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La Doce

January 1, 2022 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

In collaboration with grassroots organizers from Regeneración, SFA is working to launch a Center for Cultural Organizing in “La Doce,” the corridor of South 12th Avenue from 44th Street to Drexel Road and adjacent neighborhoods in Tucson, Arizona. This largely Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, and economically disenfranchised area has faced a legacy …

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SFA Receives One-time Gift from Mackenzie Scott and Dan Jewett

June 15, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff 2 Comments

For Immediate ReleaseJune 16, 2021 Contact:Bryan Falcón, SFA Board of Directors at 520-240-5180 (c) e-mail: bryanf@southwestfolklife.orgLeia Maahs, SFA Director at 520-903-4175 (c) e-mail: leiam@southwestfolklife.org Tucson, AZ.- The Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc. (SFA) has been selected to receive a one-time gift of $1.5 million to …

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Maribel Alvarez

SFA To Strengthen Field With $1M National Endowment For The Arts Funding

June 3, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff 1 Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact:  Maribel Alvarez, Director, National Folklife Network & Associate Dean for Community Engagement, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona Southwest Folklife Alliance 520-621-4046 (office), nationalfolklife@gmail.com June 3, 2021 Southwest Folklife Alliance …

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Five Plain View Fellows Will Capture Folklife “hidden in plain view”

May 14, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

SFA is delighted to announce the cohort of Plain View Fellows in this pilot fellowship program. These documentarians and artist-researchers were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to carry out a project that elevates and illuminate a slice of folklife, culture, or heritage in the region that may otherwise be misunderstood, overlooked, …

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Tucson Meet Yourself

January 17, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff

Founded in 1974 by folklorist Jim Griffith and his wife, Loma Griffith, Tucson Meet Yourself is an annual celebration of the living traditional arts of Southern Arizona's and Northern Mexico's diverse ethnic and folk communities. The free, three-day event features hundreds of artisans, home cooks, dancers, musicians and special exhibits that …

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Master-Apprentice Artist Award Program

January 10, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff

We provide direct support for master traditional artists living in Arizona to pass on art, culture, and heritage practices to apprentice learners through the annual SFA Master-Apprentice Award. The award is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Arizona Commission on the Arts. The award supports a master artist or …

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