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A message from Director Colin Blakley
University of Arizona School of Art

2024 Holiday Edition

SEASON’S GREETINGS
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

As we look back on 2024 and ahead to an exciting 2025, please click on my holiday video and the highlights below to celebrate our students, faculty and alumni! After 10 years, I am stepping down as director of the School of Art at the end of June but will remain a faculty member. I couldn’t be more proud of the school and all that it has accomplished. During my time here I’ve seen leadership among the faculty and staff blossom. This gives me confidence that the exciting evolution we have achieved will well outlive my tenure as director. Thanks to all who’ve supported the school. Your generosity is amazing!


– Professor Colin Blakely, director
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Linda Garcia Escobar named Outstanding Senior

Linda Garcia Escobar has been named the School of Art’s Outstanding Senior for Fall 2024. With a perfect 4.0 GPA and unmatched dedication, Garcia has curated exhibitions, inspired K-12 students, presented at conferences and interned at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Her mentors describe her as a “dynamic emerging educator” and “pivotal” in connecting art with the community.
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2024 newsletters: See all
the cool things we did

• December: Love & Medicine: Helping tomorrow’s doctors.

• September: Research that matters: Faculty earn HSI grants.

• May: Professor Emerita Harmony Hammond is part of Whitney Biennial.

• February: Internships give School of Art students an edge.
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Save the dates in 2025:
Exhibitions, VASE talks

• Nice to Meet You: First-Year MFA Showcase, Jan. 13-24, Rombach Gallery (Jan. 16 reception, 4-6 p.m.)

• Rujeko Hockley: Whitney Museum curator (pictured), VASE series lecture, Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m., CCP

• BFA Exhibition: March 3-28, Gross Gallery (reception TBA)

• Last Resort Survival: MFA student Alexis Joy Hagestad exhibition, March 18-28, Rombach (reception TBA)

• José Villalobos: Texas artist, VASE lecture, March 20, 5:30 p.m., CCP

• MFA Thesis Exhibition: April 23-May 16 (reception, May 1, 4-6 p.m.), Gross Gallery and CCP.
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