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José Soto, Mexican folkloric dancer
Living Fully, Preparing for Death
a symposium
Thursday, May 2, 2019
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Anshei Israel | 5550 E. 5th St., Tucson, AZ
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]
Seeking nominations for traditional artists
We’re launching our fifth year of the Master-Apprentice Award program in support of master traditional artists and apprentices in Arizona. This year we’re making 10 awards to pairs of Arizona based artists/tradition bearers: at $2,500 for the Master along with $500 to an emerging artist/tradition bearer engaged in learning and transmission of traditional knowledge. Nominate […]
The First Light of Day: A Conversation with Annetta Koruh
Annetta Koruh is a Hopi basket weaver from the village of Bacavi on the Third Mesa. She represents the fourth generation of basket weavers in her family. In Hopi tradition, basketry is a spiritual and healing practice. Annetta is a recipient of a 2018 SFA Master-Apprentice Artist Award, which has supported her in teaching Mckenna […]
Novelist Matt Mendez Barely Misses a Thing about Chicano Youth Culture
by Kimi Eisele For a time, the novelist Matt Mendez had an office at Denny’s. Late at night, after his shift as an aircraft technician at the Air National Guard, he’d go to one on Tucson’s south side and write until two in the morning. Over cheese sticks and “gallons of terrible coffee,” he drew […]