Annual Exhibition

Rooted in Resilience: Exploring Our Environmental Health through Art & Science

The University of Arizona STEAM in Action, in partnership with our Youth Advisory Boards and Rethinking Wildfires, Floods, and Health, invites artists to submit work for a powerful community exhibition integrating Art + Science. 

EXHIBITION DATES: April 3–26, 2026
LOCATION: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, 101 N Broad St, Globe, AZ 85501

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

This exhibit will highlight work that honors and accounts for the unique vulnerabilities and resiliencies of those living in central Arizona. Through art, data visualizations, and maps, together we will explore the intersection of environmental challenges and community health and strength.

We will showcase youth Photovoice, environmental monitoring data, and YOUR environmental health artwork and perspectives!

Call for Artists: We’re looking for local artists of all ages to showcase work during our April exhibit. 

  • Are you interested in showcasing art of any media (paintings, photography, sculpture, installations, mixed media, etc.) that highlights your environmental experiences?
  • Do you wish to share any art highlighting your environmental perspectives?
  • Do you have experiences with air, soil, or water quality; environmental health; environmental science; or public health that you want to share?
  • Are you living in central Arizona and experiencing impacts from the September 2025 flooding? Were you impacted by the Telegraph Fire and flooding from 2021?
  • Have you witnessed acts of kindness, care, and strength in your community that you want to show and celebrate?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this Call is for You! 

SUBMISSION DETAILS

DEADLINE: March 20, 2026
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all/Local artists of all ages!
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Artwork dimensions and materials list
  • Estimated weight of each piece
  • Number of pieces
  • Contact information
HOW TO SUBMIT: Please complete the interest form here to learn more.
QUESTIONS?

Contact: Carol Newbauer - cnewbauer@arizona.edu - 520-621-0052

Social Media: Facebook

Schedule of Events 

Join us in creating a space for community voices, stories, and artistic expression around environmental health and resilience. We’re especially excited to collaborate with the AZ Poppy Festival!

  • April 3, 2026 - First Friday, Opening Reception - 4:00 - 8:00 pm
    • University of Arizona team members and STEAM in Action’s Youth Advisory Boards will host our exhibit opening. Advisory Board Members will introduce Photovoice, researchers will provide historical context and relevance to the environmental monitoring visualizations, and we’ll celebrate community resilience!
  • April 23, 2026 - Listening Session: Sharing stories & data - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
    • Let’s hear your stories and talk about the data! Together, we will review and discuss the environmental monitoring data from Rethinking Wildfires, Flash Floods, and Health, and recent publications (see publications here). This event will open space for community members to share their perspectives on environmental health, climate extremes, and the communities’ unique vulnerabilities and resiliencies.
  • April 25, 2026 - Youth voices leading research & solutions - Closing Event - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    • STEAM in Action’s Youth Advisory Boards and University of Arizona team members will host a formal exhibit closing. Each Youth Advisory Board will present on locally relevant topics important to them. Presentations will include sharing intergenerational perspectives, research, and data on causes and solutions to environmental and public health issues identified by the three youth boards. In addition, we’ll celebrate our senior advisory board members from Globe High School, who will graduate in May! 

Acknowledgements

Rooted in Resilience: Exploring Our Environmental Health through Art & Science is brought to you by the Integrated Environmental Science and Health Risk Laboratory at the University of Arizona, Regenerating Sonora, Inc, and Cobre Valley Center for the Arts. Thank you to all the community members, promotoras, students, teachers, and families involved in the project over the years. This work would not be possible without all your contributions and experiences. We acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the “Rethinking Wildfires, Floods, and Health” participants, “STEAM in Action” youth who participated in the summer 2024 trainings and the three STEAM in Action Youth Advisory Boards.

Financial Support

We are building upon and leveraging different programs. Financial Support comes from the following grants:

  • The Rethinking Wildfires, Floods, and Health project was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institute of Health under Award Numbers R21ES034591 and P42 ES004940 as well as the University of Arizona College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences’ Innovation Venture Investment.
  • STEAM in Action is funded by a National Institute of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences – Science Education Partnership Award. Award Number R25GM146227.
  • Disentangling the role of culture, life stage, and information design to facilitate equity in data report back, Award Number R01ES036236 is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
    • The research project titled: “Disentangling the role of culture, life stage, and information design to facilitate equity in data report back”, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. An Institutional Review Board responsible for human subjects research at The University of Arizona reviewed this research project and found it to be acceptable, according to applicable state and federal regulations and University policies designed to protect the rights and welfare of participants in research. Institutional Review Board Number: STUDY00004829. For more information, please feel free to contact: Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta by phone at 520-621-0091 or by email, mdramire@arizona.edu 

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