeehey Kim honored
as Early Career Scholar |
Art History Assistant Professor Jeehey Kim, whose groundbreaking research in Asian photography has earned her international recognition, has been named a 2023 Early Career Scholar Award recipient by the University of Arizona. “Dr. Kim’s research, teaching and service intersect in important ways, and she has contributed to defining the university as a center for the research and teaching of photography,” the School of Art’s nominating letter said. |
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MFA alumna Segovia part
of Ireland Glass Biennale |
Perla Segovia (MFA '22) saw her project "Huitzilopochtli" debut April 28 at the Ireland Glass Biennale 2023. The exhibition continues until Aug. 20 at the Coach House Gallery in Dublin Castle, Ireland. It brings together some of the world’s most innovative glass artists, designers and craft practitioners. |
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Alums discuss trials,
triumphs with students |
"Life Lessons from Art Alumni," the final virtual session in our Student Development Series, featured four School of Art alums on April 25: • Brian Stauffer (BFA ’89, left), award-winning illustrator • Barbara Grygutis (BFA ’68, MFA ’71), large-scale public artist • Amy Wells (BFA ’04), customer success director at True Fit Corp. • John Flint (BFA ’72), former city manager of Weston, Florida. |
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'Friday Feature' series
continues on Instagram |
Student staffer Ava Sheppard showcased more art from students in our "Friday Feature" series on Instagram. Click on the artists' names to see their work: • Grace Rhyne (at left), graduating senior, Studio Art • Javier Mendoza, Studio Art • Zevi Bloomfield, Studio Art minor |
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Asst Prof Serafim receives
university seed grant |
Marcos Serafim, assistant professor at the School of Art, received a production grant from the University of Arizona Office for Research, Innovation and Impact to create an immersive audiovisual installation, “Membrana Semipermeable,” related to the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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School hosts national APA
Wayzgoose gathering |
The Amalgamated Printers’ Association (APA) held its 2023 national Wayzgoose gathering at the School of Art and Book Art & Letterpress Lab from June 1-4. Professor Karen Zimmerman helped organize the engaging presentations, workshops, demonstrations, tours and fellowship with letterpress enthusiasts, practitioners and typographic experts. |
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Latin America Art History
book features Saracino |
Assistant Professor of Art History Jennifer Saracino's book chapter, “Indigenous Artistic Practice and Collaboration at the Colegio de Santa Cruz in Mexico City (1534-1575),” was recently published by the University of Florida Press as part of the edited volume "Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America." |
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