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Category: Art in Tucson

Mechanical butterflies, model trains and–oh yes–lots of cacti
Art / Art in Tucson / Nature in Tucson

Mechanical butterflies, model trains and–oh yes–lots of cacti

by carollightwoodMay 21, 2025May 22, 2025

The Tucson Botanical Garden has been selected as one of the best “secret gardens” or small gardens in the United States more than once. In …

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How to make a (fun) blown glass saguaro
Art / Art in Tucson

How to make a (fun) blown glass saguaro

by carollightwoodApril 28, 2025May 2, 2025

Artist Dale Chuhily made Seattle a famous center for art using glass in all its variations and in the process he also attracted other glass …

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Three angels highlight the sculpture show
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

Three angels highlight the sculpture show

by carollightwoodApril 4, 2025April 16, 2025

I had been to see the exhibition at the Tucson Sculpture Park a few weeks ago. The theme this time seemed to be sculpture that …

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New mural, old art and javelina mascots
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

New mural, old art and javelina mascots

by carollightwoodJanuary 27, 2025April 16, 2025

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 …

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Clever and Made in Tucson
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

Clever and Made in Tucson

by carollightwoodDecember 3, 2024January 17, 2025

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. …

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And so, the holiday faire season begins
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

And so, the holiday faire season begins

by carollightwoodNovember 19, 2024April 16, 2025

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 …

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Go for the beauty. Get politics, too.
Art / Art in Tucson

Go for the beauty. Get politics, too.

by carollightwoodOctober 25, 2024April 16, 2025

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 …

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Ocean debris turned into sculpture
Art / Art in Tucson / gardens in Tucson

Ocean debris turned into sculpture

by carollightwoodApril 5, 2024April 16, 2025

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 …

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Art: Huge metal animals and shotgun casings?
Art / Art in Tucson

Art: Huge metal animals and shotgun casings?

by carollightwoodMarch 19, 2024April 16, 2025

The annual 2024Tucson Sculpture Festival at Brandi Fenton park was broken in two. One show at the permanent exhibition space, the Sculpture Park, and a …

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Books, music, books, circus, more books…
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

Books, music, books, circus, more books…

by carollightwoodMarch 12, 2024April 16, 2025

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. …

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