April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and in conjunction with that, youth at the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault (SACASA) are looking for submissions for a new exhibition series.

Hey Baby! Art Opposing Sexual Violence is an exhibition series that uses art to oppose sexual violence while creating discussion. The art will be displayed around town at various events and locations throughout the month of April. At each exhibition, people will be able to take home copies of artwork, meet local artists and participate in youth-led discussions around ending sexual violence.

All art submissions should be original and relate to the theme of opposing or ending sexual violence. This includes street harassment, sexual harassment, homophobia, sexual abuse and assault, rape and relationship violence—and/or supporting survivors of sexual violence. All submissions will be judged by a panel of youth artists and educators in this field. Submissions should also be reproducible art, meaning posters, zines, buttons, original music and video, posters, poetry, postcards, and stickers. SACASA will make copies on behalf of the artists.

When you submit your artwork, you will also be entered into a raffle for the chance to win a $25 gift card (there are several gift cards available, including Visa Gift Card, Michaels and coffee shops).

Send all submissions and questions to [email protected] (pdf, word, publisher, and most audio/video and image formats accepted), or deliver physical copies to the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, 1600 N. Country Club Road.

For a schedule of exhibition dates and venues and updates regarding Hey Baby!, check out the Hey Baby! Facebook page.

If you're interested in being involved with other events like this, visit the SACASA website.

Beowulf Alley's 2011-2012 offerings include a little Shakespeare, an adaptation of a Nobel Prize-winner and more.

Here's the list:

Rough Crossing
by Oscar and Tony Award-winning Tom Stoppard
from an original play by Ferenc Molnar
Directed by Dave Sewell
September 8—October 2, 2011

Aboard the Italian Castle bound for New York are a quirky assemblage of show business egos, led by the writing team of Turai and Gal. Turai’s impossible mission: to somehow maneuver his partner, Gal, their neurotic composer, and two fading stars into cobbling together the next Broadway smash hit: The Cruise of the Dodo. His only prayer for success may well depend on the cabin steward with the unpronounceable name. Stoppard’s adaptation is no less than a retro-romp on the high seas!

“...(Stoppard) weaves an increasingly amazing pattern of verbal misunderstandings, eccentric character development, showbiz spectacle, and seagoing hazards, all of which come to occupy equal importance in the plot.” —London Times

• Courtesy of Nathan Saxton, Borealis Arts
• "Clara" by Brandi Saxton

"Clara" by Brandi Saxton, is on display in Unbelievably Believable, running through March 16 at Borealis Arts, 6530 E. Tanque Verde Road, suite 160.

• ANGELO SAMORA-VARGAS
• Tucsonans came in droves to the emptied-out university campus for the annual festival. Vendors, readers, authors, journalists flood the UA campus in this photo taken on the first day.

The Third annual Tucson Festival of Books came to a close after thousands of Tucsonans came out to participate in book signings, workshops, panels, food, and games.

Tucson Weekly writer Jim Nintzel participated in a panel on Saturday morning, talking about the January 8 shootings, along with several other journalists; while freelancer Jay Rochlin moderated a panel on Dispatches from the Borderlands, a presentation with five authors who have covered the border in their books, including TW Arts Editor Margaret Regan(Fashion collection).

• STEPHANIE FOUSSE
• Human Project entertainers performed at one of many stages Sunday. Members of the same troupe performed at last November's Pima County Democrats election-night party where they were introduced by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

• STEPHANIE FOUSSE
• Characters from science fiction, children's fiction, cartoons, and just characters peppered the yearly festival to the delight of children and adults.

More after the jump

Local artist Larry Cocchiarella uses flagstone to create some very unique art. He sketches his designs onto flagstone, then cuts them out and paints them. He recently did a piece for Christina Taylor Green's memorial. That piece is now displayed in the family's entryway. He also donated a piece of his art to Lizzie Bell, a girl whose family was on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, here in Tucson.

Right now, Cocchiarella is working on a piece for the 10 year anniversary of Sept. 11. His goal is to have it shipped to New York to be auctioned off, the proceeds from it going toward the 9/11 Memorial Fund.

Cocchiarella is a member of the Tucson Arts & Crafts Association. He displays and sells his art at various shows around town.

To learn more about Cocchiarella's art or to get in touch with him, visit his facebook page.

• The 9/11 piece in progress.

UPDATE: Fiore Gallery will have a grand opening event from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 12. Goldsmith Deborah Koorey will present a collection of beautifully cut and set gems and precious stones. David Fiore-McMahon will unveil his first bronze sculpture.

Fiore Gallery, 3001 E. Sunrise Drive, No. 109, is now open will open on March 12. The gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday.

David Fiore-McMahon is a local artist who specializes in ceramic wall art of Sonoran Desert landscapes.

To see more of Fiore-McMahon's work, visit his website, or the new Fiore Gallery.

• Courtesy of Nathan Saxton, Borealis Arts
• "Wrapped" by Jason John

"Wrapped" by Jason John, is on display in the show, Unbelievably Believable, running through March 16 at Borealis Arts, 6530 E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 160.

The show "contains imaginative photorealism in pen, pencil, and paint," according to Nathan Saxton of Borealis Arts.

The season includes a production of Red, which won the 2010 Tony for Best Play, God of Carnage, which won the same award in 2009, the world premiere of a Sherlock Holmes adaptation, and Daddy Long Legs, a heartwarming musical about a young woman's "journey into womanhood".

The list of plays, complete with sales-pitch-like summaries for each from ATC, is below the cut.

• ALLISON MULLALLY
• Ilana Jonas, center, in 'Seven Eves', choreographed by Claire Hancock for Artifact Dance Project at the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre on May 9, 2009

In 2008, Canadian transplant Allison Mullally picked up a camera and found a new passion in photography and photojournalism.

Three years later, Mullally has accumulated one of the more impressive portfolios of visualjournalism work at the University of Arizona School of Journalism. In January, Mullally participated in The New York Times Student Journalism Institute in Miami as one of four photographers selected out of scores of candidates from around the country.

But before Miami, Mullally found her vision and her muse photographing dancers from the UA School of Dance.

These photos are among some of the images Mullally photographed in 2009, during a showcase rehearsal she was given access.

Interview by Melanie Tortorello