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Galen Dara’s Fluid emerges as an intimate self-portrait and a profound exploration of personal and collective identity. Created as her MFA thesis exhibition, Fluid invites viewers into a shimmering constellation of floating portals—windows into the swirling, surreal topography of her mind and heart. Galen continues to gather and reassemble the scattered fragments of her internal world, seeking ever more fluid expressions of existence.

Born in Jalisco and raised in the borderlands of Nogales, Vanessa Saavedra carries within her the tension of two worlds – worlds marked by beauty, grief, migration, and resistance. Through her art, Saavedra fights against erasure. She insists that in a world soaked in violence, we must look closely – so closely that the statistics blur and the human being appear again. She urges us to see – and to act. To understand that behind every number is a universe of memory, love, and possibility stolen.

FOR MURALIST AND VISUAL ARTIST ALLISON MILLER, ART IS A FORM OF REPRESENTATION, RECLAMATION, AND CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY. THROUGH HER WORK, SHE BRINGS BLACKNESS TO THE FORE AND REFLECTS ON ANCESTRAL MEMORY.

Eveli Sabatie, a jeweler born in Algeria, has spent the greater part of her adult life immersed in the rich cultural tapestry of the American Southwest. Her artistic journey took a pivotal turn when she met the renowned Hopi jeweler Charles Loloma who was captivated by her potential and later invited Eveli to live and work with him on Hopi land, where she apprenticed under his guidance. His mentorship left a lasting impression on her. Notably, she holds the rare distinction of being the only non–Native American artist to exhibit at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

For David Andres, the Sea of Cortez is more than a subject of study — it is a lifelong passion, a calling. Determined to share its beauty, he mastered underwater photography, bought a boat with friends, and made the sea his home. Over decades, he has watched its wonders and its wounds, translating both into art that calls the world to attention — a plea to save this heavenly sea before its song fades forever.

Curt Brill is a Tucson based internationally known sculptor. Drawing has always been his first and most enduring love—a quiet, intimate practice that continues to ground his artistic journey. Movement, dance, and an irrepressible sense of humor animate much of his work. His whimsical, often larger-than-life sculptures pulse with life and rhythm, echoing the joy and vulnerability of being human.

Alfred Quiroz was born in 1944 in Tucson, AZ, and grew up in the Millville barrio. Quiroz used the G.I. Bill to begin pursuing what became a lifelong career as an artist and art educator. He was on the faculty of the School of Art at the University of Arizona for three decades, ultimately training and mentoring thousands of other artists, and was awarded Professor Emeritus status in 2018.