Special Events

In celebration of Women's History Month, join us for an art + feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon!

This event is designed to improve coverage of gender, feminism and the arts on Wikipedia. The edit-a-thon will include tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, ongoing editing support, reference materials, and refreshments. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate, particularly transgender and cisgender women.

In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as women. This lack of inclusive participation has led to an alarming gap of content in the world’s most popular online research tool. Art+Feminism’s Edit-a-thons and other initiatives make an impact on the gender gap through crucial improvements to gender, feminism and art related subjects on Wikipedia. Since 2014, Art+Feminism edit-a-thons have taken place across the world, creating and improving over 11,000 articles. 

 CCP’s Art+Feminism’s Edit-a-thon will focus on increasing the presence of female photographers on Wikipedia. Part of CCP’s mission is to promote creative inquiry, dialogue, and appreciation of photography’s enduring cultural influence, but people don’t always begin their searches for photographers on our website. There are at least 14 female photographers with archives at CCP who do not currently have Wikipedia pages. Join us in expanding the presence of these photographers on the internet and become a Wikipedia editor this March!

For more information, contact Emily Weirich, Associate Librarian for Research Services

April 3-6, 2018  |  New York City
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD will take place April 5-8, 2018

Tickets: $250 ($50 is tax-deductible)

Join the Center for the first annual Members only AIPAD New York experience. The price of tickets include an evening conversation and reception hosted by Christie’s Auction House, an exclusive tour with the Avedon Foundation, as well as a private tour of The Photography Show led by the Center's Chief Curator, Dr. Rebecca Senf, and so much more.

Tickets are available for purchase HERE! Prefer to make your reservation and payment over the phone? Call 520-621-7568.

*Space is very limited - only 15 spots are available.
*Attendees will be responsible for arranging their own airfare, travel, and hotel accommodations.

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Help us welcome new Director Anne Breckenridge Barrett! 

Join us for a members only welcome reception on Thursday, January 25 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP to ccp-events@email.arizona.edu if you plan on attending.

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This event has sold out- please join us on Saturday, February 17 from 12:00-4:00 for the Public Celebration!

Friday, February 16, 2018
5:30 to 8:00 pm - Evening Event
Free for Members, $30 for General Public

Join us for an exclusive reception to celebrate Ansel Adams. Guests will enjoy a private print viewing of additional Adams prints not on dispay in Ansel Adams: Performing the Print, an archival material viewing, the first look at the exhibition, and a chance to meet Director Anne Breckenridge Barrett. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served.

This event is free for CCP members and $30 for the general public. Not a member yet? Click here to learn more and join today!

Space is limited for this event. Members- please RSVP to ccp-events@email.arizona.edu

General tickets are available here.

Click here to learn more about the event and exhibition.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Media sponsor:

Zocalo Magazine

Event sponsors:

Tim Hagyard, Long Realty Company

Western Photographic Historical Society

Saturday, February 17

12:00-4:00 pm

Join us for an afternoon of Ansel fun! Activities include the opening of Ansel Adams: Performing the Print, self-guided archival object tours, cake, vintage camera display, and hands-on family activity. The afternoon also features a presentation by Pulitzer Prize winning Photojournalist, David Hume Kennerly, a friend of Ansel Adams. 

This event is free and open to the public. 

Click here to learn about our special Evening Event on Friday, February 16. 

Thank you to our sponsors!

Media sponsor:

Zocalo Magazine

Event sponsors:

Tim Hagyard, Long Realty Company

Western Photographic Historical Society

Thank you to the 600+ attendees that helped us wish Ansel Adams a very happy 115th birthday! The day included a print viewing, a packed lecture by Chief Curator Dr. Rebecca Senf (and an encore presentation!), tours of the Adams flat files with Leslie Squyres, Head of the Volkerding Study Center, vintage cameras provided by Western Photographic Historical Society, and more. To see event images click here. 

Join us for a members print viewing showcasing works from across Miyoshi’s career. The viewing brings together photographs made during Miyoshi’s time as CCP artist-in-residence—depicting Tucson streets, homes, and residents, pueblo-style churches, and cowboys—as well as photographs of Miyoshi’s native Japan—street portraits, images of botanical gardens, and works from a series documenting the aftermath of the 2011 quake and tsunami that led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Miyoshi will lead a conversation about his work, his time at the Center, and his unique relationship to the desert Southwest as an artist living and working in Japan. After the print viewing, stay for a reception with the artist in the Center’s lobby.

RSVP is required for this event. Please contact Brit Palomarez at 520-621-2625 or bap@email.arizona.edu 

Not a member yet? Click here to sign up today and enjoy events like this. 

After the reception there will be a public lecture given by Kōzō Miyoshi in our Auditorium from 4 to 5:30 pm. 

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Kōzō Miyoshi is a Japanese photographer whose work is in the collections of The Art Museum, Princeton University; The Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; The George Eastman Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, Missouri; Nihon University, Tokyo; and Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. The Center for Creative Photography published Far East and Southwest: The Photography of Kōzō Miyoshi in 1994. In the Road, a collection of Miyoshi’s photographs of Route 66, was published by Nazraeli Press in 1999. In 2011, Miyoshi released Northeast Earthquake Disaster Tsunami 2011, a portfolio of photographs of the aftermath of the 2011 quake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s northeast coast and caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. A selection of photographs from the portfolio was included in In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11, a 2015 exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Please join the Center for Creative Photography for the inaugural Portraits of CCP. This event honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the Center throughout its history and whose impact will be felt for years to come.

This year’s honorees are Dr. John P. Schaefer, President Emeritus of the University of Arizona and founder of the Center, and Tony Celentano, a volunteer with and supporter of the Center. The two were chosen for their commitment to the CCP since its beginnings and their continuing support. 

Free parking behind the CCP in lot 3039.

10:00 am - 11:00 am
Catered Brunch

11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Program

12:30 pm
Refreshments

ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE CLOSED
*To purchase a ticket please email ccp-events@email.arizona.edu or call the event coordinator at 520-621-0407.*

The University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography (CCP) is pleased to announce the finalists for the position of Director and invites you to attend their public presentations:

Michelle Dunn Marsh
Monday, July 24, 4:00 – 5:30pm, CCP Auditorium

James Leventhal
Thursday, July 27, 4:00 – 5:30pm, CCP Auditorium

Anne Breckenridge Barrett
Monday, July 31, 4:00 – 5:30pm, CCP Auditorium

The Center for Creative Photography is the premier research collection of American photographic fine art and archives, promoting creative inquiry, dialogue, and appreciation of photography’s enduring cultural influence.  Established in 1975, CCP’s collections include some of the most recognizable names in 20th century North American photography: Ansel Adams, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Richard Avedon, Wynn Bullock, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, W. Eugene Smith, Frederick Sommer, Edward Weston, and Garry Winogrand. 

The Center for Creative Photography is one of three University cultural institutions that report to the office of Research, Discovery & Innovation (RDI) as part of the University of Arizona interdisciplinary arts, culture and society academic enterprise.  For more information on the CCP, visit ccp.arizona.edu.

We entered Museum Dance Off 4 and need your help to win- VOTE TODAY!

We've partnered with our friends at The University of Arizona Museum of Art and Arizona State Museum to create a sure-to-please video dancing extravaganza. Voting is done in rounds, with the winner in each round being the museum that gets the most votes. You can help support your University of Arizona museums by casting your vote at www.whenyouworkatamuseum.com through 5 am Tucson time on April 25. Even better? You can vote as often as you want!

Help us win our round and win glory for Tucson and Arizona!

What’s Museum Dance Off? It’s an international competition that brings together museums from all over the world! Learn more here.