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Matt Cotten: The Human Condition

Matt Cotten is a painter, puppeteer, and performer based in Tucson who explores memory, time, and entropy in his artwork.

Jimmy: The Severe Re-Constructivist

Jimmy Descant is known among artists as a severe re-constructivist who works in a style he calls ‘Western Futurism.”

Heart to Heart

Lisa Agababian is a self-taught ceramic artist, whose journey began at age seven.

Cecilia Vicuña: Sonoran Quipu

Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña has had solo shows at some of the most prestigious museums in the world. Now she brings her unique artistic practice to MOCA Tucson.

Rick & Claudia

Inside the home and personal offices of Tucson architect Rick Joy and lighting designer Claudia Kappl-Joy.

St. Philips Art Market

Take a stroll through Tucson's most iconic weekly open air market focused on uniquely local artists, makers, creators, and food businesses.

Jane Hamilton

Three decades ago she had $400 in the bank and was raising four children as a single mother, but that didn’t stop Jane Hamilton from starting her own business.

Nazafarin Lotfi: Carving a Space to Belong

Nazafarin Lotfi is the founder of Hamrah Arts Club where she creates space for refugee-status youth through art in Tucson.

Ivy, Gilded in Black

Ivy Wahome's new exhibition shows the Victorian era from a different perspective.

La Doce

A neighborhood on Tucson's Southside that spans three miles along South 12th Avenue from 4th street to Drexel Road.

Cocina La Ley

This staple in Nogales, Arizona has been serving fresh tacos and soups for nearly 30 years.

Charles Mingus at 100

This year Arizona celebrated virtuoso jazz musician Charles Mingus’ 100th birthday with evenings of music and the dedication of The Mingus Memorial in Nogales, AZ.

Poetry in Our Parks

Teacher and poet, Jodie Hollander, leads a series of poetry workshops across Arizona in April for National Poetry Month.

Fine Revolution

A multimedia production of "Hamlet" that interrogates our relationship to technology and one another.

Prison Arts

From prison inmate to successful artist, Tucson resident Maryanne Chisholm has made an inspirational transformation.

Birth Witness

Ofelia Zepeda, former Tucson poet laureate and Tohono O’odham tribal member reads an excerpt from her poem.

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