This week the ASA schedule starts with a presentation on Monday, July 27 with Martin Randall on artist, John Singer Sargent. Wednesday, July 29 is the continuation of The Great Courses followed by Friday, July 31 music guests The Van Dykes. Sure to be a crowd pleaser!
Engage. Create. Serve. The non-profit Arizona Senior Academy (ASA) is the intellectual and cultural hub of the Academy Village community in eastern Tucson. Founded by a former University of Arizona president, the ASA leverages its unique UA affiliation to provide a premier weekly schedule of professional concerts, scholarly lectures, and creative activities. We offer adults in or near retirement a vibrant environment where curiosity and engagement never retire.
ASA live lectures and concerts are open to ASA members and the public. The Arizona Senior Academy building and parking are wheelchair accessible. For the hearing impaired, the Koffler Great Room is equipped with both a traditional audio loop and Auracast™ broadcast audio technology. If you wish to donate and continue to help the ASA fund more programs and concerts, click here! Thank you for your continued support!
TANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Weekly Highlights
LECTURES
If you cannot attend the lectures in person, you may attend via Zoom. Click this link for access!
Monday, July 27
3:00 – 4:00 pm ASA Koffler Great Room
John Singer Sargent: Images from the Gilded Age
Martin Randall: Independent Arts Scholar and Speaker, Tucson Art Talks
Martin Randall shares how John Singer Sargent, shaped by a cosmopolitan yet outsider upbringing, became a leading Gilded Age portraitist known for captivating, sometimes controversial works. Later, he abandoned portraiture to travel widely, painting scenes across Europe, North Africa, and the United States, reflecting his lifelong passion for exploration. Read More…
Wednesday, July 29 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Great Courses Summer Program
ASA Koffler Great Room
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: How Memory Works and Why Your Brain Remembers Wrong
**Snack Break**
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm: Creativity and the Brain
This is a resident member-only event
LIVE CONCERTS
Friday, July 31, 11:30 p.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – “The Van Dykes” bring familiar Arizona Blues Hall of Famers in a new combination for the ASA – Guitarist Danny Krieger, bassist Larry Lee Lerma, and drummer Ralph Gilmore play and sing oldies, rock, blues, country, British Invasion, Americana and more!
Past lectures are available as Video Lectures: Click here.
Past concerts are available as Video Concerts. Click here
Art Exhibits
The Summer ASA Art Gallery exhibit opened Tuesday, June 2 and will run until the end of August. Click here to view the remarkable work done by all our resident members. Don’t forget that most work is available for purchase.
Creative Showcases
PLAY READINGS: The Saguaros are buzzing because Mary Mitchell and her band of merry ASA Play Readers have done it again. Grab your popcorn and prepare to laugh once more with the desert’s biggest hit, the live reading of When Harry Met Sally. Click here for video.
About Us
The ASA mission supports extended learning, creative engagement, mentoring and public service over the entire span of retirement. It is located within Academy Village, a 55-plus community in Southeast Tucson, Arizona: 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson, AZ; 85747.
All residents of Academy Village become full dues-paying Senior Academy members at age 60, providing support for the ASA. In addition to the concerts and lectures each week, the resident members have a number of amenities available to them.
The ASA support organization, Academy Services Corporation, runs the Academy Villas, an assisted living residence.
Live lectures and musical programs are available to ASA members and the public; and videos of lectures and recorded concerts on videos are available on this website.
From time to time, our members and friends also make direct donations to sponsor the appearance of an artist or expert of special interest.
This mosaic depicts a sampler of past events, including a concert by the Vail Chorale founded and led by an Academy member, plus an early preview of the the final season of Downton Abbey which was co-hosted by ASA and our local PBS station KUAT.
