The last images of quilts chosen for the 100 Arizona Quilts centennial exhibition have been turned over so that final design and production of a souvenir book from the show can take place.
The book will be available at the Arizona Historical Society’s Tucson branch throughout the show’s run – from February 18, 2012 through the end of the year.
Copies will also be available online. Details on pricing and sales location will follow.
Some of the quilts had to be re-shot and color corrected to make the book as true to the originals as possible.
The entire Tucson branch will be put in service to display this remarkable collection throughout Arizona’s centennial year of 2012.
Glendale quilter Diane McElmury celebrates the women of Arizona in her contribution to the centennial quilt exhibit.
Quilters were asked to create new (less than ten years old) works depicting some aspect of Arizona. Their interpretations of those loose guidelines resulted in unique and often breathtaking slices of life, land and history in the state of Arizona.
Shooting the project in both still images and video, and meeting the folks who created these works, has been extraordinary and inspiring.
As Arizona revs up for its centennial celebration in February of 2012, a teaser is on view at the Arizona Historical Society museum in Tempe. The work of many hands, this large, extraordinary piece of textile art joins other smaller quilts from what will be added to the year-long exhibit of 100 Quilts from 100 Arizona Quilters starting February 18 at the Arizona Historical Society’s Tucson branch. Click image to enlarge.
Tucson Brownie troop 9919 turns over the quilt its members made to the Arizona Historical Society. The quilt will be part f an exhibition of 100 Arizona Quilts on display at AHS’s Tucson branch (949 E. 2nd Street) starting February 18, 2012 and running through the remainder of the year as part of the Arizona State Centennial Celebration.
Check back for periodic updates on the Arizona quilting project through the ongoing blog here:
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A touring stand-up comedy show featuring middle-eastern comics packed the house at Tucson’s El casino Ballroom Thursday, October 6.
The free show – “The Muslims are Coming” – was filmed by its own production crew for an upcoming documentary. El Casino Ballroom was one of many venues for diverse audiences in which the show is touring across the country, earning big laughs wherever it travels.
Documentary maker Daniel Buckley was also shooting at the event in hopes of including a snippet or two in his documentary on El Casino Ballroom and it’s place as Tucson’s foremost multi-cultural community center. Assuming permission is granted, a small portion will be included in the El Casino documentary.
Calpulli-Tonalehqueh at VivaFest! 2011/Photo by DANIEL BUCKLEY
Aztec dance group Calpulli Tonalehqueh performs at the Mexican Heritage and Mariachi Festival VivaFest! Feria, Sunday, Sept 25 outside the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
All photos by DANIEL BUCKLEY. Click images to enlarge:
Los Lobos at the HP Pavilion; l-r Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano/Photo by Daniel Buckley
Friday night was the concert of Los Lobos with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra – a diversion from the mariachi fare, but interesting cousins thereof. Sadly the show was not packed but there was no shortage of enthusiasm on the part of those on hand.
Spanish Harlem Orchestra at the HP Pavilion/Photo by Daniel Buckley
Los Lobos opened the show with a short setting of whipping and soulful Mexican folk music played on an array of traditional instruments, joined here and there by Cougar Estrada on cajon and percussion. The group’s performance of “Cascabel” was amazing with Louie Perez, Conrad Lozano and Cesar Rosas laying down a conveyor belt of polyrhythms for David Hidalgo to skip …MORE
In April, 2009, just before Gannett newspapers pulled the plug on my former newspaper – the Tucson Citizen – I reviewed the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. Shortly after the story posted online I noticed an anonymous comment. It read, “Where was the INS to round up all these people.”
That particular mariachi espectacular had a strange vibe about it. A dark emotional cloud hung over the day like a widow’s veil. That was the day that Arizona governor Jan Brewer passed the state’s bizarre immigration enforcement bill, SB 1070. And the emotional ripples in the Latino community registered throughout the night as an audience in shock. Terrific performances from the stage that would have sent the crowd ballistic any … MORE
