A Navajo bead worker, a percussionist, a violinist, a blacksmith, a mariachi vocalist, a Navajo tapestry artist, a Mexican folk harpist, a capoeirista, a ceramic artist, and an adobe brick maker are the 2019 recipients of the annual Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) Master-Apprentice Award. The recipients were nominated by community members and …
Documentation & Cultural Criticism
We are committed to amplifying stories about culture and heritage in our region. Some of those stories come out of our programs, like interviews we gather with recipients of our annual Master-Apprentice Artist Award, and special publications we've created in our End of Life programs. Other stories are published in our e-journal, …
Youth Stories in Nogales June 6
Join Southwest Folklife Alliance and VozFrontera for a special screening of youth videos on life in Ambos Nogales. Thursday, June 6, 2019 5:30-7:30 Pierson High School Auditorium 451 N. Arroyo Blvd., Nogales, AZ 85621 DocuNogales is a pilot project of VozFrontera, a program of SFA, making culture and heritage in the borderlands more …
El Paso Foodways
Since 2015, SFA has been assisting La Mujer Obrera, an El-Paso, TX-based organization dedicated to creating communities defined by women, in creating a master plan to strengthen food-oriented community development, including local food production, heritage food programs, and farmer’s markets in the Chamizal neighborhood of South Central El Paso. …
Yoeme/Yaqui Culinary Resistance
SFA is working with Yaqui communities in Sonora and Arizona to honor one of the least understood aspects of Yaqui social history: culinary resistance. The project combines research knowledge with a long and trusted relationship with Yaqui communities through the work of applied folklore. The project involves the experimental planting of ancestral …
La Doce Foodways Project
Tucson’s South 12th Ave (La Doce) is celebrated locally as a natural “Cultural and Culinary Corridor,” complete with Sonoran cuisine, colorful signage, family businesses, and expressions of heritage. SFA has been working since 2016 to help the community document and celebrate their foodways through innovative collaborations between community …