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Meet the 93 Year-old Founder of Tucson's Drawing Studio

AZ ILL The Etcher hero

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Andy Rush is a former associate professor of art at the University of Arizona, he is a printmaker, sculptor, and drawer. He considers the study and practice of drawing from observation to be the foundation of visual intelligence. As a teaching artist Andy explores how to broaden each person’s notion of what drawing can be. He founded The Drawing Studio in 1992 with a core group of Tucson artists. He is a resident of the Rancho Linda Vista art community in Oracle, Arizona.

Producer: Özlem Ayşe Özgür Videographer: Danny Sax, Özlem Ayşe Özgür, Nate Huffman Editor: Robert Lindberg

Özlem Özgür is the Arts & Culture Producer for Arizona Illustrated.