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2017 Master-Apprentice Awardee
Dan Levenson, Old Time Fiddler
TUCSON MEET YOURSELF 2017
NEA Funds Our Work!
We're pleased to announce we've received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to support our annual folklife festival, Tucson Meet Yourself, as well as ... [Continue Reading]
Researching Avenida La Doce
Tucson's South 12th Ave (La Doce) is celebrated locally as a natural "Cultural and Culinary Corridor," complete with Sonoran cuisine, colorful signage, family businesses, ... [Continue Reading]
Yaqui Culinary Resistance
SFA is working with Yaqui communities in Sonora and Arizona to honor one of the least understood aspects of Yaqui social history: culinary resistance. The project ... [Continue Reading]
Endowed Chair in Public Folklore at UA to Honor Jim Griffith’s Legacy
The University of Arizona has named one of its endowed professorships for a folklorist who roamed the Sonoran desert in search of beauty hidden in plain view for 40 years and shared that beauty with everyone. The Jim Griffith Public Folklore Chair will serve to honor the work and legacy of “Big Jim” Griffith with […]
Redrock Awakening: The Stupa of Sedona, Arizona
Most people visit Sedona, Arizona to marvel at the red rock walls and spires of sandstone surrounding the town. But on the west side of town, amidst the 14-acre “Peace Park,” another red structure rises from the landscape, this one built by human hands as a place of spiritual refuge and awakened compassion. The Amitabha […]
Inside Tucson’s Primera Iglesia Bautista
On a searing hot morning in June, the front door of the Primera Iglesia Bautista/First Mexican Baptist Church on South Stone Avenue in Tucson is wide open. Women and children are carting cardboard robots, board games, and unused packages of paper plates and napkins from the building to cars and minivans parked outside. It’s the […]