Archived Exhibitions

Arizona Biennial '09
September 10, 2009 - September 26, 2009

Open to all Arizona artists over 18 years of age working in any media, the exhib … [Read More]

DeGrazia: A Modernist Perspective
June 13, 2009 - October 25, 2009

Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia is often considered one of the best known artists from … [Read More]

Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society
February 28, 2009 - June 28, 2009

Artists are looking at the beauty and the terror in the forces of nature through … [Read More]

A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona
October 11, 2008 - February 15, 2009

Tracing the artist sojourns into Arizona, this exhibition focuses solely on the … [Read More]

Window to the West: Landscapes by Howard Russell Butler
October 4, 2008 - February 8, 2009

Howard Russell Butler (1856 - 1934) accomplished great academic success during h … [Read More]

Mexican Photographers Today: Facing a World in Transition Selected Works from the Margolis Foundation
June 7, 2008 - September 28, 2008

Today the work of Mexican photographers is recognized at home and abroad for its … [Read More]

CHANGING HANDS: Art Without Reservation
February 9, 2008 - May 11, 2008

This is the second exhibition of three in a series exploring provocative, contem … [Read More]

Friends of Western Art Artist of the Year: John Moyers
October 6, 2007 - December 9, 2007

The Artist of the Year, originally established by the Tucson Festival Society an … [Read More]

An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection
September 15, 2007 - January 6, 2008

Tucson collector Dan Leach developed his passion for art in the 1960s when he mo … [Read More]

Arizona Biennial '07
May 19, 2007 - August 19, 2007

First started in 1948, the Arizona Biennial is the longest running statewide com … [Read More]

Bikers: Photographs by Ann Simmons-Myers
May 19, 2007 - August 5, 2007

Twenty five years ago, Tucson photographer Ann Simmons-Myers began a documentary … [Read More]

Chiquitito: Miniatures by Latin American Popular Artists
April 28, 2007 - November 4, 2007

Chiquitito, or Teeny Weeny, is an exhibition especially designed for ch … [Read More]

Jane Hammond: Paper Work
February 17, 2007 - April 29, 2007

Noted American artist Jane Hammond creates compelling works ranging from paintin … [Read More]

The Virgin, Saints, and Angels: South American Paintings 1600 - 1825 from the Thoma Collection
January 20, 2007 - April 29, 2007

This exhibition examines the diverse schools of painting that developed over tim … [Read More]

Jade: The Stone of Heaven
January 20, 2007 - August 19, 2007

For thousands of years, jade has been the most valued substance in China. Since … [Read More]

The Floating World: Japanese Ukiyo-e from the Permanent Collection
January 20, 2007 - August 19, 2007

Ukiyo-e is a Japanese concept of artwork, first developed in the 17th century, w … [Read More]

The Campbell Collection
January 1, 2007 - June 10, 2007

The Campbells first visited Tucson in the 1940s and moved here in 1954. They wer … [Read More]

Nativities from the Permanent Collection
December 9, 2006 - January 21, 2007

Celebrate the holidays with a visit the Palice Pavilion to view the beautiful wa … [Read More]

Raphael Collazo: The Excitement of Paint
October 28, 2006 - February 4, 2007

The paintings of Raphael Collazo are dazzling visual abstractions often energize … [Read More]

In Tribute: Corbett Family Dia de los Muertos Altar
October 28, 2006 - November 26, 2006

In celebration of Dia de los Muertos, an altar was erected in the Palice Pavilio … [Read More]

Friends of Western Art Artist of the Year: Francois Koch
October 7, 2006 - December 10, 2006

Established by the Tucson Festival society and subsequently carried on by the Fr … [Read More]

The Grand Canyon: From Dream to Icon
August 12, 2006 - January 7, 2007

The Grand Canyon is known as one of the most compelling places on earth and a sy … [Read More]

Vistas of the Frontera: Cesar Martinez
July 22, 2006 - September 17, 2006

A year long series dedicated to exhibiting the works of six artists of Latino/a … [Read More]

Tithu
July 15, 2006 - October 15, 2006

There are more than 200 different types of Kachinas in the Hopi world. They repr … [Read More]

Vistas of the Frontera: Adriana Yadira Gallego
May 20, 2006 - July 16, 2006

A year long series dedicated to exhibiting the works of six artists of Latino/a … [Read More]

Deborah Butterfield
April 22, 2006 - July 30, 2006

Deborah Butterfield transforms pieces of scrap metal and found wood into majesti … [Read More]

Vistas of the Frontera: Gaspar Enriquez
March 25, 2006 - May 14, 2006

A year long series dedicated to exhibiting the works of six artists of Latino/a … [Read More]

Shelter: Selections from the Permanent Collection
March 3, 2006 - October 1, 2006

Shelter is a term often associated with the structures that provide protection f … [Read More]

Papel Picado
February 4, 2006 - June 30, 2006

A wonderfully whimsical exhibition on the folk art tradition of cut paper from t … [Read More]

Vistas of the Frontera: Claudia Bernardi
January 28, 2006 - March 19, 2006

A year long series dedicated to exhibting the works of six artists of Latino/a a … [Read More]

Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary
January 21, 2006 - March 12, 2006

Southern Arizona is known worldwide to birders for its variety of birds to “wa … [Read More]

The Olson Family Collection of the Taos Society of Artists
December 10, 2005 - September 17, 2006

Consisting primarily of landscapes executed in styles ranging from cubist to imp … [Read More]

Vistas of the Frontera: Juan Enriquez
November 12, 2005 - January 22, 2006

A year long series dedicated to exhibting the works of six artists of Latino/a a … [Read More]

Friends of Western Art Artist of the Year: Buck McCain
October 8, 2005 - December 4, 2005

Established by the Tucson Festival Society and subsequently carried on by the Fr … [Read More]

Los Cambios: Seis Pueblos de Sonora: The Photography of Alejandra Platt
September 17, 2005 - January 29, 2006

Identities of individuals and communities are often intertwined through family, … [Read More]

Bailey Doogan: Selected Works 1971-1998
September 10, 2005 - February 12, 2006

Bailey Doogan has garnered national respect over the last several years for her … [Read More]

Contemporary Southwest Images XX: Florence Pierce: A Light-filled Domain
September 10, 2005 - January 1, 2006

Florence Pierce pours layers of resin mixed with pigment or milled fiberglass on … [Read More]

Gwyneth Scally: Jelly
September 10, 2005 - January 1, 2006

Tucson artist Gwyneth Scally produces humorous, sometimes slightly disturbing, s … [Read More]

Art of the American West
July 23, 2005 - May 28, 2006

The history of art in America can be seen as a history of the settlement of the … [Read More]

On Arizona
July 23, 2005 - May 28, 2006

How do artists working in Arizona in the late nineteenth and early twentieth cen … [Read More]

Among the Clouds: Selected Work from the Permanent Collection
May 27, 2005 - January 8, 2006

A small, but charming exhibition gives viewers a glimpse at the beauty of cloud … [Read More]

In Three Dimensions: Sculpture from the Permanent Collection
May 27, 2005 - August 28, 2005

A selection of approximately thirty sculptural works spanning a thirty year peri … [Read More]

On the Grid: Segemented and Sequential Art from the Permanent Collection
May 27, 2005 - October 30, 2005

This exhibition looks at works of art that are composed of segmented or repetiti … [Read More]

Arizona Biennial '05
May 13, 2005 - August 21, 2005

The Arizona Biennial is the longest running statewide competition in the state. … [Read More]

The Contemporary West
April 16, 2005 - October 2, 2005

Like their counterparts, artists trained in techniques other than the realistic … [Read More]