http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/visualarts visualarts news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_foodtruck_roundup/hundreds-herd-downtown-food-truck-roundup/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_foodtruck_roundup/hundreds-herd-downtown-food-truck-roundup/ 03:29:00Z Mariana Dale The aroma of fried funnel cake, smoky barbecue and roasting corn wafted through the air as hundreds of people and more than 25 trucks showed up for Tucson Food Trucks’ fifth gathering on Sunday. 2012-01-30T03:29:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_buckmaster/buckmaster-were-getting-bad-rap-says-rio-nuevo-chair/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_buckmaster/buckmaster-were-getting-bad-rap-says-rio-nuevo-chair/ 21:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — We kick things off with a newsmaker interview with Rio Nuevo Board Chair Jodi Bain. Also, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with certified financial planner Shelly Fishman. Next, we launch a new monthly segment spotlighting pet care with Dr. Anna Szivek of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson. Plus, the bi-monthly arts update with Margaret Regan of the Tucson Weekly. 2012-01-24T21:49:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010512_serpa_obit/rodeo-photographer-western-legend-louise-serpa-dead-86/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010512_serpa_obit/rodeo-photographer-western-legend-louise-serpa-dead-86/ 23:38:00Z Will Seberger Rodeo photographer, Tucson fixture, mother and legend of the West Louise Serpa died Thursday. There are a lot of things I wish I had the chance to say to Louise before she mounted up and rode out into the ether. 2012-01-05T23:38:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121511_top_11_world/11s-top-11/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121511_top_11_world/11s-top-11/ 22:26:00Z Global Post It was a big year, defined by the largest protest movement the Arab World has ever seen and shifting geopolitics around the euro-zone crisis. Global Post chooses its 11 people and things that rocked 2011. 2011-12-15T22:26:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ 20:53:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a newsmaker interview with Arizona Senate President Steve Pierce. Also, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with Shelly Fishman, certified financial planner. Next, we’ve got Keith Rosenblum, Buckmaster Show contributor on Mexico, who breaks down Sonoran shopper numbers. 2011-12-13T20:53:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112911_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-real-tucson-visitor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112911_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-real-tucson-visitor/ 21:05:00Z Buckmaster Show We start things off with a newsmaker interview with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. Plus, the marketing director for the Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2011-11-29T21:05:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_buckmaster/buckmaster-flat-tax-will-hurt-most-az-taxpayers-aboud-says/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_buckmaster/buckmaster-flat-tax-will-hurt-most-az-taxpayers-aboud-says/ 20:36:00Z Buckmaster Show We start things off with State Senator Paula Aboud and her upcoming flat-tax forums. Plus, former Corp. Commission chair Kris Mayes, and the co-authors of a book on Navajo artist Quincey Tahoma. 2011-10-25T20:36:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102011_buckmaster/buckmaster-rosemont-meetings-off-rocky-start/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102011_buckmaster/buckmaster-rosemont-meetings-off-rocky-start/ 20:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll weighs in on the ongoing Rosemont Mine controversy Thursday on Buckmaster. Plus, comet discoverer David Levy, Councilwoman Shirley Scott, and Robert Knight and Julie Sasse of the Tucson Museum of Art. 2011-10-20T20:49:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_davinci_drawing/art-historian-lost-da-vinci-drawing-found/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_davinci_drawing/art-historian-lost-da-vinci-drawing-found/ 15:34:00Z Samantha Stainburn A British art historian says he’s identified a lost da Vinci portrait that was ripped out of a 15th century book, the Guardian reports. If this is true, Christie’s auction house sold the drawing years ago for about £100 million less than it was worth. 2011-10-18T15:34:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_sedona_stamp/cathedral-rock-grace-az-centennial-stamp/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_sedona_stamp/cathedral-rock-grace-az-centennial-stamp/ 17:01:00Z Joanne Ingram Images of Sedona’s Cathedral Rock will grace letters across the country in February as a first-class stamp allows Americans to help celebrate Arizona’s centennial. 2011-09-20T17:01:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091211_az_centennial/centennial-organizers-urge-arizonans-celebrate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091211_az_centennial/centennial-organizers-urge-arizonans-celebrate/ 00:53:00Z Joanne Ingram The state’s centennial effort hits high gear this week with the first Arizona Best Fest, a free street festival that runs from Friday through Sunday in Prescott and later will visit Tucson and Phoenix, the other two territorial capitals. 2011-09-13T00:53:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/#When: 23:02:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson-area events marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 include discussions, film screenings, theater productions, art exhibits, prayer services and tributes. %2011-%09-%11GMT%05:%02:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090711_calexico/do-look-back-calexico-retrospective/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090711_calexico/do-look-back-calexico-retrospective/ 05:00:00Z Gerald M. Gay Fans of Calexico will get an up-close-and-personal look at the famed Tucson band with the photo exhibition, “Calexico: A Retrospective,” which opens with a reception Thursday at the downtown Sacred Machine Museum. 2011-09-08T05:00:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090611_ziggy_marley/ziggy-marley-in-store-promo-comic-somalia-aid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090611_ziggy_marley/ziggy-marley-in-store-promo-comic-somalia-aid/ 15:49:00Z Ted Prezelski Something that comic book fans come to expect out of their local comic shop is the “in-store”: an appearance by a comic book artist, maybe doing a sketch or two for eager admirers. Exciting for fans, but not all that unusual. What is unusual is for an internationally known reggae musician to do an in-store. 2011-09-06T15:49:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082911_mural_ceremony/murals-brushstrokes-meant-encircle-community/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082911_mural_ceremony/murals-brushstrokes-meant-encircle-community/ 15:06:00Z Emily Jones Healing, hope and dispelling stigmas were the themes of the unveiling of the “Changing Hearts and Minds” mural Saturday at the Mountain Avenue Church of Christ. 2011-08-29T15:06:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082511_changinghearts_mural/mural-paints-picture-hope/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082511_changinghearts_mural/mural-paints-picture-hope/ 18:08:00Z Emily Jones “Changing Hearts and Minds,” a mural addressing the stigma of mental illness and hope for healing after the Jan. 8 shootings, will be unveiled Saturday. (with video) 2011-08-25T18:08:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071211_northkorea_popart/north-korean-artist-turns-talents-repressive-regime/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071211_northkorea_popart/north-korean-artist-turns-talents-repressive-regime/ 21:24:00Z Sebastian Strangio Before defecting, Song Byeok cut his artistic teeth turning out grinning propaganda portraits of founding father Kim Il Sung. Since arriving in South Korea, however, he has turned his talents against the repressive regime. 2011-07-12T21:24:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070811_art_walk/stormy-reaction-main-gate-art-walk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070811_art_walk/stormy-reaction-main-gate-art-walk/ 16:04:00Z Christina Dawidowicz An art walk at the UA-area Main Gate Square was rained out Thursday evening, but not before a number of local artists displayed their work. 2011-07-08T16:04:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_art_walk/art-music-thursday-ua-main-gate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_art_walk/art-music-thursday-ua-main-gate/ 16:06:00Z Christina Dawidowicz Music and artwork will mix this week for the First Thursday Art Walk at Main Gate Square. 2011-07-06T16:06:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062211_ai_weiwei_photo/artist-ai-weiwei-shows-playful-side-newly-released-photo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062211_ai_weiwei_photo/artist-ai-weiwei-shows-playful-side-newly-released-photo/ 21:40:00Z Emily Lodish “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” The ages-old maxim referring to those who feign ignorance or choose to look the other way is far from Ai Weiwei’s motto. 2011-06-22T21:40:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062211_china_ai_weiwei_freed/artist-ai-weiwei-freed-bail-china/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062211_china_ai_weiwei_freed/artist-ai-weiwei-freed-bail-china/ 21:06:00Z Global Post Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been freed on bail after confessing to tax evasion charges, according to his lawyer and a state media report. 2011-06-22T21:06:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053111_monalisa_skeleton/scientists-find-possible-mona-lisa-skeleton/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053111_monalisa_skeleton/scientists-find-possible-mona-lisa-skeleton/ 17:07:00Z Global Post Archaeologists excavating beneath an ancient nunnery in Florence may have found the skeleton of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the 16th century woman who is believed to have been the model for the world’s most famous painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” 2011-05-31T17:07:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052111_pope_statue/il-papa-or-il-duce-pope-statue-sparks-controversy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052111_pope_statue/il-papa-or-il-duce-pope-statue-sparks-controversy/ 17:32:00Z Global Post The Vatican on Friday slammed a giant new sculpture outside Rome’s main train station that portrays John Paul II but has been compared to the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. 2011-05-21T17:32:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030411_arizona_between_nosotros/bridging-border-with-art-music/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030411_arizona_between_nosotros/bridging-border-with-art-music/ 22:51:00Z Emily Jones Arizona Between Nosotros, a project organized by local artists, wants video and performance artists from Mexico and Arizona to address SB 1070 and immigration issues. 2011-03-04T22:51:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102510_korea_comics/comic-books-that-brainwash-north-koreans/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102510_korea_comics/comic-books-that-brainwash-north-koreans/ 17:17:00Z Geoffrey Cain Heinz Insu Fenkl, a literature professor at the State University of New York, has cracked one secret to understanding the bizarre regime of North Korea: by reading its comic books. 2010-10-25T17:17:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092910_arts_education/despite-education-cuts-arts-still-available-most-schoolchildren/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092910_arts_education/despite-education-cuts-arts-still-available-most-schoolchildren/ 14:38:00Z David Rookhuyzen Big cuts to public education funding over the past two years have fueled fears that dance, music, theater and other arts won’t be as available to students. But a new report on Arizona schools suggests that isn’t the case. 2010-09-29T14:38:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080310_drug_loot/from-fine-art-rubbish-stashes-drug-traffickers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080310_drug_loot/from-fine-art-rubbish-stashes-drug-traffickers/ 17:29:00Z John Otis Under a thick layer of dust in a Bogota warehouse lie goods confiscated from drug traffickers that range from fine art to just plain crap, from elephant tusks to dented bicycles. 2010-08-03T17:29:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060510_prescott_fired/prescott-radio-host-fired-over-school-mural-flap/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060510_prescott_fired/prescott-radio-host-fired-over-school-mural-flap/ 17:22:00Z Dylan Smith A Prescott radio host embroiled in a controversy over an elementary school environmental mural is off the air, while the school reversed a decision to lighten the faces of students depicted in the mural. 2010-06-05T17:22:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060410_firestone/firestone-sparks-hamptons-with-warhol-exhibit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060410_firestone/firestone-sparks-hamptons-with-warhol-exhibit/ 03:58:00Z Dylan Smith Eric Firestone closed his short-lived gallery on North 6th Avenue last month, but may be poised for a grander success in the Hamptons. The furniture and art dealer is opening his “East Coast Space” in East Hampton, N.Y., with the “Warhol, From Dylan to Duchamp” exhibit that debuted in Tucson. 2010-06-05T03:58:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060410_prescott_mural/prescott-officials-want-faces-lightened-school-mural/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060410_prescott_mural/prescott-officials-want-faces-lightened-school-mural/ 22:55:00Z Michael Truelsen Artists say Prescott officials have asked them to lighten the faces on children depicted in a school mural. 2010-06-04T22:55:22+00:00