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PROF EMERITA HAMMOND IN WHITNEY BIENNIAL |
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Professor Emerita Harmony Hammond’s career continues to shine, 18 years after she retired from teaching at the University of Arizona School of Art. She’s one of 71 artists participating in the prestigious 2024 Whitney Biennial, “Even Better Than the Real Thing,” until Aug. 11 in New York City.
For the 81st edition of the the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States, Hammond is presenting four paintings — including “Patched” (2022), a repurposed and mended quilt cover that foregrounds women’s time and labor. Her work reflects the exhibition’s theme that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is complicating our understanding of what is real.
“The (paintings’) surfaces are very organic, pieced and patched, mended and repaired, like our bodies — like my body,” said Hammond, a leading figure in the development of the feminist art movement in New York in the early 1970s who taught at the School of Art as a professor from 1989-2006.
“Harmony continues to inspire and lead the next generation of artists and feminist scholars,” said School of Art Professor Paul Ivey, who nominated Hammond as a professor emerita in 2021.
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‘Inspiring’ artist Galen
Dara eyes Hugo Award |
Armed with a sketchbook and an old laptop, Galen Dara began to do illustration work for emerging fantasy and science fiction authors after getting her undergraduate degree. In truth. Now the School of Art MFA candidate is a finalist for the Hugo Award as best professional artist for the seventh time. She’s hoping to take home first prize when science fiction’s most prestigious awards are announced Aug. 11 in Scotland. |
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Alshaibi joins luminaries
at Bellagio residency |
Invited to the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center residency program, School of Art Regents Professor Sama Alshaibi joined other top global artists, scholars and scientists tackling issues such as water and climate in addition to working on her art project that explores the impact of Iraq’s laws on women. |
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Romano probes portrait
of Alexander in new book |
Alexander the Great has been popular for over 2,300 years, but Art History Professor Irene Bald Romano explains how the image and myths surrounding one of history’s greatest military generals have been manipulated and appropriated in her new book “Beth Shean Studies: Aspects of Religion, History, Art, and Archaeology in Hellenistic and Roman Nysa-Scythopolis.” |
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Alum's Oppenheimer
exhibit inspired by father |
Even before the Oscar-winning film “Oppenheimer” hit theaters, School of Art alum Ernesto A. Trujillo created a striking collection of mixed-media prints that portrayed his father’s thoughts and fears of nuclear destruction as a defense industry engineer. Trujillo's solo exhibition, “The Oppenheimers’: One is Dad, Dimensions of Engineering,” through June 7, 2024, at Pima Community College’s Desert Vista Art Gallery. |
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Greenwell-Scott is top
grad teaching assistant |
PhD candidate Sarah Greenwell-Scott’s favorite memory at the University of Arizona is teaching. “My undergraduate students have been insightful, empathetic and kind. I feel incredibly optimistic about the future when I interact with them,” said Greenwell-Scott, who has been named the spring 2024 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant for the School of Art. |
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7 artists showcase work
in MFA Thesis Exhibition |
Seven graduate students in the 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition presented their outstanding work to the public May 9. The closing reception for "Leaving to Arrive" featured Jacqueline Arias, Nathan Cordova, Drew Grella and Dana Smith in the University of Arizona Museum of Art; and Hanan Khatoun, Tessa Laslo and Anita Maksimiuk (pictured, right) in the Gross Gallery. Maksimiuk is part of a College of Fine Arts graduation video with other SOA students. |
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Assistant Prof Payusova
presents work in China |
Assistant Professor of Practice Yana Payusova traveled to the 2024 Taoxichuan Spring Art Fair in Jingdezhen, China, where she and other international artists presented work at the world's largest ceramic art event. "I met artists from all over the world and made important personal and professional connections," said Payusova, who gave a lecture and exhibited her work. "This place is practically sacred to any artist working in clay as Jingdezhen may have been producing pottery as early as the sixth century.
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School hosts Wildcat Art,
Donors & Scholars events |
Wildcat Art, a K-12 program taught by our Art & Visual Culture Education (AVCE) graduate and undergraduate students, celebrated its 29th year with multiple Saturday workshops and a closing exhibition with families April 27 (Photos and website). Earlier, School of Art students gave presentations — pecha kucha-style — during our Donors & Scholars reception March 20 in the school's lobby. "This event celebrates the great work of our students as well as the amazing generosity of our donors," Director Colin Blakely said. Scholarship recipients and slideshow |
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Alumna Sasse retires
as TMA chief curator |
Dr. Alumna Julie Sasse, chief curator and curator of modern and contemporary art for the Tucson Museum of Art since 2006, announced her retirement. In 2022, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the School of Art, where she earned her Ph.D. in Art History in 2013. At TMA, Sasse organized over 100 diverse exhibitions, authored over 40 catalogues, books and journal articles, and brought in hundreds of works of art into the permanent collection. |
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'Where are they now?':
Send us alumni updates |
We like to highlight our alums on Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin on Wednesdays. Recent "Where are they now?" profiles included Aaron Miller (MFA ’09, Printmaking), Sophia Meshel (BA ’21, Art History), Michael Campbell (MFA ’98, Studio Art), Elisa Jimenez (MFA ’90, Studio Art) Brookhart Jonquil (BFA ’07, Studio Art; BA ‘07, Art History) and Jenny Day (MFA ’14, Painting). Click below to read about them, and fill out the "Share your updates" form if you'd like to be featured. |
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LinkedIn page helps
students, alums network |
Help us grow our School of Art LinkedIn membership to 500! We created the page to let students, alumni and faculty communicate in a professional environment — and to provide an internship and job resource for students and recent grads. We also feature stories and events, such as the "Into the Thick of It" exhibition curated by Bella Maria Varela (MFA '21) in Austin, Texas, that featured other school alums. |
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