The spotlight is on Sama Alshaibi, an award-winning art professor and co-chair of the Photography, Video and Imaging program, who was recently named a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in Photography.
Portrait of Sama Alshaibi
No matter the successes she has accomplished in her life, one professor at University of Arizona will not forget the hardships women like her continue to deal with.
The award is given to those “who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts,” the Guggenheim foundation said.
“In our field, the Guggenheim is probably the most significant award and accomplishment. I’m very honored and a little apprehensive about doing a very ambitious project but excited, too,” Alshaibi said.
Alshaibi and 183 others will receive grants to be used for travel, use of materials, finding sources, and collaborators for the project.
