October 2020
Raise Your Voice Exhibit
“Raise Your Voice,” a national juried exhibition celebrating the 19th Amendment and women’s rights presents contemporary artworks from artists across the United States. The goal of the exhibition is to view history through contemporary artwork to inspire viewers to think critically about the right to vote and to encourage participation in our democracy. This exhibit supports the Smithsonian MOMS, “Voices and Votes” traveling exhibit to be held in the Master Gallery. Juror: Barbara Rogers. Due to COVID-19 safety restrictions, art…
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This statewide traveling exhibit, Voices and Votes: Democracy in America will serve as a community meeting place to convene conversations about what it means to be a citizen and examine the context and main controversies behind America’s democratic system. Learn about democracy in America as well as a local Tubac Voting Story. This family-friendly exhibit is supplemented with docent-led learning activities for children as well as adults. Engaging interactive kiosks will let you tell your own story, kids will have the opportunity…
Find out more »November 2020
Barbara Rogers – How I got Here From There
Art Speaks Series Award-winning artist and art professor, Barbara Rogers will discuss her journey as a woman navigating the art world. I paint because the act of painting is direct; it is another truth—you make a mark and there it is, just you and this act of creation. When I paint, I am an explorer in the terrain of my own psyche, discovering what relationships will emerge as the work develops. I depart from representational accuracy to select and then exaggerate or…
Find out more »Take 3 Musical Performance
With a flair for the wild and unexpected, the genre-defying trio, TAKE3, brings the refinement of a rigorous classical music background and infuses it with rock-star charisma. Known for their infectious and down to earth onstage personalities, this threesome leaves their indelible mark on captivated crowds around the country performing their arrangements of top pop hits, Americana, and classical favorites. Although only together for a short time, the trio already has an impressive season lined up, visiting PACs and performing…
Find out more »December 2020
Chuck Tampico – Italian Artists’ View of Feminine Beauty
Art Speaks Series - A Virtual Presentation Bellissima: Italian Artists’ View of Feminine Beauty Tucson Museum of Art docent, Chuck Tampico will present on Italian Artists’ View of Feminine Beauty. From the time of Dante and Petrarch, ideals of beauty have informed artists‘ work. This intriguing and gloriously illustrated book investigates the many debates this topic has provoked in modern Italy. Image: Titian, Venus of Urbino, c. 1538, oil on canvas, Uffizi The 2020-2021 Season is moving to ZOOM. Preregistration will be required. Zoom invitation information…
Find out more »Glen Moore & Art Lande Jazz Combo
Art Lande and Glen Moore team up for this special performance at TCA. For their duet concert in Tubac, Arizona Glen and Art will create a musical version of several paintings inTCA's gallery and play some familiar Christmas music. Grammy-nominated Art Lande is considered one of the premiere improvisational jazz pianists today. He began piano at age 4, studied at Williams College & moved to San Francisco in 1969. He has mostly carved out his own singular path throughout his career,…
Find out more »January 2021
Alinda Hakanson – Mauricio Lasansky: Printmaker and Chronicler of the Oppressed
Art Speaks Series - A Virtual Presentation Mauricio Lasansky: Printmaker and Chronicler of the Oppressed Tucson Museum of Art docent, Alinda Hakanson will present on the work of master printmaker, Mauricio Lasansky. In 1961, Lasansky was named Most Influential Printmaker in the U.S. by TIME magazine. An uncredited quote read: “If there is such a thing as a printmaking capital of the U.S. it could well be the Department of Graphic Arts at the University of Iowa.” The 2020-2021 Season…
Find out more »Krentz Chamber Music Quartet
Cellist Kevin Krentz enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer, teacher, inventor, and artistic director. A devoted chamber musician, Kevin is Artistic Director of the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival in Washington state. He has been a winner in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition with his trio In Flight 3 and a winner in the Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in Verona, Italy, and the Greenlake National Chamber Music Competition with Finisterra Trio. This performance will be presented both…
Find out more »February 2021
Dolan Ellis – AZ’s Official State Balladeer
This performance is sponsored by DJ and Dieter Boehm. Dolan Ellis has been Arizona’s Official State Balladeer for 47 years, under the appointment of twelve Arizona Governors. While exploring the little known corners of this state in his specially equipped four-wheel drive vehicles, and researching the legends and historical events that he writes and sings about, he has logged over a million Arizona miles on his Jeeps. As an original member of the famous folk singing group, The New Christy…
Find out more »March 2021
TSO Brass Quintet
TSO charms a wide variety of audiences with its versatile repertoire ranging from the Baroque to Broadway and Dixieland Jazz to traditional classics. A brass quintet is the most powerful of the chamber ensembles and can fill up a hall with its grand sound like an organ. In the hands of these superb musicians, it can also sing soft and sweet, bringing you to the edge of your seat, and get your toes tapping with jazzy tunes to boot. This…
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