A COMMUNITY GALLERY DEDICATED TO MISSION & IMPACT
Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) is not only a global leader in tissue-based cancer diagnostic solutions but also a beacon of commitment to arts and culture, deeply woven into the fabric of their corporate values and community outreach. Since 2004, RTD has proudly supported the arts in Oro Valley, beginning with the establishment of a community gallery on their Oro Valley campus. This gallery has evolved into a dynamic space that reflects RTD's dedication to fostering creativity, innovation, and a vibrant workplace culture.
In collaboration with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, RTD has seamlessly integrated the arts into the daily lives of its employees through an array of mission-focused gallery exhibitions. These quarterly showcases feature a diverse range of artworks from local talent to world-renowned artists, providing employees and visitors with a constant source of inspiration. In addition to these professional exhibitions, RTD hosts a unique Campus Exhibition that highlights the creative talents of its employees and their family members, celebrating the artistic spirit within their community.
Through the SAACA Business and Arts Integration program, RTD has truly transformed its office environment into a living gallery, where art and work coexist harmoniously.
This commitment to the arts enhances employee engagement, fostering a culture of creativity and innovation that permeates every aspect of their operations. By prioritizing the arts as a foundational element of their community outreach and core values, Roche Tissue Diagnostics continues to inspire its employees to think creatively and approach challenges with a renewed sense of innovation and purpose.
In collaboration with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, RTD has seamlessly integrated the arts into the daily lives of its employees through an array of mission-focused gallery exhibitions. These quarterly showcases feature a diverse range of artworks from local talent to world-renowned artists, providing employees and visitors with a constant source of inspiration. In addition to these professional exhibitions, RTD hosts a unique Campus Exhibition that highlights the creative talents of its employees and their family members, celebrating the artistic spirit within their community.
Through the SAACA Business and Arts Integration program, RTD has truly transformed its office environment into a living gallery, where art and work coexist harmoniously.
This commitment to the arts enhances employee engagement, fostering a culture of creativity and innovation that permeates every aspect of their operations. By prioritizing the arts as a foundational element of their community outreach and core values, Roche Tissue Diagnostics continues to inspire its employees to think creatively and approach challenges with a renewed sense of innovation and purpose.
LOCATIONRoche Tissue Diagnostics
1910 E Innovation Park Drive Oro Valley, AZ, 85737 |
TOURSThe Ventana Gallery is open to the public by private tour only twice monthly. Please call (520) 797-3959 to make reservations or email [email protected]
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EXHIBITIONSExhibitons rotate three times throughout the year. Opportunities for community involvement, opening night receptions and more ways to engage in the program are posted below.
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Roche Tissue Diagnostics
1910 E Innovation Park Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, 85737 Roche Tissue Diagnostics, a world leader and innovator of tissue-based cancer diagnostic solutions for patients worldwide, is committed to its mission to improve the lives of all patients afflicted with cancer. In 2004, the company first made a commitment to the arts in Oro Valley with the establishment of a community gallery housed within their Oro Valley campus. Through a progressive partnership with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, arts have been part of the daily work experience through quarterly gallery exhibitions featuring local to world-renowned artists. |
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ART COMMISSIONS AT THE ORO VALLEY, AZ ROCHE CAMPUS
Three years ago, Roche Tissue Diagnostics began a construction project that resulted in two new buildings with 55,000 square feet of interior space. These new spaces ensure sustainability, invested in employees and community and most importantly, allow room to grow and continue to deliver what cancer patients need next. As part of the expansion, Roche partnered with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance to commission new works of public art. We invite you to experience the artists, murals and sculpture which defined the newly commissioned works.
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ECHOES OF INNOVATION WEARABLE ART EXHIBITION & RUNWAY SHOW
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Echoes of Innovation: A Wearable Art Exhibition & Runway Show
Opening Night Celebration September 25, 2025 | 5:00–7:00 PM Ventana Gallery at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, Oro Valley, AZ Tickets: $75 – All proceeds support the mission-driven work of the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance Step into a one-night-only immersive celebration where science and art collide, and fashion becomes a powerful storytelling medium for healing and innovation. Echoes of Innovation, a first-of-its-kind wearable art exhibition and runway show, invites you to experience the world of histology—the science of staining and interpreting microscopic tissue—through the lens of high fashion and artistic ingenuity. The evening honors Roche Tissue Diagnostics' 40-year legacy in cancer diagnostics by transforming histological stains into breathtaking, original works of wearable art. |
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Produced by the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA)—a statewide leader in integrating the arts into business, healthcare, and public life—this special event is more than a gallery opening. It's a statement on the vital role creativity plays in our economy, our health, and our collective future.
What to Expect:
Tickets are limited and expected to sell out. Proceeds directly support artist commissions, community festivals, and the expansion of arts-based health and business programs statewide.
What to Expect:
- Exclusive first look at the Echoes of Innovation gallery exhibition, showcasing over 70 juried wearable art pieces inspired by the patterns, textures, and colors found in histological stain imaging.
- Featured Runway Show directed by performance artist and ASU educator Rachel Bowditch, produced in collaboration with Vessel, spotlighting avant-garde, stain-inspired fashion pieces.
- Student Showcases from emerging designers at Stitch Lab, University of Arizona, and Pima Community College, pushing the boundaries of fashion and scientific storytelling.
- Culinary samplings and cocktails inspired by the vibrant colors and organic structures of tissue stains, creatively reimagined by local chefs and mixologists.
- Networking and dialogue among artists, scientists, educators, and business leaders, all brought together through a shared belief in the transformative power of art.
Tickets are limited and expected to sell out. Proceeds directly support artist commissions, community festivals, and the expansion of arts-based health and business programs statewide.
currenT EXHIBITION
FACE FORWARD
ROCHE EMPLOYEE PHOTOGRAPHY
Roche Tissue Diagnostics, in partnership with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, is holding its annual virtual and in-person photography exhibition, FACE FORWARD. Each year, Roche asks colleagues from across its U.S. sites in Arizona, California, New Jersey, Indiana and Massachusetts, to share the life moments they've been documenting throughout the year through photography.
FACE FORWARD celebrates the power of portraiture. Through the lens of photography, we’re shining a light on the human spirit—its beauty, strength, diversity, and depth. Whether it’s a fleeting candid shot, an intimate self-portrait, or a powerful image of someone in your life, we invite you to submit work that reflects the faces and stories that move you.
FACE FORWARD celebrates the power of portraiture. Through the lens of photography, we’re shining a light on the human spirit—its beauty, strength, diversity, and depth. Whether it’s a fleeting candid shot, an intimate self-portrait, or a powerful image of someone in your life, we invite you to submit work that reflects the faces and stories that move you.
PAST EXHIBITION
Arizona Roots
Looking Forward, Looking Back
The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA) and Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) are delighted to invite the public to the opening night reception of “Arizona Roots: Looking Forward, Looking Back.”
Marking Roche Tissue Diagnostics’ 40th anniversary, “Arizona Roots” not only celebrates the past but also reimagines the future through artistic lenses. The exhibition showcases the creative expressions of over 30 artists who draw inspiration from Arizona’s iconic five Cs — Copper, Cattle, Cotton, Citrus, Climate — while incorporating modern elements such as Cancer Research, Creativity, Community, and Cultural Diversity.
Guests will be treated to an evening of cultural enrichment with complimentary wine, light snacks, and live music. This event is a celebration of how art intersects with history and community life, providing a deep reflection on Arizona’s evolving identity.
The exhibition is held at the Ventana Gallery, an integral part of the RTD campus that blends the worlds of science and art, offering inspiration and comfort to employees, visitors, and the broader community.
Marking Roche Tissue Diagnostics’ 40th anniversary, “Arizona Roots” not only celebrates the past but also reimagines the future through artistic lenses. The exhibition showcases the creative expressions of over 30 artists who draw inspiration from Arizona’s iconic five Cs — Copper, Cattle, Cotton, Citrus, Climate — while incorporating modern elements such as Cancer Research, Creativity, Community, and Cultural Diversity.
Guests will be treated to an evening of cultural enrichment with complimentary wine, light snacks, and live music. This event is a celebration of how art intersects with history and community life, providing a deep reflection on Arizona’s evolving identity.
The exhibition is held at the Ventana Gallery, an integral part of the RTD campus that blends the worlds of science and art, offering inspiration and comfort to employees, visitors, and the broader community.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
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PAST EXHIBITION
INSIDE OUT, OUTSIDE IN
Inside Out, Outside In: Focus on the Human Body's Architecture
The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA) invites the community to an opening night reception for the new gallery exhibition, Inside Out, Outside In: Focus on the Human Body's Architecture, on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Ventana Gallery at the Roche Tissue Diagnostics’ Ventana Gallery on their Oro Valley campus. This thought-provoking exhibition celebrates the human body's intricate and diverse architecture through various artistic mediums.
Guests can explore an array of artwork focused on individual organs and body parts, from the heart and brain to muscles and blood vessels and bones. Featuring contributions from local and national artists, the exhibit spans a range of styles—realistic, abstract, metaphorical, and whimsical—and includes visual art, mixed media, video, and even performance.
The show will provide important educational information on the most prevalent cancers that can infiltrate the body, as well as local nonprofit resources for those currently going through treatment.
Roche is additionally hosting a donation campaign that supports four important local charities that are doing significant work to help cancer patients and their caregivers: Bag It, El Rio Health Foundation, Arizona Foundation for Cancer, and the American Cancer Society.
The opening reception will feature complimentary wine, light snacks, and live music, creating a welcoming environment for guests to view the extraordinary artwork and interact with some participating artists. As a special highlight, live movement pieces inspired by the theme may also be performed.
Hosted at the Roche Tissue Diagnostics Gallery, this exhibition provides a unique opportunity to experience art within a world-leading facility dedicated to cancer diagnostics. The gallery is housed in Roche’s Oro Valley campus, where art is integral to the environment, providing inspiration and respite for employees, patients, and the wider community.
This event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required due to space limitations. Attendees can look forward to an evening of inspiring art, community connection, and celebrating the human body's wonders.
Guests can explore an array of artwork focused on individual organs and body parts, from the heart and brain to muscles and blood vessels and bones. Featuring contributions from local and national artists, the exhibit spans a range of styles—realistic, abstract, metaphorical, and whimsical—and includes visual art, mixed media, video, and even performance.
The show will provide important educational information on the most prevalent cancers that can infiltrate the body, as well as local nonprofit resources for those currently going through treatment.
Roche is additionally hosting a donation campaign that supports four important local charities that are doing significant work to help cancer patients and their caregivers: Bag It, El Rio Health Foundation, Arizona Foundation for Cancer, and the American Cancer Society.
The opening reception will feature complimentary wine, light snacks, and live music, creating a welcoming environment for guests to view the extraordinary artwork and interact with some participating artists. As a special highlight, live movement pieces inspired by the theme may also be performed.
Hosted at the Roche Tissue Diagnostics Gallery, this exhibition provides a unique opportunity to experience art within a world-leading facility dedicated to cancer diagnostics. The gallery is housed in Roche’s Oro Valley campus, where art is integral to the environment, providing inspiration and respite for employees, patients, and the wider community.
This event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required due to space limitations. Attendees can look forward to an evening of inspiring art, community connection, and celebrating the human body's wonders.
Featured Artists
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Winning Artists
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1st - Tracey Bozeman & Doug Smith
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2nd - Nathanael Addison
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3rd- Shirley Wagner
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past EXHIBITION
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
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Roche Tissue Diagnostics, in partnership with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, is holding its annual virtual and in-person photography exhibition, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. Each year, Roche asks colleagues from across its U.S. sites in Arizona, California, New Jersey, Indiana and Massachusetts, to share the life moments they've been documenting throughout the year through photography.
This year's exhibition theme focuses on imagery captured in the nighttime. You'll experience images of colorful urban lights, spectacular night skies, beautiful family moments and more. |
Schedule a tour:
The Ventana Gallery is open to the public by pre-scheduled private tours. To make a tour request, please call (520) 797-3959 to make reservations or email [email protected] |
PAST EXHIBITIONS
ART IN ORO VALLEY ART EXHIBITION
CELEBRATING THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
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January 11, 2024 - May 3, 2024
Roche Tissue Diagnostics and the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance will host the return of the popular “Art in Oro Valley” gallery art exhibition focused on highlighting local artists living and/or working in Oro Valley who have created original works inspired by this beautiful Sonoran Desert region of Southern Arizona. The exhibition returns to kick off the town’s 50th anniversary celebration year! “Art in Oro Valley” has a rich history dating back to 2001 and has become a beloved tradition in the community. This year's exhibition promises to be an exceptional event, featuring diverse works of art from over 25 artists, including a range of mediums including, but not limited to, sculpture, jewelry, painting, drawing and photography. |
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UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE
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September 2023 - January 2024
Roche and the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance will host a one-of-a-kind art exhibition focused on understanding the value of regular disease screenings and their associated diagnostic tests. The exhibition highlights the journeys of 21 Roche colleagues across the United States who have experienced a disease diagnosis that impacted their lives. The show hopes to change the way we take notice of and manage our health. You’ll see a myriad of choices that led to very distinct outcomes. Walking into the gallery space, you’ll come face-to-face with each of these patients’ stories. But that’s not all — we’ve paired each of these patients with both a literary and a visual artist, who, over the last several months, have created pieces that tell each person’s story creatively and uniquely. |
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CULTURE LENS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
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Roche Diagnostics holds its third annual virtual photography exhibition titled, CULTURE LENS.
The theme of this year’s show is cultural roots, and we’re looking for images of the people, places, events, and traditions that have shaped you throughout your life. Icons like the Golden Gate Bridge and spaces like a hometown square, public park, or corner coffee house, and events like an agricultural fair, holiday parade, theater performance or sports game have helped to express cultural heritage for decades and often take us back to our roots. These places are woven into our human stories and experiences. Our memories also identify with objects such as our family’s old classic car, a hand-me-down hat or a recipe shared from generation to generation. Find a way to make your photo about a person, place or object that connects to your roots. Along with the photo submission, please share a bit about the image that may help viewers understand a bit more about your specific cultural connections. The show will be divided into categories:
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GRAND SCALE | A large-format art exhibition
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January 2023 - April 2023
GRAND SCALE | A large-format art exhibition, will feature over 45 works in diverse styles and approaches by artists whose main medium is public and private mural commissions. This exhibition was inspired by Roche's most recent campus transformation, which included several large mural installations. The exhibition is a visual treat on a grand scale, with works ranging in size from 3 feet to 8 feet, including paintings, mixed media works, collage, UV blacklight reactive, and applied metal art. FEATURED ARTISTS Bella Dolores
Renee Michele Gary Nusinow Lucretia Torva Victor Navarro Kyllan Maney Ignacio Garcia |
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MAGNIFIED: THE ART OF HISTOLOGY
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October 2022 - December 2022
For over twelve years, Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) has been investing in creativity through local art exhibitions at their dedicated gallery space in partnership with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance (SAACA). Their mission of improving lives of patients afflicted with cancer has inspired the latest art exhibition, Magnified, The Art of Histology. The show will feature over 80 individual diverse abstract art interpretations of tissue diagnostic histology stains by local artists. These works were imagined based on a provided gallery of stain imagery, with the only caveat that the finished pieces be inspired by the examination of a range of histology stains made accessible through a variety of magnifications. In addition to the professional artist submissions, Roche sponsored a series of community art classes facilitated by local artists to create collaborative art pieces in a range of medias, including textiles, found objects, and alcohol ink dyes. Over 60 community members and Roche team members participated in the creation of these works, which will be featured collectively in the exhibition. |
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FEATURED ARTISTS
Featured artists include Deboragh McDonnell, Lorraine DarConte, Emily Hallowell, Dennis Wunsch, Victor Navarro, Thomas K. Bloom, Karen M Samson, Cynthia Miller, Vicki Engonopoulos, Tambra Curcio, Diane Nelson, Patty Heibel, Bella Dolores-Smith, and Wendy Grahm.
Featured artists include Deboragh McDonnell, Lorraine DarConte, Emily Hallowell, Dennis Wunsch, Victor Navarro, Thomas K. Bloom, Karen M Samson, Cynthia Miller, Vicki Engonopoulos, Tambra Curcio, Diane Nelson, Patty Heibel, Bella Dolores-Smith, and Wendy Grahm.
ENCAUSTIC ART
May 2022-September 2022
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BEATA WEHR
www.beatawehr.com Beata Wehr is a visual artist and educator. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, and currently lives and works in Tucson, Arizona, traveling back to Europe every year. She graduated from Warsaw University in Poland with M.A. degree in art history and from the University of Arizona with M.F.A. in painting/combined media. She paints and creates artist's books, examining in her work ideas of home, place, time, transience, and multicultural experiences. Her works were shown in numerous international and national exhibitions and are included in over 60 public collections in the USA and abroad. |
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RAÉ MILLER
www.raemiller.com Raé Miller (she/her) is an American abstract artist who recently returned to Tucson, AZ, after some time in New Mexico, and eleven years as an expat in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Raé's paintings and monotypes have been shown internationally in galleries and public installations, including a solo exhibition at Centro Cultural El Nigromante de Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende. The paintings shown here are from the series "The Weight Of Light/El Peso de la Luz" and focus on her explorations of the many facets of light. Raé has worked with encaustic for over 22 years and has been an artist for many more. |
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KUME BRYANT
www.kumebryant.com I want my art to cheer the hearts with joyful colors and uplifting subjects. I love the messy process of making art and follow my creative path naturally in absolute freedom. Each piece I create holds my heart's joy. |
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LYNNE EAST-ITKIN
www.lmeastdesign.com Art has always been a part of Lynne's life. Her very creative parents made sure that she was exposed to different forms of art from early on. That gave her an open path to explore her creativity. Lynne has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from California College of Arts and Crafts and is the owner of Lynne M East Graphic Design Studio and Blue Raven Art School. In recent years she has been applying her design expertise to gourd art, baskets, and encaustics. |
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LINDA CHAPPEL
www.lindachappel.com Linda Chappel's formal studies in art began at the University of Madison, Wisconsin where she was fortunate to study in the sculpture department with Don Reitz, George Cramer, and Truman Lowe. In 1992 Linda decided to further her studies and came to the University of Arizona at Tucson for a Graduate degree in Art History and was awarded a Master's Degree in Art History, specializing in Mexican Art History. She is currently a full-time instructor at Tohono O'odham Community College and shows her work throughout the Southwest. The primary concern in her work is exploring the complex relationship between humans, animals, and the landscape. |
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LORRAINE DARCONTE
www.ldarconte.com Lorraine A. DarConte studied art and photography at C.W. Post College in New York with renowned photographer Arthur Leipzig. She moved to Tucson, Arizona, in 1998 where she owned/operated a wedding photography business for 10 years. In 2015, DarConte relocated to Santa Barbara, CA, where she focused her camera on the local environment and marine life. In 2022, she returned to Tucson....to be continued. |
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RACHEL NELSON
www.rachelnelsonartist.com Rachel Nelson [American, 1982] is best known for her sculpturally influenced encaustic abstractions. Layering is of the utmost importance as it contains the secret and mystery of what lies beneath the surface. Depth is juxtaposed with playfulness as she experiments with texture, color, and anything that she can find to push the edge of what she has created before. |
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MARIA ARVAYO
www.mariaarvayo.com Instagram: @Arvayo_maria Maria is a painter working in a variety of media including encaustic, oil, watercolor, and pastel. She works and teaches in Tucson, has a studio in the Art and Design Center, and exhibits locally. As a painter Maria is inspired by the landscape and the warm sunlight of the Sonoran Desert. Maria has been working with encaustic since 2006 and was drawn to its unique surface and texture. In her encaustic paintings, she works to achieve depth by layering thin coats of paint. She had a one-person exhibit at the Amerind Museum in Dragoon where she also completed a residency and has taught classes. Maria teaches classes in watercolor, color theory, plein air and encaustic. Maria is available for commissions, classes and workshops. |
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JUDITH WALSH
Since 1984 Judith Walsh’s work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout Arizona. She studied encaustic painting with Sabina Ott and has been working in that medium since 1993. She has been represented by galleries in Arizona, Santa Fe, and New Orleans and has been the featured artist in numerous galleries, artspaces, and museums, including the Herberger Theater Gallery, the Burton Barr Central Library Gallery, and the Shemer Art Museum in Phoenix. Her paintings have also hung in group shows at the Phoenix Art Museum, Sun City Art Museum, Tucson Art Museum, and others. |
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JOE BOURNE
My paintings reflect my fascination with color, shapes, and texture. I love working with Encaustic, (painting with bee’s wax) as well as with various acrylic gels to build three-dimensionality, and l like to incorporate ornamental elements, or copper and steel metal pieces in my artwork. Born in Cambridge, Mass, I relocated to the Netherlands in 1975 where I performed as a Jazz and Pop music vocalist. My work as a vocalist presented me with the opportunity to travel worldwide allowing me to be exposed to various cultures and visual art masters. In the mid-nineties, while on a cruise ship where I was the featured performer sailing between Manaus, (a city in northwestern Brazil) and Cape Town, South Africa. I took part in a watercolor workshop. From that moment on one will find me with a paintbrush in one hand and a microphone in the other. My subject matter for painting is much like myself and my music repertoire. Extremely varied. Many of my paintings have of course been inspired by my music, my various world travels, and nature. In the last few years of being in the Southwest, I derive new inspiration from the forms and rhythms of deserts, mountains, big skies and canyons, As a visual artist/singer / entertainer, I now reside in Oro Valley / Tucson, Arizona, since 2000 |
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ROCHE "CELEBRATING MOMENTS. CELEBRATING LIFE" VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
February 2022 - May 2022
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Roche Tissue Diagnostics' (RTD) and SAACA's second annual photography exhibition titled, "Roche Diagnostics U.S.: Celebrating Moments, Celebrating Life virtual art exhibition."
With Roche celebrating its 125th year, they asked their colleagues to put on their creative hats and share via photography from life moments they documented cell phones, polaroids or real SLR cameras! The phrase Celebrating Moments, Celebrating Life can connote a variety of ideas for each individual. Of course, happiness can mean many different things -sitting amongst nature, watching your child’s first step, holding hands, sharing a meal, riding a bike, hanging out with friends, reading a book, listening to music, taking a nap, the list goes on! Nearly 500 photos were submitted in 4 categories, including, quiet contentment, active moments, frozen in time, and up close and personal. |
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LUNG CANCER AWARENESS EXHIBITION
August 2021 - February 2021
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The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance and Roche Tissue Diagnostics are proud to announce Ribbons of White, an art exhibition to benefit the El Rio Health Center Foundation’s cancer treatment fund and elevate awareness of lung cancer in the U.S. The virtual show will run from November 2021 through early February 2022.
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FACES OF A COMMUNITY - FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITION
June 2021 - November 2021
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BRITTEN TRAUGHBER www.brittentraughber.art
Britten Leigh (Illinois, 1980) is a photographer, performer, andeducator. Britten is a graduate of Bennington College (BA) andIllinois State University (MFA- Photography). Her work has beenshown, published and collected throughout the United States andEurope. Her studio is located in downtown Tucson, where she iscurrently developing new projects. FEATURED COLLECTION Malama Pono (Take Good Care), Portraits of Women in Hawaii Malama Pono is a series of photographs based on interviewsand encounters with women during the five years that I lived onHawaii Island (2011-2016). The Puna District of the Big Island is the fastest growing districtin the state, with some of the highest rates of poverty, domesticabuse, and drug abuse in the nation. This work became my wayof processing and addressing the problems that are abundant inPuna. This is not the postcard paradise that “Hawaii” brings tomind. In this extraordinary yet difficult place, I say to the women Icame to know and love- and to myself -Malama Pono - “Take Good Care” (one of many interpretations) |
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PAM GOLDEN www.pamgoldenphotographs.com
I grew up making things of paper, clay, wood, and fiber. I became a physician in order to do something humanly useful and to be able to live in the West, in a visually striking and culturally diverse environment. In 2001, while working full-time as an Ob/Gyn, I took a darkroom photography class at Pima Community College. I closed my medical practice in December 2010, to become a better artist. I was greatly fortunate to participate in the photography MFA Program, at ASU, graduating in December 2017. I am currently teaching photography at Tohono O’odham Community College, in Sells, and at Pima Community College, in Tucson. My photographs of people and landscape mark our shared presence. |
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LUCRETIA TORVA www.torvasm.format.com
I am an artist/painter based in Phoenix, AZ. I paint oncanvas in oils and acrylics. Most of my income isgenerated by painting murals. I have taught college artand held numerous jobs. In 2000, I decided to becomea self-employed artist. I have a strong desire to assist people to experiencelife more fully. Through realism, careful attention todetail, rich colors, and unusual points of view, my artcan prompt a viewer to marvel at existence, to bemore keenly aware of their surroundings, and be moreintrigued with their environment and their life. I have been focusing on portraits since the Spring of2019. I feel the need to support and inspire people torise to the best version of themselves. We needeveryone present in their integrity more than ever! Having done a few portraits of musicians, it was timeto emphasize people who have been at the front lineof government and social change. The portraits are large to be dramatic and thought-provoking. I boost the color for the same reason andto emphasize the heightened energy of people thatlive with passion at the forefront of change. |
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LIZZY LUBITSKY www.theladyegg.com
Lizzy Lubitsky is from Philadelphia, where she studied sculpture at Tyler School of Art. She moved to Phoenix shortly after receiving her BFA in 2018. Today, Lubitsky works just off of Grand Avenue in Snood City, an artist collective known for its neon shop. |
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FACES OF A COMMUNITY - VIRTUAL GALLERY EXHIBITION AT THE VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS GALLERY IN ORO VALLEY, AZ |
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"Faces of a Community" Virtual Art ExhibitionTo affirm their commitment to creativity, RTD is hosting the "2021: Faces of a Community" art exhibition. The exhibition was inspired as a format to engage artists and their viewers with the social relevance of our time.
The past year has been an unprecedented year of challenge for all members of our community. Innovation, creativity, and commitment to community recovery have been at the heart of Roche Tissue Diagnostics' (RTD) response. |
 "Reflection of Sister" by Emily Cole, Artist Under 18
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Home|Zuhause Photography ExhibitionApril 2020 - April 2023
For many years Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) has held annual art exhibitions showcasing the work (fiber, ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, etc.) of talented employees, contractors and their families. These shows graced the walls of the Tucson campus every third quarter. This year, as many RTD employees are mandatorily working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, RTD decided to host the first ever Roche Molecular Solutions (RMS) - sitewide (worldwide) virtual photographic exhibition this Spring. The theme of the show is Home. RTD asked colleagues and their immediate family members, adult and youth, worldwide, to send in photographic images (limit 3 per person) of what Home meant to them. These images could be anything and everything that makes them think of, reflect on, takes you Home. The exhibit encompasses three broad categories, People/Animals, Places, Objects. Roche colleagues and the general public from around the globe can view and vote on their top pick from each gallery following the links below. The People’s Choice Award will be announced on May 29, 2020. |
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Featured Artist | Kate Breakey
January 9, 2020 - April 1, 2020 Now extended to July 7, 2020! Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD), Etherton Gallery and the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance are joining forces with local artist Kate Breakey to feature two collections of her original works titled Las Sombras/The Shadows and Golden Stardust. The exhibition, which is open to the public, will bring art full circle to the RTD campus. Breakey was one of the first featured artists to showcase original artworks at the Ventana Gallery over a decade ago, when founder Tom Grogan and his wife Cande established the community gallery space in Oro Valley. Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, hand-colored/tinted photographs including an acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals called Small Deaths published in 2001 by University of Texas Press. Other monographs include, Painted Light, University of Texas in 2010, a career retrospective that encompasses a quarter century of prolific image making. A collection of photograms, Sombras/The Shadows was published by University of Texas Press in October 2012. This series is a continuation of her lifetime investigation of the natural world, which in her own words is “brimming with fantastic mysterious beautiful things.” |
Past Exhibitions
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Superheroes, Capes of Strength and Beauty
Roche Tissue Diagnostics and the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance are joining forces with local artists to feature a community-driven art installation of locally designed and fabricated mammography capes. The exhibition, which is open to the public, will raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer screening and research. The exhibition titled, “Superheroes, Capes of Strength and Beauty,” and a silent auction, will raise funds for El Rio Health, a community-based health center that provides accessible, affordable, high-quality healthcare to more than 107,000 Tucsonans. This special exhibit opens in October, commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The mammography capes are used in El Rio Health by patients receiving mammograms, which is a low- dose x-ray that allows specialists to look for abnormal changes in breast tissue. The exhibit will feature 75 of these capes that have been altered, embellished, painted, quilted and otherwise re-imagined with no limit on materials or techniques used. The exhibit is designed to raise awareness about breast cancer prevention, celebrate survivors and remember those we have lost. Silent Auction Benefiting El Rio Health Center Foundation Mammography Fund
Funds raised go directly to support El Rio Health Center Foundation’s breast cancer mammography fund for uninsured and underinsured patients. Purchased capes will remain on display through the end of the exhibition. |
Campus Art ExhibitionSAACA and Roche partner to host the largest employer-sponsored art exhibition in Southern Arizona, featuring the work of those who work at Roche along with art from their immediate family members, youth and adults.
The exhibition features of 114 pieces of original artwork, encompassing multiple categories, including photography, drawing, painting, fiber, metal & glass, sculpture and much more. Among this year's highlights are a special two and three-dimensional category for "PathArt." PathArt can be any art or image related to anatomic pathology, hand-made or photographed through the microscope. For some, the annual RTD Campus Exhibition is an opportunity to connect through art with coworkers and the public. For others, the show is a temporary distraction from the rigors of their career at a company whose mission is to improve the lives of all patients afflicted with cancer. No matter the perspective, the exhibition serves as an annual highlight to many of the creative members of the RTD community. |
Artist Laurie Ruth
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Necrosis 4 by Raymond Paul
Tombstone Territory by Scott Taft
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Uncommon Beauty: Pathology and Other Microscopic Wonders and Realities in NatureThis exhibit showcases a unique collaboration between pathologist Marilyn Bui of The Moffitt Cancer Center and her patient, artist Raymond Paul, both from Tampa, FL. When Ray was first diagnosed with sarcoma in 2011, he expressed a desire to truly see what his disease looked like. Dr. Bui invited Paul to view his tumor through a double-headed microscope and provided him with digital images which would become his inspiration for a series of large-scale abstract paintings. Ray describes his work as “a visual manifestation of the battle raging within, and a powerful testament to the beauty of hope.” For Dr. Bui this collaboration precipitated her co-editing the book The Healing Art of Pathology, by College of American Pathologists (CAP) Press, a collection of artwork and essays derived or inspired by pathology. The book gives a beautiful voice to pathologists and their often quiet, but important connection to the patients they diagnose. Find on view a selection of Ray’s work alongside a selection of work by pathologist and mixed media artist Mary Lachman. The exhibit also features local community artists that further investigate the theme of finding beauty in unexpected places. Each artist on view truly celebrates these moments of unique discoveries, and the sense of wonder that comes from looking intently at the often overlooked. Uncommon Beauty will be on display April 12 - July 9, 2019 at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, 1910 E. Innovation Park Drive. A public opening reception for the exhibit will be held April 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. |
Uncommon Beauty features work by Raymond Paul, Mary Lachmann, Scott Taft, AO Tucker, Amanda Higgins, Michelle Rouch,Venessa Lea Nelson, Susan Scott Norton, Ashley Streator, Ione Lewis Shaar, and Niladri Sarker.
Healing, Inspiration and Art ExhibitionIn the first quarter of 2019, the Ventana Gallery will host - Healing, Inspiration, and Art: An exhibition highlighting how grief can inspire creative expression. The exhibit showcases work from over 35 different artists encompassing multiple mediums, including photography, drawing, painting, sculpture and more. This diverse assortment of work finds common inspiration in exploring the relationship between creative arts practice and the emotions of trauma, loss, and grief. The exhibit offers a meditation on what it means for artists to delve into the shadows of what hurts, disturbs and stultifies and offer something back that reveals, transforms and restores.
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8th Annual RTD Campus Art ExhibitionThis year is a record year, with 114 pieces of art. The work encompasses multiple categories, including photography, drawing, painting, fiber, metal & glass, sculpture and much more. Among this year’s highlights are a special two and three-dimensional category for “PathArt.” PathArt can be any art or image related to anatomic pathology, hand-made or photographed through the microscope.
The reception will be held on July 19, 2018 at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, 1910 E. Innovation Park Dr., from 5 to 7 p.m. First, second and third place winners will be awarded by an external jury. Reception attendees will also have the opportunity to vote for People's Choice Awards. |
We are human
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Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD hosts an exhibition focused on the topic of diversity and inclusion: We are human.
Viewers will encounter a collection of black-and-white portraits that strive to highlight RTD colleagues in an attempt to strip away biases and challenge viewers to look beyond the exterior, to see the human in each of us. In addition to being photographed, participants were asked to share five things people might not know about them. Each person’s statements will be displayed in random order, facing the portraits but not matched to the portrait of the person it belongs with. Two weeks before the show closes, the portraits will be paired with their matching list of five things. Viewers can guess which pair together, but the point is that it should not matter, as each individual should be treated the same, no matter their experiences or history. The exhibition was envisioned by RTD employee and artist Darlene Buhrow. She was inspired by diversity and inclusion banners around the Oro Valley campus that showcased handwritten statements on what diversity and inclusion meant to individuals working there. One corner of the banner had the words: “I am gay, I am straight, I am lesbian, I am transgender, I am bisexual” crossed out, while a final line – “I am human” – remained. |
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PaperworksThe exhibition features a diverse range of visual works by artists that have unlocked the possbilities of what paper and canvas can become in the proper hands.
Paperworks, The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists, began nearly twenty-five years ago, inspired by a love of book-making. Today, the Paperworks has blossomed into a community of over 100 Southern Arizonan artists, creating a wonderfully broad collection of original artwork.Details Forthcoming. |
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art@work Exhibition
The parallels between art and science are drawn through their employee gallery exhibition, calling upon the creative, and sometimes hidden, talents among the 1,300 employees who walk the facility in name of cancer research every day. Ventana employees, who have defined creativity through their contribution to cutting-edge medical advancements, showcase their artistic talents each summer during Ventana Employee Art Exhibition and Competition. This year’s works include collaborative quilts, intricate jewelry, innovative photography and exquisite paintings. |
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David Adix: 30 Years of Construction, Collage & Composition
This Tucson artist, best known for his found-object sculptural figures, explores the relationship of environment and place and the connection between energy, memory, and time. Pieces in the collection are created with the intention is to create a familiar place where recognition evolves. The most consistent element throughout Adix’s work is the salvation and reuse of materials The exhibition will feature 167 unique pieces spanning 30 years, from imposing, welded-steel sculptures to delicate collage created from recycled materials. The show includes work from public and private collections, as well as new work, available for sale. |
Arts for "Border" Children
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The mission of Arts for Border Children, founded in 2006, is to create and support an arts-based learning environment and culture. The ABC process improves teaching and learning in the arts and core subjects. It ABC encourages local support for schools and increases awareness about the local economy and resources. ABC uses the arts to create partnerships for educating, enriching and empowering students, schools, families and communities.
ABC thoughtfully acknowledges and understands realities of life in a border context, where people feel defined and confined physically and psychologically. The arts and the creative process allow students to transform their reality with their creations. ABC provides a culturally sensitive forum for students to source the power and pride inherent in the values of their traditions and cultures. Every step of ABC’s process encourages participants to work collaboratively and to think critically and creatively to communicate their solutions to the problems they face in the 21st Century. Children can encapsulate their imagination in a work of art; their movements, brushstrokes, shutter clicks and stories can create a realm independent of the adult world. These creative expressions can coax you into their world and alter your perceptions. The SAAA Project brought innovative, integrated arts programming to schools in rural Arizona, which had little or no such programming prior to their involvement. SAAA was funded by the U.S. Department of Education Professional Development for Arts Educators (PDAE) Programs project grant, administered by Fort Thomas Unified School District, and directed by Karen Husted of Arts for “Border” Children. The recently expanded exhibit showcases a sampling of the artwork produced during the three-year project. The students used theater, visual art, music, dance, creative writing, media arts and photography to creatively express their ideas. |
The exhibition also features original artworks in watercolor and acrylic created by students from Ash Creek K-8 Elementary School, inspired by the examination of human tissue stains - muscle, nerve, and bone marrow.
These original art pieces were created as part of a teaching unit on interrelationships between systems of the human body and are a great tie-in to the work done at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, whose mission is to improve the lives of all patients afflicted with cancer. The company enables labs with automated diagnostic instruments and accompanying biopsy-based tests. The unit encompassed activities in science, visual art, math, language arts, health, and music. Additional artworks showcased in the “Abstract Art Inspired by Study of Human Tissue” include: ▪ Student drawing and paper folding art inspired by studies in science. (Project received a 1st place award at the Cochise County Fair) ▪ Original paintings from artist Alex Jones, inspired by local nature and indigenous animals. ▪ Original artwork from artist Susan Corly, in the medium of textiles, beading and mixed media sculpture. The Arts for Border Children, My Heart Changes exhibition was originally photographed by local artist Josh Schachter. |
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Art in Oro Valley Community Artist Exhibition
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance has coordinated the exhibition, Art in Oro Valley, since its inception in 2000. Organized to promote the creation and enjoyment of art in the community, the gallery theme recognizes the achievements of the many talented local artists of all ages, from novice to professional, who reside, or work in Oro Valley. 2016 Theme: Movement & Motion Artwork on display October - December 2016 All of the featured artists highlight the exceptional local talent in the community of Oro Valley. 2016 art@work Exhibition Winners
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Exhibiting Artists: Joyce Andre, Sue Maki, Mary Bourret, Jan Mayer, David Chakmakian, Fran McNeely, Jo Ann Daly, Danilo Faria, Kay Mitman, Ted Fleming, Nancy Norton, Laurie Giangregorio, Lorrie Parsell, Susie Gillatt, Megan Peccarelli, Marva Harvey, Adriana Racolta, Diane Haug, Peggy Rubin, Jim Holbert, Karen Samson, Jim Holbert, Ernesto Trujillo, Helen Jennette, Karen Wright, Robert Jennette, Judy Wyner, and Patricia Lewis.
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Recycled Art Exhibition
Empty tin cans, discarded tractor parts, detached clothing embellishments, and even some old boxes - reused, recycled or reclaimed materials are reborn as art from 28 artists display over 70 pieces in a celebration of Earth Week. All artwork in the show contains at least 50% recycled or reused materials. The exhibition celebrates the selected artists' creativity as they reused a variety of materials in new, different, and creative forms with the resulting pieces embracing resource conservation. |
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