TOHONO CHUL PARK INC

ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM: TOHONO CHUL'S ART AND CULTURAL OFFERINGS CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST WITH AN EYE TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THESE CULTURES WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. TOHONO CHUL OFFERS YEAR-ROUND CHANGING CULTURAL AND ART EXHIBITS, REGIONAL MUSIC, YEAR-ROUND LECTURE SERIES, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAVEL ED-VENTURES, AS WELL AS THREE MUSEUM SHOPS WHICH ENABLE THE VISITOR TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OR TAKE HOME WITH THEM THINGS THEY HAVE SEEN WHILE VISITING. AMONG THE CHANGING CULTURAL/ART EXHIBITS IN OUR MAIN GALLERY THIS PAST YEAR WERE: ENCOMPASSING ARIZONA (A ROTATING, REVOLVING, AND EVOLVING INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION THAT PRESENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF ARTWORKS AND A BROAD RANGE DISCIPLINES AND PROCESSES FROM A DIVERSE ROSTER OF ARIZONA ARTISTS. FEATURING ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.)DA DE LOS MUERTOS (CELEBRATES THE CREATIVE WAYS ARTISTS HONOR AND ENLIVEN THIS DEEPLY MEANINGFUL HOLIDAY THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF PERSONAL AND UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE. CURATED BY THE EXHIBITS DEPT. AND MARICOPA ARTIST/ANTHROPOLOGIST, MANUEL FONTES, DA DE LOS MUERTOS FEATURES 61 WORKS FROM 43 ARIZONA ARTISTS.)THE ELEMENTS | EARTH (EARTH IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION IN SERIES, THE ELEMENTS. THE SERIES INVESTIGATED HOW ARTISTS UTILIZE THE ELEMENTS OF FIRE, AIR, WATER, AND EARTH AS MEDIUM, PROCESS, AND SUBJECT. AND HOW, AS THE SUBJECT, THESE ELEMENTS REFLECT SOME OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ARIZONA CURRENTLY FACES.)THE ROY J. KURTZ COLLECTION OF AMERICAN INDIAN ART | AN INTRODUCTION (SPOTLIGHTED, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE WIDE RANGE OF BASKETRY FOUND THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, PRIMARILY THOSE CREATED BY TOHONO O'ODHAM, AKIMEL O'ODHAM, AND APACHE ARTISTS THAT ROY J. KURTZ HAS COLLECTED SINCE HE ARRIVED IN TUCSON IN 1972.)THE ELEMENTS | AIR (AIR WAS THE SECOND EXHIBITION IN SERIES, THE ELEMENTS. THE SERIES INVESTIGATED HOW ARTISTS UTILIZE THE ELEMENTS OF FIRE, AIR, WATER, AND EARTH AS MEDIUM, PROCESS, AND SUBJECT. AND HOW, AS THE SUBJECT, THESE ELEMENTS REFLECT SOME OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ARIZONA CURRENTLY FACES.)THE SMALLER ENTRY AND WELCOME GALLERIES HOSTED A VARIETY OF EXHIBITIONS: DIANE GANSKI AND MELODY PRENTICE | DREAMS OF THE DEAD (SPOTLIGHTS THE FUN-LOVING, PLAYFUL, AND FUNKY WORK OF TUCSON ARTISTS DIANE GANSKI AND MELODY PRENTICE IN A SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF JEWELRY, SCULPTURE AND PAINTINGS. HAVING BEEN A BIG PART OF THE CHILES, CHOCOLATE, AND DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE WERE OVERJOYED TO WELCOME THEIR DAY OF THE DEAD INSPIRED CREATIONS TO THE EXHIBIT HOUSE.)VISIONARY REVISIONS (FOCUSES ON SEVERAL ARTISTS THAT TRUST THE "SPARK OF INTUITION," VISIONARY REVISIONS CHAMPIONS UNUSUAL APPROACHES THAT BORROW FROM VISIONARY, OUTSIDER, AND FOLK-ART TRADITIONS AND ARTWORK THAT ELEVATES RECLAIMED, REPURPOSED, AND RECYCLED MATERIALS TO THE LEVEL OF THE PRECIOUS. FEATURING THE WORK OF: ROYCE DAVENPORT, PATRICK HYNES, ED LARSON, MARY BOHAN, AND RALPH PRATA.)HOLLY SWANGSTU | FORGOTTEN SOIL (TUCSON ARTIST, HOLLY SWANGSTU, EMPLOYS THIN STRIPS OF COLORFUL HAND-DYED COTTON FABRIC IN MOODY VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL COMPOSITIONS THAT EVOKE THE DESERT'S LIGHT, SKY, AND LANDSCAPE.)RALPH PRATA WHATEVER IT TAKES (LOOKED INTO THE INVENTIVE MIND OF TUCSON ARTIST RALPH PRATA AND REVEALED THE NEW SCULPTURAL DISCOVERIES HE MADE DURING A CLOSED DOWN AND QUIET 2020-21. GOING FOR LONG WALKS IN THE DESERT, PRATA DECIDED TO TAKE WHATEVER HE FOUND AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP HIS CREATIVITY MOVING FORWARD.)TOM BAUMGARTNER CODEX SONORA (GATHERS BAUMGARTNER'S EXACTING, ECCENTRIC, AND MYSTERIOUS PORTRAITS OF THE SONORAN DESERT IN ONE ROOM, JUST LONG ENOUGH, TO CELEBRATE HIS RECENTLY BOUND TOME OF CODIFIED PRINTED MATTER - THE ENCHANTING CODEX SONORA.)RICK DEMONT ELEMENTAL MONUMENTS (RICK DEMONT'S MONUMENTAL PLEIN AIR WATERCOLORS LET PAINT BE PAINT DURING THEIR PRODUCTION AND SOLIDLY RECORD THE INTIMATE GRANDEUR OF THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA LANDSCAPE UPON DRYING.)10 X 10 | A FUNDRAISER (AFTER A TWO-YEAR HIATUS, 10 X 10 RETURNS, OFFERING AN OVERVIEW OF THE WONDERFUL ARTISTS THAT WERE FEATURED IN THE GALLERIES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.)QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (TO HONOR OUR ANNUAL BLOOM NIGHT, QUEEN OF THE NIGHT TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT THE FASCINATING, FRAGRANT, AND STUNNING SONORAN DESERT MARVEL - THE PENIOCEREUS GREGGII.)PERMANENT COLLECTION | NEW PERSPECTIVES VI (REVISITED IN PERSON, THE 2020 VIRTUAL INSTALLMENT OF THIS ANNUAL PERMANENT COLLECTION SHOWCASE; CURATED BY VALUED DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS: GIGI KAMMEYER, SUNNY STONE, PHYLLIS CAVENDER, LEN POLIANDRO, AND SARA WETEGROVE.) THE EXHIBITS, RETAIL, AND MARKETING DEPTS. CREATED VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS AND AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE TO FACILITATE THE SALE OF ARTWORK, OBJECTS, AND RETAIL GOODS.