Introduction to September 2015 BorderLore
by Maribel Alvarez, Ph.D. Honoring All that is Beautiful and Understated It has become a common practice in our society to associate the word “genius” … Read more
Imagining Democracy
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) is an action network of artists and activists, launched on both local and national levels in October … Read more
National Endowment for the Arts: Neighborhoods and Festivals Report
Festivals — those creative engines of democracy — are on our minds as we gear up for October’s Tucson Meet Yourself and our local arts … Read more
Storytelling & Banamichi Reflections, Part I
by Kate Simer On family traditions of storytelling My father immigrated to the States from Turkey when he was in his thirties. He told stories … Read more
Banamichi Recollections, Part II
(Editor Note: Check the SFA website and Jim Griffith Archives for additional Fieldschool reflections) Three vignettes: 1. El Cristo Negro by Linda Murray Berzok The … Read more