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The excitement of graduating can become muddled by post-grad anxieties about what comes next. This spring, the class of 2021 will be graduating into a world slightly more uncertain than usual.
On April 7, Barbea Williams, adjunct faculty in the University of Arizona School of Dance and artistic director of the Barbea Williams Performing Company, kicked off the 35th annual Black Dance USA with an impactful virtual conversation on Black dance in the Arizona Southwest.
Stepping off the sidewalk into &gallery on Fourth Avenue, my ears filled with softly-playing punk music. I had stepped in to see the &gallery’s show of the month called “Locals Only Skate Deck art show,” which invited local Tucson artists to express themselves on the unconventional canvas of the skateboard deck. Looking around the gallery space, I felt myself gripped by the unique nature of the &gallery's shows as I was engulfed by the diverse mix of artists that the Tucson art scene has to offer.
I have spent the entirety of my academic journey figuring out how to overcome my learning disabilities. My ADHD and dyslexia have made many aspects of our education system extremely difficult, and I have had to work hard to adapt to the expectations and structure of American education. But with the pandemic pushing University of Arizona classes online, I have lost much of the usual structure necessary for my educational success and been left scrambling to adjust to a brand new mode of learning.
For many college students, "The Simpsons" is a staple cartoon. With the first "The Simpsons" shorts airing in 1987, the show has been alive longer than many University of Arizona students. On Feb. 15, students in the UA School of Anthropology professor David Soren’s Art History of the Cinema class were given the opportunity to attend an exclusive online lecture with Rick Polizzi, a former producer of "The Simpsons" and a family friend of Soren's.
This semester the University of Arizona's College of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion launched the Shared Shelf Book Club, a monthly book club dedicated to justice, inclusion and solidarity in the medical world. The club's inaugural meeting occurred on Sept. 21, and meetings have been held on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.
The We Protect Us Weekend, an event put on for the Campus Pantry in collaboration with the Coalition of Black Students and Allies and the Queers United Coalition, transpired this past weekend and brought with it a message of unity and the power of students in the University of Arizona community.
The moment that artist Tyrell Blacquemoss sat down to speak with me, a wave of calm crashed over me. With a soothing voice dripping with wisdom, Blacquemoss’s grounded, creative spirit took me on a journey as they gave me a glimpse into an art form I had never even considered: the art of dreams.
Victor Navarro, a 2010 graduate of the University of Arizona's BFA Studio Art program, is a finalist in the running to receive awards for the categories of “Philanthropy” and “Artist” at this year's Governor’s Arts Awards which will be held virtually on Oct. 28th.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for a magic show, so when I heard that on Oct. 16, Tucson magician Michael Howell was putting on “Terror at the Drive-In,” a drive-in magic show in the Park Place Mall parking lot, I knew I had to be there. I drove into the show skeptical of what I was about to endure and left pleasantly surprised after an hour and a half of what I’d describe as flashy and fast entertainment.
The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences has brought together a group of diverse women to start important conversations about female empowerment. The virtual lecture series, "Woman Power," will be hosted online throughout the month of October. The five-part lecture series features six women: Kate Bernheimer, Elise Lopez, Lisa Sanchez, Sonja Lanehart, Michelle Tellez and Yalitza Aparicio, who stitch together a narrative of power imagined, power contested, power wielded, power spoken and power represented.
The ever-resilient University of Arizona essential workers have risen to the challenge and become the unsung heroes in the university's stand against COVID-19.
