Is that a quilt? Amazing, isn’t it.
It was 31F this morning which means it’s the season to pile blankets and quilts on your bed. Keeping that in mind I went to …
Category: Art
Go for the beauty. Get politics, too.
The lounging lizards and playful tortoise are three images everyone familiar with Joe Pagac‘s murals around town know. On this mural on the Himmel Park …
Rambling through Arizona history
Like most historical museums the Arizona Historical Society‘s museum near the University campus is a treasury of this and that from people who lived here …
A Dragon and Kraken feeding the hungry
This year the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona has turned to four clever “monsters” to support their summertime food drive at Park Place Mall. …
Ocean debris turned into sculpture
At the Tucson Botanical Garden yesterday I found three of my passions combined: gardening in hot dry climates, art in gardens, and picking up trash …
Art: Huge metal animals and shotgun casings?
The annual Tucson Sculpture Festival at Brandi Fenton park could have been broken in two. One show at the permanent exhibition space, the Sculpture Park, …
Orchids, Frida and a dragon
The Tucson Orchid Society held their annual show way out at the Mesquite Valley Growers Nursery. It was quite a drive but I decided to …
Spending a long weekend in Tucson
Conde-Nast Traveler magazine recently recommended Barrio Viejo in Tucson as a neighborhood to visit. That’s nice. The homes are historic and colorful, but one neighborhood …
Amal the Giant Puppet and Tucson lowriders
Amal, the giant puppet representing Syrian refugees, came to Tucson’s Armory Park on Saturday. She was accompanied by a group of what appeared to be …
Haring exhibition in L.A. too hot to show
When hot weather begins to build up here, there is almost nothing that sounds better than going to cooler Los Angeles to view art exhibitions, …