The School of Art has developed an exciting and energetic arrangement of outreach activities to expand and fulfill the School’s mission through interaction with visiting artists and scholars, exhibition of student and faculty work, social events, and many other events that involve the greater Tucson community.
Programs include:
Visiting Artists and Scholars Series
Open House
Art Education Internships
Art Educators in Schools
Associates Of Art History
Graphic Design Workshop
Wildcat Art
Tours of The Center for Creative Photography
Visiting Artists and Scholars Series
The School of Art focuses on bringing diverse artists and scholars from around the world to our campus. These artists and scholars bring their own unique influences to the program by engaging with community members, students, and faculty through salons, lectures, and exhibitions. Students and faculty may also participate in discussion groups, workshops, and residency projects.
Get up to date information online at: http://www.art.arizona.edu/visible
Open House
The Open House is an evening event, with catered food and drink, for the Friends and Supporters of the School of Art. It is an opportunity for members of our community to gather, create, and learn about the arts. Participants can sign up for workshops, attend demonstrations, and hear short lectures.
The workshops and demonstrations are typically an hour long and are designed to give guests the opportunity to experience the process of making art in a guided studio environment. Lectures are given by our Art History and Art Education professors and graduate students.
Contact: Jamie Martin, Program Coordinator
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Art Education Internships
In order to provide service to community institutions and real-world experience for our pre-service art teachers, internships are arranged with businesses and institutions in the community that are part of the art education field. The program is funded from regular department funds as a part of the teacher preparation program.
Contact: Professor Lynn Beudert
(520) 626-7639
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Arts Educators In Schools
Local schools and experienced art teachers work together with the School of Art to enrich the classroom setting and give our pre-service art teachers real-world experience. Students arrange sample lessons and participate in classroom observation. The program is funded from regular department funds as a part of the teacher preparation program.
Contact: Professor Lynn Beudert
(520) 626-7639
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Associates Of Art History
Providing cultural enrichment to the Tucson community and educational enrichment to the Art History program, the Associates of Art History sponsor a series of lectures, an annual fellowship ($2,000) for an incoming art history graduate student, support the Art History Graduate Symposium, and award small grants to graduates for travel to conferences. Members of the Associates of Art History enjoy two gala celebrations each year, as well as receiving a schedule of the lecture series, related cultural events, and other art-historically interesting lectures. Funding is based on membership fees, donations, and fund-raising efforts.
Contact: Associate Professor Sarah Moore
(520) 626-4865
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Graphic Design Workshop
The graphic design and illustration workshop classes create quality design solutions for various non-profit organizations, programs, and small businesses within the university and local community. The goal of this project is two-fold. The first gives the students the opportunity to solve "real world" problems in a classroom situation. The second offers the "client" quality design and illustration solutions at low cost. The businesses selected must work into the class curriculum and be either new businesses that cannot afford a professional designer or illustrator, university associated programs or not-for-profit organizations that help the community. The "client" is asked to donate to The University of Arizona Foundation Graphic Design Workshop fund. These funds are used to purchase equipment and to pay for lecture fees, benefiting all of the Visual Communication students.
Contact: Professor Jackson Boelts
(520) 621-1893 or (520) 544-3643
Fax: (520) 621-2955
Email:
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Wildcat Art
Saturday morning instruction sessions provides art education for gifted youngsters and experience for our art education teachers in training. Classes are taught for students K-12 and augment what is available in local schools. They also provide an image of art at the UA for the community. The program is funded by fees from the participating students and regular department funds.
Contact: Meg Wallace
(520) 730-8309
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For more information visit Wildcat Art's website: http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/wildcatart/
Tours of The Center for Creative Photography
Tours to the CCP provide an introduction to the appreciation of photography for children. The project is an ongoing collaboration between the Center for Creative Photography and the Art Education Program. Pre-service art teachers serve as the docents for groups of students who come to the Center to see selected exhibitions of photography. The program is funded from regular department funds as a part of the teacher preparation program.
Contact: Professor Lynn Beudert
(520) 626-7639
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