All Past Events

In Pictures for Charis, American photographer Kelli Connell reconsiders the relationship between writer Charis (pronounced CARE-iss) Wilson and photographer Edward Weston through a close examination of Wilson’s prose and Weston’s iconic photographs. 

Join us for Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectivita, a two-week pop-up exhibition at Light Art Space in Silver City, New Mexico. 

Join us for a month-long pop-up exhibition, Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectivita, at the Yuma Art Center in Yuma, AZ, from January 31-February 23, 2025.

Featuring more than 50 works from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), Richard Avedon: Among Creatives presents the work of legendary American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004). 

Join us for an eight-week-long pop-up exhibition, Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectivita, at the Burton Barr Central Library.

Join us for a Sobremesa event at Futuro in Phoenix, AZ, from 7-9 p.m. Admission is free.

Listen to Feng-Feng Yeh, the visionary behind Chinese Chorizo—a chef, activist, and multidisciplinary artist— as she sits down with Virginia Grise, an award-winning writer, performer, playwright, director, and creative producer. Also featuring Tran's Fat Food Truck, a local favorite known for its creative twist on Asian street food. 

Photography Network will convene its fourth annual symposium in the Sonoran Desert Borderlands city of Tucson, Arizona in partnership with the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Grounded in the themes that arise in three CCP--organized exhibitions of Latinx photography that will be on view this fall (Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva, curated by Elizabeth Ferrer; Chicana Photographers LA!, curated by Sybil Venegas; and Laura Aguilar: Nudes in Nature, curated by Sybil Venegas and Christopher Velasco), "In Relation" will consider how communities are made visible, defined, and constituted through photography. 

Pima Community College and the Center for Creative Photography present "Pride of Expression: LatinX Photography and Low Rider Culture," sponsored by Bank of America.

Join us at CCP for the Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva Community Celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy food, music, and art-making activities, as well as a variety of outdoor events inspired by Bernal's work.

Join us for a six-week-long pop-up exhibition, Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectivita, at the Joel D Valdez Main Library. 

Join us for an artist panel and reception for Chicana Photographers LA! This exhibition features the work of five Chicana artists from Los Angeles, focusing on themes such as families, neighborhoods, sacred spaces, and body and identity politics.

Chicana Photographers LA! will be exhibited alongside Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva, highlighting artists inspired by Bernal's legacy, focusing on Chicanx culture, identity, and the impact of gentrification on communities through a visual exploration of neighborhoods, families, and sacred spaces.

Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva presents some 125 photographs by the pioneering Chicanx photographer active in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on his moving portrayals of Mexican American people living in the barrios of Tucson and throughout the Southwest.

Join us for the opening celebration of Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva, featuring a lecture by curator Elizabeth Ferrer at 6:00 p.m., followed by a lively reception from 7-9 p.m. 

Join us for a month-long pop-up exhibition, Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectivita, at the Douglas Public Library. 

Join us for a panel discussion about The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, a collaborative project, initiated in 2018 that explores the intersection of spirituality, migration, and historical policies affecting the Sonoran Desert borderlands.

The Place Where Clouds Are Formed is an interdisciplinary arts collective that examines the intersection of spirituality, migration, and current and historical policies that have impacted the borderlands of the Sonoran Desert.