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José Soto, Mexican folkloric dancer
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Save the date: Oct. 11-13, 2019
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]
Cuban artist Nereida García-Ferraz visits border communities and artists
Our program to boost cultural activities and bring opportunities to youth and artist in border communities, VozFrontera, got a splash of cultura cubana this spring with a visit from Nereida García-Ferraz, a mixed-media artist who splits her time between Miami and Havana, Cuba. Born in Havana in 1954, Nereida migrated to the United States in […]
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 […]
ARTIFACT: The Sleeping Mexican
ARTIFACT: The Sleeping Mexican AKA: Pancho, Pedro, Ramón, the Lazy Mexican, the Sombreroed Dozer, the Dreamer, the Resting Worker, the Siesta Motif SIZE: Various FOLKLIFE: Occupational Folklife, knickknack, stereotypes, cultural icon, borderlands, Chicano culture, indigeneity, Mexico Story by Kimi Eisele Photographs by Kathleen Dreier As the rhetoric about “dangerous migrants from the southern border” gets […]
Mariachi Women: Conversations with Leonor Xóchitl Pérez and Monica Treviño
The Mariachi Women’s Festival comes to the Tucson Convention Center’s Leo Rich Theater on May 4. BorderLore spoke with its director, violinist Leonor Xóchitl Pérez, and with performer Monica Treviño, about their very different experiences as mariachis. El Grito: A Conversation with Leonor Xóchitl Pérez Leonor Xóchitl Pérez is the director and founder of the […]