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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, …

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 …

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; …

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 …

We're happy to share this video from Honoring Traditions/Bridging Generations, an educational program offered by the Arizona State Museum celebrating traditional artists in the state. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the program brought together master and emerging artists to learn from each other and to stimulate …

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 …