Public Programming

Health and Arts Community Collaboratory (HACC) is based at the University of Arizona, a designated Hispanic Serving Institute (HSI) and land-grant institution. The university plays an important role in helping to document, interpret, and promote the well-being of individuals and communities in Southern Arizona and the wider region. Our programming advances binational health and arts research by pursuing a holistic view of what it means to experience migration in the US-Mexico borderlands and be well. We do this by producing pop-up exhibitions and discussions that feature photographs and reflective narratives created and curated by students.

Photo by Fabian Mendoza

Using documentary photography as a storytelling tool, students explored how care, consciousness, and community shape personal and public health across borders.

Our work connects students and faculty from the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), Universidad de Sonora (Hermosillo, MX), Pima Joint Technical Education District Innovative Learning Center (Tucson, AZ), and the Instituto Interamericano de Educación Superior para la Salud (Guaymas, MX).

About

Echos of migration exhibit Hermosillo MX

A model of arts in health education, interdisciplinary and interinstitutional collaboration, and workforce development.

Exhibitions & Events

This international project brings together students from the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), Universidad de Sonora (Hermosillo, MX), Pima Joint Technical Education District (JTED) Innovative Learning Center, and the Instituto Interamericano de Educación Superior para la Salud through a series of collaborative PhotoVoice workshops and exhibitions.

Care, Consciousness, and Communities Exhibition

USA

Echoes Of Migration: A Binational PhotoVoice Journey

Mexico

The First Conversation: Bridges JTED Campus Exhibition

USA

Museum Day

USA

US-Mexico Exchange

USA

We have engaged 90+ students across three institutions, resulting in more than 112 original photographs and captions.

UNISON

Universidad de Sonora

IIESS

Instituto Interamericano de Educación Superior para la Salud

CCP

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

Pima JTED

Pima Joint Technical Education District

PhotoVoice Creators

Students from the College of Nursing at University of Arizona (U of A), Universidad de Sonora (UNISON), and Instituto Interamericano de Educación Superior para la Salud (IIESS).