Museum Sunday with steel drums and Oaxacan folk art figures
After hearing the Tucson High Magnet School steel drum band outside the Tucson Museum of Art I began to wish that there had been a …
Category: Art in Tucson
Tintypes, glass cactus and garden towers at the Agustin Mercado Street Fair
It’s rainy today–Christmas Eve–in Tucson, but last weekend at the open air fair at the Agustin Mercado the weather was lovely. Sunny and crisp enough …
Korean lanterns without lights at the Tucson Botanical Garden
In some areas of the country holiday light shows have become a competitive sport with neighborhood challenging neighborhood, street outdoing street. And the local power …
Learning how to make ornaments at the Sonoran Glass School
The Sonoran Glass School is bringing stained glass to the masses. Whether you want to make shimmering glass balls or translucent glass Christmas trees, this …
Artful robots, colorful pots, custom mailboxes and other stuff at the Museum of Art’s art fair
I had pretty much given up going to open air art fairs in Southern California. There, it was the same-old-same-old, so I had some reservations …
The Tucson Presidio reborn from a parking lot
Following the advice of a local newspaper I went to the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson in search of Dia del los Muertos altars. There …
Which was odder? The stuff for sale? Or the people selling it at the Oddities Market?
The Oddities Market made its debut in Tucson in a jam-packed venue. The location was far too small for the crowds of people who were …
Mid-Century Modernism in Tucson? Who knew!
By the time I discovered that Modernism Week was going on in Tucson, it was almost over. I managed, however, to see the Trailer Show …
Street art gone gigantic: the monster murals of Tucson
As a newcomer to Tucson, I cannot tell you how long ago these huge murals were created, but the ones I’ll show you here, all …