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Folklife: Everyday things people make, say, or do with shared meaning in small groups.

We build more equitable and vibrant communities by celebrating the everyday expressions of culture, heritage and diversity in the Greater Southwest.
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José Soto, Mexican folkloric dancer

Announcing the 2018 Master-Apprentice Artist Awardees!

TMY Rained & Shined!

Thanks for making the festival memorable!

End of Life Programs

SFA’s End of Life: Continuum (EOL) project shares cultural knowledge about traditions, expressions, and practices associated with end of life, grief, mourning and death ... [Continue Reading]

VozFrontera in Nogales

A city without culture is a dead city. You just live to eat and work. Where there’s no creativity, no spontaneity, it’s a challenge to get your dreams going. –Gustavo ... [Continue Reading]

Become a Member

Invest in the Beauty of Everyday Life. Become a Member of SFA Today!  Now more than ever, cultural learning is an important part of being a loving citizen and a ... [Continue Reading]

SFA News

New Ethnography of the Nogales Produce Industry

SFA is please to announce the publication of “Confianza en la Frontera: A Cultural Glimpse at the Nogales Produce Industry,” by Nicholas Hartmann. The study looks at the produce industry in Nogales, Arizona, where generations of families have passed on knowledge and practices about transporting, storing, and marketing Mexican-grown vegetables in the United States. An […]

The Latest from BorderLore

Desert Matriarch: Stella Tucker, 1947-2019

Stella Tucker

by Kimi Eisele AUTHOR’S NOTE:  In 2018, SFA awarded a Master-Apprentice Artist Award to Stella Tucker, a Tohono O’odham elder and teacher, in honor of her work upholding the tradition of the baidaj, or annual saguaro fruit harvest. The award provided support for Stella’s work passing along the tradition to her daughter, Tanisha Tucker. Stella’s […]

Confianza en la Frontera: A Cultural Glimpse at the Nogales Produce Industry

Palettes of produce

Text by Nicholas Hartmann, Photos by Alex Jimenez In 2015-16, SFA Folklorist-in-Residence Nicholas Hartmann carried out an ethnographic study of the Nogales Produce Industry. The research was supported by the Archie Green Fellowship of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. A monograph of his research is now available online. This is an […]

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