New mural, old art and javelina mascots
Wow! Go downtown soon to see the new rodeo mural by Ignacio Garcia. It is at 6th and Toole St. where I came upon it …
Category: Art in Tucson
Clever and Made in Tucson
Yes, I know I said that I would only go to one holiday faire this year, but then Sunday came and I changed my mind. …
And so, the holiday faire season begins
Last weekend there were 14 craft and art faires in Tucson and, deciding I would only do one this year, I went to the Community …
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 …
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, …
Books, music, books, circus, more books…
Over the weekend, the Tucson Festival of Books brought big name authors as well as hundreds of lesser-known ones to the U. of A. campus. …
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 …
Flashback to the past at St. Xavier Mission near Tucson
Glancing off to the west from the 19 Freeway, I glimpsed what the St. Xavier del Bac mission must have looked like in the 1700s: …