Art

Embracing Arizona: The Roosevelt Row Murals

After doing a bit of research, I found this collection of murals and public art in Downtown Phoenix.  Arrayed along Roosevelt Street near its intersection with Central Avenue in the heart of Downtown Phoenix, this really is a motherlode of murals. It is truly a walkable arts district. Within less than 20 minutes and a

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Embracing Arizona: The Hunt Tomb

He was the longest-serving governor in Arizona history. George WP Hunt served seven terms in that office between 1912 and and 1933. His final resting place is this white pyramid overlooking Downtown Phoenix and Valley from a hill in Papago Park. Influenced by Egyptomania among architects and designers probably led to the choice of the

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Embracing Arizona: The Barry Goldwater Memorial

Sometimes the simplest ideas turn into something more. Since I hadn’t been out for a few days, I thought it was time to play tourist.  Looking around, I found that the Town of Paradise Valley had a memorial to former Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. Little did I realize, after a bit of reading upon return

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Embracing Tucson: Visiting Epes, Gene and Hi

Coming up on an anniversary of sorts for Randolph Park.  The largest park in the city, the midtown green space was donated to the city in 1925. It features a golf course, zoo and baseball park along with some significant 3-D sculpture and just plain green grass–and a lake. The heirs of Epes Randolph gave

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Embracing Tucson: The Coit Museum of Pharmacy

While I had planned a visit to the museum for some time, I decided to be spontaneous and take in the Coit Museum of Pharmacy & Health Sciences on this incredibly hot June afternoon. After dealing with some challenging parking and a bit of a hunt to find the entrance, I found myself at the

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Embracing Tucson: Ignite Sign Museum

This was an unexpected treasure to find and then tour.  The Ignite Sign Museum is a collection of Tucson signage that spans many years and commemorates many landmarks in my hometown. My friend, Jody, a designer and presentation expert, found it on Atlas Obscura before she came to visit me here in Tucson (along with

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Embracing Tucson: Shopping Mall Art

Our Meet Me Wednesdays group decided we needed a change of venue.  While we didn’t want to turn into mall walkers, the pull to the murals and art at the Eastside Tucson indoor mall, led us to take on a new place to count our steps. While a seemingly odd place to feature public art,

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Embracing Tucson: Shopping Centers of the past

They were the anchors of neighborhoods and parts of town. If you said you lived near a specific one then your conversant probably knew about where you lived and how to get to your house. Each had its own collection of stores. Usually anchored by a grocery store and a drug store, they may have

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