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Tuesday through Saturday: 10:00am - 4:30pmWe believe in the power of art to spark essential conversations and enhance research at our university and in our community.
Ways to Support LGBTQ+ Youth
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Local and national resources for supporting transgender and gender diverse youth in Southern Arizona.
Preliminary Findings from Mapping Q
Updated Tuesday, July 16, 2024
This article, published in the online journal Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, details the benefits of UAMA's arts-based suicide prevention program, Mapping Q, for sexual- and gender-minority youth.
LGBTQ+ youth face increased risk for suicide and barriers to accessing mental health care
Updated Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Mapping Q is referenced in this AZ Mirror article, which explores the increased risk of suicide among LGBTQ+ youth across the country, as reported in the "2023 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People" by the Trevor Project.
Mapping Q: LGBTQ Youth Learning about the Self through Art and Museums
Updated Tuesday, July 16, 2024
This 2016 article in the online publication Border Lore explores the experience of a youth participant in the Mapping Q program, as well as the role of museums to increase representation and interrogate assumptions.
"Mapping Q" and the art of identity.
Updated Tuesday, July 16, 2024
This 2021 Arizona Spotlight segment features Curator of Community Engagement Chelsea Farrar along with youth artists Mercedez and Jay, who share what “Mapping Q" means to them.
Collection Highlight: Karlito Miller Espinosa's "…Run as fast as you will..."
Updated Friday, February 23, 2024
Artist Karlito Miller Espinosa shares the inspiration behind a series of paintings that includes an exciting recent addition to the UAMA collection, "…Run as fast as you will, escape if you can, you are the quarry, fate is the hunter…"
The Power of Representation in Preventing LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide, SXSW22 Wonder House Discussion
Updated Friday, February 23, 2024
Chelsea Farrar, UAMA Curator of Community Engagement, and Dr. Russ Toomey, Professor of Family Studies and Human Development, share their important work in this SXSW22 presentation.
Ruins or Rubble? Sorting through What Remains as Art
Updated Friday, February 23, 2024
Inspired by the painting Gothic Chapel from the UAMA collection, this short presentation by Dr. Susan Crane from the Department of History considers when and why "rubble" is transformed into "ruins," and what is at stake when memories of the past — invoked through ruins that would otherwise be seen as rubble — demand attention in the present.
Self-Guided Public Art Mobile Tour: Take A Break
Updated Friday, October 20, 2023
This self-guided tour includes seven public artworks in the vicinity of the UAMA. Designed to be viewed on a mobile device.
Collection Highlight: José Guadalupe Posada
Updated Friday, October 20, 2023
Learn about the life and legacy of Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada through this multimedia collection highlight.
See, Think, Wonder Through Art Packet
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Simple one-page handouts guide students in observing, interpretting, and asking questions about artworks from the UAMA collection.
Art Sprouts: Home Edition
Updated Friday, October 20, 2023
Art Sprouts encourages art-based play and creativity with children and adults of all ages. Art Sprouts Home Edition models various types of art-making activities that care-givers and young children can experiment with in the safety and comfort of their homes and backyards.
Search the Collection
Updated Friday, October 13, 2023
Explore eight centuries of art by searching the Museum’s world-class permanent collection online.
Self-Guided Public Art Mobile Tour: Main Gate to the Mall
Updated Friday, October 13, 2023
This self-guided tour includes ten public artworks on the UArizona campus, from the Main Gate entrance on University Boulevard the east end of the Mall at Campbell Avenue. Designed to be viewed on a mobile device.
Writing with Art
Updated Friday, October 13, 2023
Foster deeper engagement using Writing With Art on the UAMA Connects mobile guide. The experience is organized to provide teachers with resources to encourage looking, prompt in-depth discussions and engaged written responses about the works of art, and the activities can be completed on site at UAMA or in the classroom using the images included.
Art Lectures
Updated Friday, October 13, 2023
The UAMA regularly hosts engaging art talks on a wide variety of topics, many in tandem with exhibitions on view. Enjoy these recordings of any you missed, or re-watch your favorites!
5 Facts in 5 Minutes: Alexandre Hogue's "Avalanche by Wind"
Updated Friday, October 13, 2023
Olivia Miller, UAMA's Director and Chief Curator, shares five interesting facts and observations about a highlight from our permanent collection — Alexandre Hogue's Avalanche By Wind. You won't look at this work the same way!
Exploring "Blackburn" by Ron Adams
Updated Friday, October 13, 2023
Printmaker and UArizona School of Art student Olivia Richardson will lead you in learning about the print Blackburn, a 2002 work by artist Ron Adams. Finish your long look by creating your own homage to someone you admire, just as Adams did for printmaker Robert Blackburn in this portrait.
