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José Soto, Mexican folkloric dancer
Hidden in Plain View
a conversation about folklife
with Dr. Maribel Alvarez
A kickoff event for DocuNogales Youth Program
April 4, 2019 5-7pm
Santa Cruz Center, 2021 North Grand Ave.
Nogales, 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]
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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]
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 […]
Sweat Equity: How a Phoenix Neighborhood Built a Community Center
by Kimi Eisele Late one morning in the Maryvale neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona, a group of women sits around a classroom table listening to interviews they’ve recorded on their phones and typing up selected quotes on borrowed school laptops. They’re preparing the text for an upcoming exhibit of photographs and personal stories that will celebrate […]
The Arizona African Diaspora: A Conversation with Rod Ambrose and Barbea Williams
by Kimi Eisele Rod Ambrose and Barbea Williams both came to Arizona from Chicago, Illinois and created lives as artists in the Southwest. Rod is an actor, director, and storyteller in the griot tradition and Barbea a dancer, choreographer and director working to pass on traditional African and African-inspired dance forms from Africa, Haiti, Cuba, […]