Special Events

Join us for an afternoon of Ansel fun! Activities include the opening of Ansel Adams: Examples, self-guided archival object tours, cake, vintage camera display, and hands-on family activities, such as making sun prints, a chalk mural, photo booth and more. The Center is excited to welcome photographer Mark Burns as the speaker for the 2019 Ansel Adams Celebration. Burns worked In an official collaboration with the National Park Foundation to photograph all of the national parks, and will speak about his work and the legacy of Adams’ work in the Parks. He will be featured in conversation with UA President Dr. Robert C. Robbins and Center Chief Curator Dr. Rebecca Senf promptly at 1:00pm. Space is limited in the auditorium - please plan to arrive early. This event is free and open to the public. 

Click here to learn about our VIP Evening Preview Experience on Friday, February 22. 

Thank you to our sponsors!

Event sponsors:

Tim Hagyard, Long Realty Company
Western Photographic Historical Society
The Marshall Foundation
Zócalo Magazine

Stop in to the CCP to learn about internship and job opportunities!

Representatives from Curatorial, Conservation, Registration and Preparation, Archives, Digital Imaging, Membership, and Marketing will be present to talk about opportunities in their departments. There will also be button making, a scavenger hunt, a selfie station, and fun demos. Even better? If you join us at the open house you'll have multiple opportunities to walk away with a Richard Avedon poster.  

Students from all majors are encouraged to attend.

Learn more about FREE Student Membership here.

In conjunction with our exhibition Longer Ways to Go: Photographs of the American Road, the Center is excited to welcome road food experts Jane and Michael Stern for an evening of conversation about eating along the road.

For hungry travelers and adventurous food lovers, Jane and Michael Stern have been trusted, trailblazing guides for over 40 years. After meeting at Yale, where they came to study art, they began a collaboration that has yielded over forty books, including the good-eats guide Roadfood, now in it’s 10th edition.  

The Sterns have won three James Beard journalism awards for their monthly column in Gourmet magazine, which took readers to the best restaurants in small towns and cities all around the country. As the creators of Roadfood, the award-winning authors have worked to both preserve and celebrate regional American dishes from coast-to-coast.

Jane currently lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut with her beloved dogs Ivy and Cecil. She is a frequent contributor to The Paris Review, Connecticut Post, The New Yorker, and other publications.  She writes the popular newsletter series Jane's Diary, as well as reviews for Roadfood.com. When she's not busy writing, you can find her volunteering as an EMT or reading tarot cards. Michael now lives in Aiken, South Carolina, where he enjoys shrimp & grits, whole-hog BBQ, fresh peaches, and buttermilk pie. He continues to manage the editorial content for Roadfood.com, write reviews, and travel the country looking for great places to eat.

Road Food Adventure with Jane and Michael Stern: October 27, 2018, 11:00am 
Join Jane and Michael Stern for a trip to one of their favorite spots in Tucson! This CCP Roadtrip will give you the opportunity to dive a little deeper into conversation with these food experts as well as offer you a chance to get to know what makes Tucson UNESCO's first City of Gastronomy in the U.S. This event is open to non-members with special pricing for CCP Members. Space is limited, please contact ccp-events@email.arizona.edu to learn more about ticket prices and other details.

Join the Center for Creative Photography and the Hanson Film TV Institute for a new film series featuring independent female directors!

The first film in the series is Border Radio, with a special appearance by director Allison Anders.

Before carving out a niche as one of the most distinct voices in nineties American cinema, Allison Anders made her debut, alongside co-directors and fellow UCLA film school students Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987’s Border Radio. A low-key, semi-improvised postpunk diary that took four years to complete, Border Radio features legendary rocker Chris D., of the Flesh Eaters, as a singer/songwriter who has stolen loot from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife (Luanna Anders), a no-nonsense rock journalist, to track him down with the help of his friends (John Doe of the band X; Chris Shearer). With its sprawling Southern Californian and Mexican landscapes, captured in evocative 16mm black and white, Border Radio is a singular, DIY memento of the indie film explosion in America. Janus Films

Join us for a car-themed Family Day! In conjunction with our exhibition Longer Ways to Go: Photographs of the American Road, we'll be celebrating all things car! Join us for photo activities, vintage cameras, photo booth fun, scavenger hunt, snacks, and a screening of Pixar’s "Cars" at noon. Curious about those beautifully-restored classic cars you’ve seen parked around town? Our Family Day sponsor Truly Nolen will be bringing vehicles from their Antique Fleet for the whole family to explore. Family Day is free and open to the public!

Is someone in your family a Girl Scout? Brownie scouts will be able to complete all of the painting badge at the event!

CCP has teamed up with the brewers at 1702 Craft Beer & Pizza to create an exhibition-inspired beer! Longer Ways to Gose, a sour beer with herbal notes and a hint of saltiness, will be on tap at 1702 this summer. Join us on June 28 at 6:30 p.m. to drink beer, eat pizza, share road trip photos, and play a game of road-themed trivia.

Are you a member? Join us at 5:30 p.m. for a members-only pizza party!

We want to see your road trip photos! Share your favorite snaps on Instagram using #mywaytogoccp and tag us @cntrforcreativephoto

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.

Not a member yet? Click here to learn more!

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.

Not a member yet? Click here to find out more and join!

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