Ancient Mayan and new Mexican sculptural warriors
In keeping with the idea from my last post that old and the new-imitating-the-old exist in Tucson… Last Saturday I visited the Tucson Museum of …
Category: Art in Tucson
Macrame and custom socks at St. Phillip’s weekend market
On weekends St. Phillip’s Plaza at River and Campbell holds a market that is sorta like a crafts fair. Lots of jewelry makers and –you …
Yellow VW Bug loves succulents
Well, if you have an old rusted out VW Bug lying around somewhere, you, too, can transform it into a gigantic yellow planter for succulents …
A WWI Vet sculpts Garden of Gethsemane in Tucson
As he lay gravely wounded in a trench in France during World War I, Felix Lucero, a native of Trinidad, CO had a vision of …
Let’s have a big hand for Elvis!
Or maybe two. I had driven by this mural, above, on Fort Lowell Road dozens of times, but it wasn’t until I stopped to take …
The Messenger sculpture in east Tucson
Taking a drive out to the Eastside of Tucson finally came up near the top of my To-Do list. So on one relentlessly sunny day …
Where to make a New Year’s wish in Tucson
In Spanish it’s El Tiradito. In English, it’s The Castaway. And for decades it has been a place Tucsonans bring a candle and make a …
Cactus Christmas mashup with La Catrina Lady of the Dead
The Tucson Botanical Garden seems to be throwing everything into the mix for this year’s holiday season. They have 3 Christmas trees plus Korean fabric …
Tucson history mural from 14,000 years ago until now
On the walls of a Tucson Electrical Power station is a four panel mural depicting the history of Tucson area going back to before humans …
Undersea Nemo Mural has Surprising Models
It’s official name, according to the artist Joe Pagac, is “Harboring Beauty”. Around Tucson, however, it’s known as the Finding Nemo mural. It takes up …