Year in Review • Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The Daily Wildcat • B11
ARTS IN REVIEW
Arts & Life happenings this year Here are the top 4 big stories that came across the Arts & Life desk this year: FALL 2018:
Furry friends prepare to strut their UA fashion By Briannon Wilfong
One year later: The recovery of the stolen ‘Woman-Ochre’ By Amber Soland At 4:30 a.m. last August, Brian Seastone received a life-changing phone call. The voice on the other end of the line informed the University of Arizona chief of police that Woman-Ochre, a painting stolen from the UA Museum of Art over 30 years ago, had been recovered at a location just three hours away. “I woke up really quick after that,” Seastone said. “I think there was a smile that broke out ear-to-ear. I don’t think I had ever had one quite that big. All I could say to myself was, ‘It’s finally coming home.’” The day after Thanksgiving, 1985, a nameless pair — a man and a woman in a headscarf — entered the UAMA as it opened its doors. The woman chatted with the security guard while her partner went upstairs. No more than fifteen minutes later, they left in a hurry with the painting rolled up beneath a coat. They escaped in a copper-colored car and disappeared with the painting. It was not until after the fact that the museum staff discovered Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” to be missing, cut from its frame.
SPRING 2019:
The Humane Society of Southern Arizona has teamed up with University of Arizona fashion minor students to create a pet-friendly runway show to raise money for the society. For their four-legged friends at the Humane Society, University of Arizona fashion minor students have been hard at work, creating original denim cape designs to be presented at the Dogs N’ Denim Fashion Show on Nov. 27, 2018. This fashion show’s goal is to raise money for the Humane Society and provide a hands-on experience for the students involved, according to Charlette Padilla, a Retailing and Consumer Sciences faculty member and fashion minor coordinator. This year will be the first year of actually putting together a fashion show for animals at the Humane Society, according to Steff Hunter, the Humane Society’s event manager. “We were over the moon to partner again [with UA], and this is just an adorable idea and so creative, and anything to get our mission out to the students and the community is great,” Hunter said.
COURTESY EMILY ROSE | UAMA
WILLEM DE KOONING’S SIGNATURE on the painting “Woman-Ochre.” The painting was cut from its frame and declared missing before being found 30 years later.
Other stories to search for: Advertising pays: A Wildcat love story by Jasmine Demers Locksmith University: The Forgotten Lot by Amber Soland ‘Second Assault’ to be featured at Loft Film Fest by Ariday Sued
Bathrooms; a hidden art that aims to unify campus
UA students paint the town with new mural
By Maya Noto
By Jamie Donnelly
The University of Arizona sits on about 380 acres of land, with 179 buildings on the main campus. Each building has about one thing in common: It houses at least one bathroom. For Alyssa Sierra, that is important for a reason. Sierra, a junior at UA studying environmental science with an emphasis in biology, bestowed an uncommon task on herself during her freshman year. Her goal was to “post a photo of every single bathroom on campus” during her time in school using her Instagram account @ua_bathrooms. “I grew up in Sahuarita, everything is less than 15 years old,” Sierra said. “All over, the blueprints for every single house is the same, all of the schools are the same, every building is built the same.” She grew up in a town that she felt lacked architectural diversity, a thing most people take for granted, Sierra said. But there is true meaning behind the seemingly “far out” idea of documenting bathroom architecture.
On the wall of the Historic Y building in the heart of Downtown Tucson, a mural depicts a Latina woman looking longingly into the clouds while surrounded by colorful imagery of cacti and Arizona sunsets. The artistry and detail of this new mural was painted with the help of two UA students. Students Analaura Villegas and Brisa Tzintzun painted the mural alongside UA professor Karlito Miller Espinoza, also known as the artist Mata Ruda. Villegas and Tzintzun, both graphic design students, were picked from their illustration class by Miller to help him paint a mural titled “Sonora” in Downtown Tucson over the 2018 winter break, portraying the Hispanic heritage of Arizona. “We were extremely surprised, because he only chose two students out of about twenty students in that class,” Villegas said. “He saw our potential in painting and us showing up to class every day ready to paint for three hours. Karlito saw that we carry the same passion for painting just like he does, which allowed us to have this wonderful opportunity.”
Other stories to search for: Printing student art and opportunities by Sofia Moraga Astronomer to Race Across the West by Amber Soland Rideshare driver goes beyond the destination for students By Nick Trujillo, Jaime Donnelly and Maya Noto
CLAUDIO CERRILLO | THE DAILY WILDCAT
A DOG PROUDLY SHOWS off its Americana “Route 66” denim design. The cape was designed by a UA fashion minor student in collaboration with the Humane Society of Southern Arizona.
AMY BAILEY | THE DAILY WILDCAT
ALYSSA SIERRA IS THE creator of the UA Bathroom Instagram page. It currently has over 500 followers.
CONGRATS!
TO OUR HOUSING & RESIDENTIAL LIFE GRADUATES J.D. Nadia Ahmed Mehruba Alam Frank Argumedo Emma Armstrong MASTER’S Ana Avila Cami Barnes Yvonne Arias Michael Beauregard Gavi Aryeh Philippe Bergeron Aaliyah Deggs Courtney Bernth Hannah Dinell Zachary Bloomenstein Dani Godin Brian Bornhoft Sam Harwood Souksavanh Keovorabouth John Bosak Allie Brahms Holly Kerrigan Hailey Butler Julian Castro Quinn Corrigan Tatiana Couchee Brooke Cox Cori Cummings Michael Cunningham Shannon Emile Samantha Farquhar Jose Figueroa Regan Fitzgerald Anthony Salas
BACHELOR’S Seamus Flannery Alexis Merino David Forero Sarena Miller Marlon Freeman Lauren Monheim Mikey Gilboy Andrea Morgan Adam Grodman Devin Murphy Veronica Harmon Amanda Nguyen Elinor Henderson JT Nicol Karli Higuera Karina Palomares Alejandra Hinojosa Jacob Parker Zhachary Hugo Amber Parkins-Massey Aurora Hurtado Olivas Michael Pautler Ryann Johnson Erin Pellegrino Jackson Kavrell Jenna Pontillas Anna Keene Alexandria Purvines Caroline King Sarah Quayle Sydney Klabunde Vanessa Ribeiro Kaci Koch Adrian Rico Monica Kothe Danielle Riguerra Cassidy Leroux Alayna Roberts Tai Makaneole-Waiolama Delaney Robison Christian Manymules Ashley Rogers Michael Mazzola Alex Rokosz Shawn McCarthy Saul Roman
CJ Ryan Stephanie Schaller Maren Sfeir Rebecca Shapiro Ziyu Shi Amber Soublet Eli Soyfer Sami Spencer Ben Stewart Sarah Sylvester Mikaela Torres Jade Vendivel Ethan Venjohn Daniel Wall Shannon Washington Kimber Weippert Sarah Wilbank Sienna Willis Mia Zanrosso Alex Zavalkovskiy Zachary Zupke