All Past Events

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Visit CCP for extended evening hours and enjoy pop-up installations, art-making, food, music, and more! Check out our newly designed Alice Chaiten Baker Interdisciplinary Gallery, front patio, and first-floor library nook.

Aug

Photojournalism 20/20: A Think Tank for an Unimaginable Present

5 p.m. Aug. 24, 2021 to 5 p.m. Jan. 1, 2022

Photojournalism and now citizen photojournalism, too, are forces in shaping public opinion, discourse, policy and history. That’s why we are purposely conducting a study of photojournalism at this—our—historical junction in 2020.

Aug

Director’s Circle and Patron Member Sneak Peek

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 17, 2021

Director's Circle and Patron level members are invited to join us for an exclusive sneak peek a week before the Center reopens to the public.

Jul

Freedom Must Be Lived: Marion Palfi’s America (at Phoenix Art Museum)

5 p.m. Wednesday to 5 p.m. Jan. 2, 2022

This retrospective exhibition will survey the career of Marion Palfi (1907–1978), who produced one of the most important visual documents of American injustice of the twentieth century.

Jun

Why Photography?

4 p.m. June 24, 2021

In a historical moment when photography is increasingly central to the way we see and experience the world around us, the Center for Creative Photography welcomes you to reflect with us about Why Photography? In this virtual program, CCP poses this single, fundamental question to members of the photographic community, to explore how photography participates in the expression of who we are.

Jun

The University of Arizona School of Art 2020 MFA Thesis Alumni Exhibition

9 a.m. June 12, 2021 to 11:59 p.m. July 11, 2021

The School of Art 2020 MFA Thesis Alumni Exhibition is proud to honor the achievements of their Master of Fine Arts graduates from 2020.

May

Members' Virtual Event: Curator's Corner with Audrey Sands

5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. May 18, 2021

Members, join us for this new monthly CCP member series that will ask CCP Curators to explore one image from their essays written for the Center's current virtual exhibition Finding Meaning: An Offering of Photographs for an Uncertain Time.

Apr

How to See a City? Photography, Maps, Big Data, and Visualization with Dr. Lev Manovich (Virtual Event)

6 p.m. April 29, 2021

19th and 20th-century painters, photographers, filmmakers, and geographers created many different methods to represent city life and the everyday. In the 21st century, artists and scientists introduced additional approaches using new types of urban data and sensors (e.g., social media posts, sensor networks, satellite imagery, etc.). Manovich will sketch the evolution of city representation from the 19th century until today and discuss a number of important projects created in the last 15 years.

Apr

Director’s Circle Virtual Salon: A Conversation with Anne Breckenridge Barrett and Associate Curator Meg Jackson Fox about Academic & Public Programs at CCP

4:01 p.m. April 20, 2021

Join us on Zoom for a conversation with Associate Curator for Academic and Public Programs, Dr. Meg Jackson Fox, and CCP Director and Associate Vice President for the Arts, Anne Breckenridge Barrett. They will discuss the creation of the department in alignment with the CCP strategic action plan, and the critical role and philosophy behind education and engagement activities at the Center.

Mar

Director’s Circle Collection Virtual Salon: An Inclusive Acquisitions Initiative

4 p.m. March 31, 2021

Join us on Zoom for a conversation with Chief Curator, Dr. Rebecca Senf, and CCP Director and Associate Vice President for the Arts, Anne Breckenridge Barrett. They will build on last year’s collecting plan discussion and share insights on the fine print and archive acquisition process.

Mar

"Making A Photographer:" Virtual Appearances by Dr. Rebecca Senf

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. March 25, 2021

Mar

Mark McKnight on Frederick Sommer, a Conversation with Audrey Sands (Virtual Event)

5:30 p.m. March 25, 2021

McKnight and Sands will discuss the legacy of acclaimed twentieth-century photographer Frederick Sommer and McKnight’s long-standing interest in Sommer’s life and work. The conversation will look at works by both artists and explore a range of overlapping themes and intersections, including: desert modernism, landscape, influence, education, the erotics of formalism, surrealism, sexuality, and the body. There will be a live Q&A at the end of the program where audience members will have an opportunity to contribute questions.

Feb

Director’s Circle Virtual Salon: A Conversation with VP Andrew Schulz and AVP and Director Anne Breckenridge Barrett on CCP and Arizona Arts

4 p.m. Feb. 22, 2021

Join us on Zoom for a conversation with Vice President for the Arts and Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Andy Schulz, and CCP Director and Associate Vice President for the Arts, Anne Breckenridge Barrett, as they share some of their takeaways from 2020 and highlight what’s ahead for CCP and Arizona Arts in 2021.

Feb

Huey Copeland: Touched by the Mother (Virtual Lecture)

5:30 p.m. Feb. 18, 2021

The University of Arizona School of Art Visiting Artists and Scholars Series and the Center for Creative Photography are excited to collaborate in hosting Huey Copeland: Touched by the Mother.

In this lecture, art historian Huey Copeland provides an overview of his work on and approach to modern and contemporary art, with a focus on his forthcoming collection of essays, interviews, and reviews, Touched by the Mother: On Black Men, the Aesthetic Field, and Other Feminist Horizons, 1966-2016.

Jan

Members' Wellness Wednesdays (Virtual Event)

5 p.m. Jan. 13, 2021 to 6 p.m. April 14, 2021

We are thrilled to share with you that we will be hosting a web-based series of wellness sessions hosted by Regina Armenta of Yoga Is Art. This series will focus on breathing techniques for relaxation, gentle movements in the body to increase blood flow and healing, and a guided mediation to promote mental stability in a time of uncertainty.

Dec

Members' Wellness Wednesdays (Virtual Event)

5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 16, 2020

Dec

Members' Virtual Event: Members in Focus with Ashley Lumb and Guest Artists

2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 8, 2020

Nov

Members' Wellness Wednesdays [Virtual Event]

5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 18, 2020

Nov

Susan Meiselas and Dr. Ruken Sengul in Conversation [Virtual Event]

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17, 2020

The Center for Creative Photography in partnership with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona is digitally convening photographer Susan Meiselas and anthropologist Dr. Ruken Sengul on November 17th at 5pm Arizona Time. The conversation will focus on their respective work about the stories, memories and diasporas of Kurdish peoples.