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 …
Archives for April 2019
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 …
Thinking Like a Folklorist: Remapping LA
by Alison M. De La Cruz On April 17, 2019, ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America convened nearly 400 arts and cultural workers for ReMap LA, a Cultural Equity Summit at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. As the demographics of the US shift from a white majority to more and more communities of color, how can leadership and …
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 …