The behavior patterns that drive communities – cultural traditions, observations and rituals – can be key assets in addressing global issues like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Andy Ober, University Communications May 27, 2020 This story was originally published by UA NEWS Maribel Alvarez, …
BorderLore LIVE: The Ways of Resilience
All conversations will take place Zoom. To watch and participate, please register below for each event. You can also watch on Facebook LIVE here. Note DIFFERENT times for each event. All events are PST. PART 1: DAN LEVENSON Wednesday, June 3, 10 am Register for this Zoom event here. Dan Levenson is a performer and …
Nominate an Artist or Tradition Bearer for our 2020 Master-Apprentice Artist Award
Our annual Master-Apprentice Artist Award recognizes and supports artists working in traditional or heritage forms who are passing on their knowledge to an apprentice or apprentices. We are currently seeking nominations of master traditional artists and apprentices in Arizona for the 2020 award. Artists/tradition bearers receive t $2,500; …
Announcing the 2019 Master-Apprentice Artist Awards
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. Our montly online journal, BorderLore, is a repository of …
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 …