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Tag: Joe Pagac mural

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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40 places for pickleball and one downtown
Sports around Tucson

40 places for pickleball and one downtown

by carollightwoodSeptember 19, 2023January 21, 2025

According to Google, there are 40 places to play pickleball around Tucson. And, of these, only 7 are public courts with no fee charged to …

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Pirates and wild parrots on Tucson’s newest mural
Art in Tucson

Pirates and wild parrots on Tucson’s newest mural

by carollightwoodFebruary 10, 2022November 8, 2023

Keeping my promise, here is the newly finished Joe Pagac mural at Amphi Middle School. Of course there are pirates. A pirate is the school …

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The Tour de Murals Art Ride in Tour de Tucson
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

The Tour de Murals Art Ride in Tour de Tucson

by carollightwoodNovember 24, 2021November 8, 2023

I was going to write a post about the Tour de Murals Art Ride for the annual El Tour de Tucson cycling event, but there …

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Newest mural in Tucson (unfinished) plus 2 more
Art in Tucson / Tucson

Newest mural in Tucson (unfinished) plus 2 more

by carollightwoodNovember 15, 2021November 8, 2023

The weekly newsletter from District 3 City Councilwoman had a short article and a couple of pix of a new mural by Joe Pagac at …

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Tucson history mural from 14,000 years ago until now
Art in Tucson / Tucson

Tucson history mural from 14,000 years ago until now

by carollightwoodNovember 11, 2020July 22, 2021

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 …

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Undersea Nemo Mural has Surprising Models
Art in Tucson / Tucson

Undersea Nemo Mural has Surprising Models

by carollightwoodNovember 2, 2020July 27, 2021

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 …

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Another wild Tucson mural and one that may vanish
Art in Tucson / Nature in Tucson / Tucson

Another wild Tucson mural and one that may vanish

by carollightwoodOctober 29, 2020September 23, 2021

Biking across the open desert on this Joe Pagac mural are a rattlesnake, a road runner and a horned lizard hanging on for dear life. …

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