http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/visualarts visualarts news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mas_documentary/pbs-re-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mas_documentary/pbs-re-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ 17:03:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A documentary on the battle over Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies program will re-air at 11 p.m., Thursday on KUAT Channel 6. 2012-05-17T17:03:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ 21:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster- Conversations with state Rep. Steve Farley, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Green Party CD 8 candidate Charlie Manolakis and Tucson Weekly arts calendar editor Linda Ray. 2012-05-15T21:47:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051212_mas_documentary/pbs-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051212_mas_documentary/pbs-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ 21:08:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A documentary on the battle over Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies program will air at 6 p.m., Sunday on KUAT Channel 6. 2012-05-12T21:08:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050812_overpass_mural_opening/trading-spray-paint-paint-brushes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050812_overpass_mural_opening/trading-spray-paint-paint-brushes/ 16:42:00Z Mariana Dale “Inside the Overpass,” a mural at the intersection of 29th Street and Columbus Boulevard will be unveiled Wednesday. It is the result of two years of youth-driven work from the Boys & Girls Club. 2012-05-08T16:42:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041912_greek_kiln/ua-group-fire-up-kiln-re-create-ancient-greek-pottery/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041912_greek_kiln/ua-group-fire-up-kiln-re-create-ancient-greek-pottery/ 19:50:00Z Rachel Cabakoff University of Arizona faculty and students will fire up a wood-fired kiln to demonstrate ancient Greek pottery-making Friday at St. Augustine’s Catholic High School. 2012-04-19T19:50:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040712_lumies_nominations/time-ticking-nominate-artists-patrons-lumies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040712_lumies_nominations/time-ticking-nominate-artists-patrons-lumies/ 16:38:00Z Mariana Dale The nomination period for the annual Lumies Arts and Business Awards closes Thursday, April 12. The awards recognize local artists, organizations, educators and business partners. “It’s an effort to recognize the outstanding artists in the community who are not recognized at the state level.” 2012-04-07T16:38:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032412_4th_ave_fair/4th-ave-spring-street-fair-kicks-off/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032412_4th_ave_fair/4th-ave-spring-street-fair-kicks-off/ 06:52:00Z Tim W. Glass Artists, musicians, performers and food vendors join merchants of the historic shopping district for the annual 4th Avenue Spring Street Fair. 2012-03-24T06:52:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032012_buckmaster/buckmaster-mayors-180-day-plan-track/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032012_buckmaster/buckmaster-mayors-180-day-plan-track/ 20:56:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, climatologist Zack Guido, and the arts round-up with Margaret Regan. 2012-03-20T20:56:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021812_foodtruck_sunday/food-trucks-flock-downtown-sunday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021812_foodtruck_sunday/food-trucks-flock-downtown-sunday/ 17:44:00Z Mariana Dale Sunday’s Food Truck Roundup will bring a feeding frenzy to the Benjamin Plumbing Supply parking lot on Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue where more than 20 vendors will gather with their culinary offerings. 2012-02-18T17:44:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020912_arizona_centennial_events/events-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020912_arizona_centennial_events/events-celebrate-arizona-centennial/#When: 08:18:000 Mariana Dale Updated: Arizona will celebrate its centennial birthday on Tuesday. Museums, musicians and artists will be showcasing their best to celebrate the state’s 100th birthday. 2012-02-14T08:18:26-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021212_asns_centennial1/state-gears-up-centennial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021212_asns_centennial1/state-gears-up-centennial/ 19:33:00Z Hope Jamieson Arizonans are celebrating 100 years of statehood on Tuesday with exhibits and events that honor the pioneering spirit of the “Valentine State.” 2012-02-12T19:33:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021012_centennial_friday/music-dancing-kick-off-centennial-celebration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021012_centennial_friday/music-dancing-kick-off-centennial-celebration/ 18:46:00Z Mariana Dale Mayor Jonathan Rothschild kicked off Tucson’s centennial celebrations Friday with an early and extended 2nd Saturday in honor of Arizona’s 100th birthday. 2012-02-11T18:46:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-arts-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-arts-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ 22:17:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a conversation with Arizona Representative Vic Williams, candidate for Pima County Supervisor. Then, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report. Next, New York Times best-selling author J.A. Jance stops by to talk about her latest book. Plus, Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly Arts Editor, with her bi-monthly arts report. 2012-02-07T22:17:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_foodtruck_roundup/hundreds-herd-downtown-food-truck-roundup/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_foodtruck_roundup/hundreds-herd-downtown-food-truck-roundup/ 03:29:00Z Mariana Dale The aroma of fried funnel cake, smoky barbecue and roasting corn wafted through the air as hundreds of people and more than 25 trucks showed up for Tucson Food Trucks’ fifth gathering on Sunday. 2012-01-30T03:29:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_buckmaster/buckmaster-were-getting-bad-rap-says-rio-nuevo-chair/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_buckmaster/buckmaster-were-getting-bad-rap-says-rio-nuevo-chair/ 21:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — We kick things off with a newsmaker interview with Rio Nuevo Board Chair Jodi Bain. Also, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with certified financial planner Shelly Fishman. Next, we launch a new monthly segment spotlighting pet care with Dr. Anna Szivek of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson. Plus, the bi-monthly arts update with Margaret Regan of the Tucson Weekly. 2012-01-24T21:49:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010512_serpa_obit/rodeo-photographer-western-legend-louise-serpa-dead-86/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010512_serpa_obit/rodeo-photographer-western-legend-louise-serpa-dead-86/ 23:38:00Z Will Seberger Rodeo photographer, Tucson fixture, mother and legend of the West Louise Serpa died Thursday. There are a lot of things I wish I had the chance to say to Louise before she mounted up and rode out into the ether. 2012-01-05T23:38:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121511_top_11_world/11s-top-11/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121511_top_11_world/11s-top-11/ 22:26:00Z Global Post It was a big year, defined by the largest protest movement the Arab World has ever seen and shifting geopolitics around the euro-zone crisis. Global Post chooses its 11 people and things that rocked 2011. 2011-12-15T22:26:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ 20:53:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a newsmaker interview with Arizona Senate President Steve Pierce. Also, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with Shelly Fishman, certified financial planner. Next, we’ve got Keith Rosenblum, Buckmaster Show contributor on Mexico, who breaks down Sonoran shopper numbers. 2011-12-13T20:53:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112911_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-real-tucson-visitor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112911_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-real-tucson-visitor/ 21:05:00Z Buckmaster Show We start things off with a newsmaker interview with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. Plus, the marketing director for the Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2011-11-29T21:05:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_buckmaster/buckmaster-flat-tax-will-hurt-most-az-taxpayers-aboud-says/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_buckmaster/buckmaster-flat-tax-will-hurt-most-az-taxpayers-aboud-says/ 20:36:00Z Buckmaster Show We start things off with State Senator Paula Aboud and her upcoming flat-tax forums. Plus, former Corp. Commission chair Kris Mayes, and the co-authors of a book on Navajo artist Quincey Tahoma. 2011-10-25T20:36:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102011_buckmaster/buckmaster-rosemont-meetings-off-rocky-start/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102011_buckmaster/buckmaster-rosemont-meetings-off-rocky-start/ 20:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll weighs in on the ongoing Rosemont Mine controversy Thursday on Buckmaster. Plus, comet discoverer David Levy, Councilwoman Shirley Scott, and Robert Knight and Julie Sasse of the Tucson Museum of Art. 2011-10-20T20:49:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_davinci_drawing/art-historian-lost-da-vinci-drawing-found/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_davinci_drawing/art-historian-lost-da-vinci-drawing-found/ 15:34:00Z Samantha Stainburn A British art historian says he’s identified a lost da Vinci portrait that was ripped out of a 15th century book, the Guardian reports. If this is true, Christie’s auction house sold the drawing years ago for about £100 million less than it was worth. 2011-10-18T15:34:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_sedona_stamp/cathedral-rock-grace-az-centennial-stamp/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_sedona_stamp/cathedral-rock-grace-az-centennial-stamp/ 17:01:00Z Joanne Ingram Images of Sedona’s Cathedral Rock will grace letters across the country in February as a first-class stamp allows Americans to help celebrate Arizona’s centennial. 2011-09-20T17:01:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091211_az_centennial/centennial-organizers-urge-arizonans-celebrate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091211_az_centennial/centennial-organizers-urge-arizonans-celebrate/ 00:53:00Z Joanne Ingram The state’s centennial effort hits high gear this week with the first Arizona Best Fest, a free street festival that runs from Friday through Sunday in Prescott and later will visit Tucson and Phoenix, the other two territorial capitals. 2011-09-13T00:53:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/#When: 23:02:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson-area events marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 include discussions, film screenings, theater productions, art exhibits, prayer services and tributes. 2011-09-10T23:02:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090711_calexico/do-look-back-calexico-retrospective/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090711_calexico/do-look-back-calexico-retrospective/ 05:00:00Z Gerald M. Gay Fans of Calexico will get an up-close-and-personal look at the famed Tucson band with the photo exhibition, “Calexico: A Retrospective,” which opens with a reception Thursday at the downtown Sacred Machine Museum. 2011-09-08T05:00:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090611_ziggy_marley/ziggy-marley-in-store-promo-comic-somalia-aid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090611_ziggy_marley/ziggy-marley-in-store-promo-comic-somalia-aid/ 15:49:00Z Ted Prezelski Something that comic book fans come to expect out of their local comic shop is the “in-store”: an appearance by a comic book artist, maybe doing a sketch or two for eager admirers. Exciting for fans, but not all that unusual. What is unusual is for an internationally known reggae musician to do an in-store. 2011-09-06T15:49:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082911_mural_ceremony/murals-brushstrokes-meant-encircle-community/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082911_mural_ceremony/murals-brushstrokes-meant-encircle-community/ 15:06:00Z Emily Jones Healing, hope and dispelling stigmas were the themes of the unveiling of the “Changing Hearts and Minds” mural Saturday at the Mountain Avenue Church of Christ. 2011-08-29T15:06:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082511_changinghearts_mural/mural-paints-picture-hope/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082511_changinghearts_mural/mural-paints-picture-hope/ 18:08:00Z Emily Jones “Changing Hearts and Minds,” a mural addressing the stigma of mental illness and hope for healing after the Jan. 8 shootings, will be unveiled Saturday. (with video) 2011-08-25T18:08:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071211_northkorea_popart/north-korean-artist-turns-talents-repressive-regime/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071211_northkorea_popart/north-korean-artist-turns-talents-repressive-regime/ 21:24:00Z Sebastian Strangio Before defecting, Song Byeok cut his artistic teeth turning out grinning propaganda portraits of founding father Kim Il Sung. Since arriving in South Korea, however, he has turned his talents against the repressive regime. 2011-07-12T21:24:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070811_art_walk/stormy-reaction-main-gate-art-walk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070811_art_walk/stormy-reaction-main-gate-art-walk/ 16:04:00Z Christina Dawidowicz An art walk at the UA-area Main Gate Square was rained out Thursday evening, but not before a number of local artists displayed their work. 2011-07-08T16:04:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_art_walk/art-music-thursday-ua-main-gate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_art_walk/art-music-thursday-ua-main-gate/ 16:06:00Z Christina Dawidowicz Music and artwork will mix this week for the First Thursday Art Walk at Main Gate Square. 2011-07-06T16:06:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062211_ai_weiwei_photo/artist-ai-weiwei-shows-playful-side-newly-released-photo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062211_ai_weiwei_photo/artist-ai-weiwei-shows-playful-side-newly-released-photo/ 21:40:00Z Emily Lodish “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” The ages-old maxim referring to those who feign ignorance or choose to look the other way is far from Ai Weiwei’s motto. 2011-06-22T21:40:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062211_china_ai_weiwei_freed/artist-ai-weiwei-freed-bail-china/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062211_china_ai_weiwei_freed/artist-ai-weiwei-freed-bail-china/ 21:06:00Z Global Post Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been freed on bail after confessing to tax evasion charges, according to his lawyer and a state media report. 2011-06-22T21:06:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053111_monalisa_skeleton/scientists-find-possible-mona-lisa-skeleton/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053111_monalisa_skeleton/scientists-find-possible-mona-lisa-skeleton/ 17:07:00Z Global Post Archaeologists excavating beneath an ancient nunnery in Florence may have found the skeleton of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the 16th century woman who is believed to have been the model for the world’s most famous painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” 2011-05-31T17:07:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052111_pope_statue/il-papa-or-il-duce-pope-statue-sparks-controversy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052111_pope_statue/il-papa-or-il-duce-pope-statue-sparks-controversy/ 17:32:00Z Global Post The Vatican on Friday slammed a giant new sculpture outside Rome’s main train station that portrays John Paul II but has been compared to the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. 2011-05-21T17:32:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030411_arizona_between_nosotros/bridging-border-with-art-music/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030411_arizona_between_nosotros/bridging-border-with-art-music/ 22:51:00Z Emily Jones Arizona Between Nosotros, a project organized by local artists, wants video and performance artists from Mexico and Arizona to address SB 1070 and immigration issues. 2011-03-04T22:51:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102510_korea_comics/comic-books-that-brainwash-north-koreans/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102510_korea_comics/comic-books-that-brainwash-north-koreans/ 17:17:00Z Geoffrey Cain Heinz Insu Fenkl, a literature professor at the State University of New York, has cracked one secret to understanding the bizarre regime of North Korea: by reading its comic books. 2010-10-25T17:17:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092910_arts_education/despite-education-cuts-arts-still-available-most-schoolchildren/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092910_arts_education/despite-education-cuts-arts-still-available-most-schoolchildren/ 14:38:00Z David Rookhuyzen Big cuts to public education funding over the past two years have fueled fears that dance, music, theater and other arts won’t be as available to students. But a new report on Arizona schools suggests that isn’t the case. 2010-09-29T14:38:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080310_drug_loot/from-fine-art-rubbish-stashes-drug-traffickers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080310_drug_loot/from-fine-art-rubbish-stashes-drug-traffickers/ 17:29:00Z John Otis Under a thick layer of dust in a Bogota warehouse lie goods confiscated from drug traffickers that range from fine art to just plain crap, from elephant tusks to dented bicycles. 2010-08-03T17:29:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060510_prescott_fired/prescott-radio-host-fired-over-school-mural-flap/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060510_prescott_fired/prescott-radio-host-fired-over-school-mural-flap/ 17:22:00Z Dylan Smith A Prescott radio host embroiled in a controversy over an elementary school environmental mural is off the air, while the school reversed a decision to lighten the faces of students depicted in the mural. 2010-06-05T17:22:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060410_firestone/firestone-sparks-hamptons-with-warhol-exhibit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060410_firestone/firestone-sparks-hamptons-with-warhol-exhibit/ 03:58:00Z Dylan Smith Eric Firestone closed his short-lived gallery on North 6th Avenue last month, but may be poised for a grander success in the Hamptons. The furniture and art dealer is opening his “East Coast Space” in East Hampton, N.Y., with the “Warhol, From Dylan to Duchamp” exhibit that debuted in Tucson. 2010-06-05T03:58:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060410_prescott_mural/prescott-officials-want-faces-lightened-school-mural/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060410_prescott_mural/prescott-officials-want-faces-lightened-school-mural/ 22:55:00Z Michael Truelsen Artists say Prescott officials have asked them to lighten the faces on children depicted in a school mural. 2010-06-04T22:55:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052510_obamaphoneshop/adobe-phoneshop/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052510_obamaphoneshop/adobe-phoneshop/ 06:41:00Z Roberto De Vido Is it real or is it Photoshop? Nearly all of the time, somewhat regrettably, it’s Photoshop. 2010-05-25T06:41:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051310_weekend/weekend-preview-boycott-this-edition/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051310_weekend/weekend-preview-boycott-this-edition/ 03:51:00Z Maggie Golston There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture. 2010-05-14T03:51:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051210_dunn/moca-sounds-defining-music-ends-season-thursday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051210_dunn/moca-sounds-defining-music-ends-season-thursday/ 23:54:00Z Maggie Golston The MOCA Sounds/ Defining Music season will end Thursday with a lecture and performance by composer and sound artist David Dunn. 2010-05-12T23:54:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051110_frazetta/illustrator-frank-frazetta-dies-82/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051110_frazetta/illustrator-frank-frazetta-dies-82/ 19:14:00Z Maggie Golston llustrator and comic book artist Frank Frazella, best known as the illustrator of the covers for Robert E. Howard’s series of Conan the Barbarian adventure novels, died Monday. 2010-05-11T19:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051010_voicesinc/voices-inc-celebrates-record-breaking-year-wednesday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051010_voicesinc/voices-inc-celebrates-record-breaking-year-wednesday/ 18:59:00Z Maggie Golston Voices Inc., a local nonprofit community media project, celebrates another successful academic year with a “free fundraiser” at the Temple of Music and Art on Wednesday. 2010-05-10T18:59:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050710_weekend/weekend-preview-good-things-come-threes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050710_weekend/weekend-preview-good-things-come-threes/ 17:44:00Z Maggie Golston Perhaps you are the sort for whom a hike in this heat sounds like a fate worse than death. If so, here are three options for each weekend day to keep you cool. 2010-05-07T17:44:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050610_2ndsaturdays/second-chance-downtown-saturdays/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050610_2ndsaturdays/second-chance-downtown-saturdays/ 23:12:00Z Dylan Smith The launch of 2nd Saturdays Downtown is Saturday from 5-10 p.m., and features live music at several venues, an outdoor stage, and out on the thoroughfare. Does this new event have the formula for resurrecting a downtown tradition? 2010-05-06T23:12:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042910_weekend/weekend-preview-sixpack-go/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042910_weekend/weekend-preview-sixpack-go/ 14:30:00Z Maggie Golston Here at the Sentinel, we would like to commemorate National Poetry Month’s end by invoking Baudelaire’s poetic imperative to “Get Drunk.” Not that this necessitates the imbibing of potent potables; Baudelaire goes on to direct readers to intoxicate themselves “On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!” 2010-04-29T14:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042810_poetrycenter/poetry-center-gets-49k-audio-video-archive/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042810_poetrycenter/poetry-center-gets-49k-audio-video-archive/ 21:36:00Z Maggie Golston The University of Arizona Poetry Center announced today that it received a $49,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further develop its extensive audio/video collection.  2010-04-28T21:36:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041810_17words/anarchist-art-critic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041810_17words/anarchist-art-critic/ 18:39:00Z Dave Low I do so love a set of rules designed to enforce chaos and disorder. 2010-04-18T18:39:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041510_17words/philand-thropy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041510_17words/philand-thropy/ 00:54:00Z Dave Low As far as the work-to-payoff ratio goes, gag cartoons must be somewhere towards the bottom of the artistic pile. The punch line in a cartoon is typically simple and immediate, and afterward, the cartoon offers its reader little else. There aren’t a lot of layers; unlike a poem or a painting, the cartoon has used up its usefulness as soon as it’s been ‘gotten.’ 2010-04-16T00:54:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041510_weekend/weekend-preview-called-by-muses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041510_weekend/weekend-preview-called-by-muses/ 22:10:00Z Maggie Golston Spring is in full force, and despite all the blooming and birth around you, perhaps you feel a bit uninspired. Never fear. These ten weekend events are at least as likely to locate your inner muse as your GPS is. 2010-04-15T22:10:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041310_17words/the-language-lubber/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041310_17words/the-language-lubber/ 23:34:00Z Dave Low I’m not one of those types who sews a Canadian flag onto his backpack when traveling overseas. I’m just not. That’s because I don’t sew very well. The fact is, during my last sojourn to Europe in 2004, I faced an up-hill climb in combating the stereotypes Europeans (those I talked to, anyway) had of Americans as loutish, close-minded, vainglorious oafs (with access to long-range missiles and a sense of entitlement). Now, either those attitudes were based somewhat in truth or the Europeans I met happened to be as close-minded as they believed my countrymen to be. Or both. I’d like to say that I fought the good fight and dispelled some stereotypes, but my cause was not aided by the fact that Bush was visiting the continent at the time. And that I behaved pretty much like an oaf. A loutish one at that. 2010-04-13T23:34:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041210_artscrisis/tucson-arts-groups-advised-increase-private-funding/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041210_artscrisis/tucson-arts-groups-advised-increase-private-funding/ 17:40:00Z Maggie Golston Michael W. Kaiser, president of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts told Tucson arts leaders Monday that groups that all arts nonprofits, and particularly ethnically diverse groups, need to increase private funding. 2010-04-12T17:40:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040810_weekend/weekend-preview-power-ten/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040810_weekend/weekend-preview-power-ten/ 21:50:00Z Maggie Golston Before you slather yourself in sunblock and head out to Spring Fling this weekend, or Sunday’s KFMA Day at the Pima County Fairgrounds, why not give yourself a nice dose of culture? It’ll only hurt a bit. 2010-04-08T21:50:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040110_17words1/twelve-homers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040110_17words1/twelve-homers/ 00:26:00Z Dave Low In the lives of many young art enthusiasts, frames are extravagances that go unnoticed until the fateful day that they head over to Michaels, concert poster in hand, and learn how ridiculously expensive custom framing is. 2010-04-04T00:26:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040210_streeter/silversmith-finds-artistic-home-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040210_streeter/silversmith-finds-artistic-home-tucson/ 16:45:00Z Victoria Blute Alex Streeter, a world-famous jewelry artist and silversmith, has relocated to Tucson after a 30-year stint in SoHo. His long-time fascination with ghosts, gold mines and cowboys, the Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase and the rodeo connection brought him to Tucson. 2010-04-02T16:45:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040110_weekend/weekend-preview-easter-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040110_weekend/weekend-preview-easter-weekend/ 19:54:00Z Maggie Golston Plan your three-day weekend with the Sentinel. In addition to the KXCI Festival en el Barrio Viejo and the 28th Tucson Poetry Festival, there is plenty to do in Tucson this weekend. 2010-04-01T19:54:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032610_17words/blossoming-into-adolescence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032610_17words/blossoming-into-adolescence/ 17:34:00Z Dave Low When it comes to visual art, I’m one of those people who, unless it’s really obvious, doesn’t tend to “get” when things aren’t what they’re actually “supposed to be.” 2010-03-26T17:34:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032510_weekend/extra-extra-get-your-weekend-plans-here/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032510_weekend/extra-extra-get-your-weekend-plans-here/ 18:40:00Z Maggie Golston You probably know about Powhaus’ “Trash” and Ted Leo, but here are seven more weekend events you won’t want to miss. 2010-03-25T18:40:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032410_postcommodity/postcommodity-arts-collective-launches-moca-music-series/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032410_postcommodity/postcommodity-arts-collective-launches-moca-music-series/ 19:43:00Z Maggie Golston This Thursday and Saturday, MOCA begins a new lecture/performance series. MOCA Sounds/Defining Music starts with the Postcommodity collective, a multi-disciplinary art and performance group. 2010-03-24T19:43:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031310_warholcolombia/whats-andy-warhol-doing-rural-colombia/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031310_warholcolombia/whats-andy-warhol-doing-rural-colombia/ 17:19:00Z John Otis With run-down schools and museums few and far between, rural Colombia can be a cultural wasteland. Beer and eight ball is about as high-brow as it gets. So what’s Andy Warhol doing out here? 2010-03-13T17:19:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031110_weekend/capital-vices-seven-deadly-awesome-weekend-events/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031110_weekend/capital-vices-seven-deadly-awesome-weekend-events/ 20:26:00Z Maggie Golston It would be a sin to miss this weekend’s events in Tucson. Below find seven promising options. 2010-03-11T20:26:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_aviles/industrial-spanish-town-opts-arts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_aviles/industrial-spanish-town-opts-arts/ 23:00:00Z Michael Moffett Rising out of tidal terrain reclaimed from generations of pollutant industries, the outer structure of the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center promises a brighter future for those living in this secluded land of Spain’s north. 2010-03-09T23:00:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030510_mocaopen/moca-opens-public-saturday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030510_mocaopen/moca-opens-public-saturday/ 19:17:00Z Maggie Golston On Saturday, MOCA opens its new, permanent home to the public with “Made in Tucson/Born in Tucson/Live in Tucson.” 2010-03-05T19:17:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030410_weekend/weekend-by-dozen/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030410_weekend/weekend-by-dozen/ 20:26:00Z Maggie Golston As the weather warms, it may occur to Sentinel readers that getting off the screen, out of the house and into the world is the best laid plan. Hatch your weekend itinerary from the events below. 2010-03-04T20:26:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030410_warholloft/pop-goes-loft/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030410_warholloft/pop-goes-loft/ 17:10:00Z Charlie Bertsch “Pop Goes the Loft! The Films of Andy Warhol” begins tonight with a screening of “Lonesome Cowboys.” The screening will also feature a Warhol costume contest. The Loft will show a different slate of Warhol films every Thursday in March. 2010-03-04T17:10:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012410_warholanchor/andy-warhol-weekend-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012410_warholanchor/andy-warhol-weekend-tucson/#When: 18:57:00Z Maggie Golston Updated: Dig out your black turtleneck. Starting this weekend, the visual art of Warhol, the Factory era itself and the films and music from the period will be celebrated by some of Tucson’s best arts, music and film venues. 2010-02-26T18:57:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022510_weekend/weekend-entertainment-forecast/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022510_weekend/weekend-entertainment-forecast/ 17:03:00Z Maggie Golston Cloudy, with a shower of 90s: This weekend’s best non-Warhol arts events. While most Tucsonans will be at either the rodeo or the host of Warhol events this weekend, the Sentinel offers you these alternatives. 2010-02-25T17:03:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022510_parks/state-park-closings-raise-worries-artifact-looting-vandalism/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022510_parks/state-park-closings-raise-worries-artifact-looting-vandalism/ 16:24:00Z Richard Tackett With the Homolovi Ruins State Park closed on Monday due to deep cuts to the Arizona State Parks budget, archaeologists and Hopi leaders worry about a return to the free-for-all days. 2010-02-25T16:24:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022410_warholfirestone/eric-firestone-gallery-salutes-warhol-era/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022410_warholfirestone/eric-firestone-gallery-salutes-warhol-era/ 18:23:00Z Maggie Golston On Saturday, the Eric Firestone Gallery opens “Warhol: From Dylan to Duchamp,” its exhibition of photos documenting the Factory era, with a reception that promises to deliver much more than photos on the walls. 2010-02-24T18:23:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022410_warholtma/museum-art-hosts-traveling-warhol-exhibition/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022410_warholtma/museum-art-hosts-traveling-warhol-exhibition/ 18:01:00Z Maggie Golston From Feb. 27 through July 3, The Tucson Museum of Art will host “Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends.” The traveling exhibition, on loan from the Bank of America collection, contains many of Warhol’s screenprints of 60s and 70s celebrities and cultural icons. 2010-02-24T18:01:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012410_warholpowhaus/powhaus-does-warhols-factory/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012410_warholpowhaus/powhaus-does-warhols-factory/ 16:38:00Z Maggie Golston This Friday, the Rialto Theatre and Powhaus Productions celebrate the life and works of Andy Warhol’s Factory and The Velvet Underground. The evening starts with a live tribute to the Velvets, which will give way to another circus of a Powhaus party. 2010-02-24T16:38:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021910_mural/local-muralist-emblazons-rialto-bookmans-facades/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021910_mural/local-muralist-emblazons-rialto-bookmans-facades/ 17:11:00Z Joan O'Dwyer Mother and daughter Joan O’Dwyer and Whitney Morton converse about local muralist Joe Pagac, whose current commissions include the Rialto Theatre’s west wall and an upcoming mural at Bookmans. 2010-02-19T17:11:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021710_17words/an-orgy-serpents/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021710_17words/an-orgy-serpents/ 01:11:00Z Dave Low Any artist knows this maxim (or one like it): ‘Why draw when you can suggest?’ Monet continued to paint well into blindness this way. 2010-02-18T01:11:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021310_carnaval/making-rios-carnaval-floats/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021310_carnaval/making-rios-carnaval-floats/ 18:06:00Z Seth Kugel Workers are putting the final touches on five floats that tell the story of Rio de Janeiro’s oldest samba school, Estacio de Sa. The samba schools — organizations with loyal followings often based in poor neighborhoods — are at the heart of Rio’s Carnaval. 2010-02-13T18:06:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020810_mocagala/moca-gala-honors-tucson-painter-mosset/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020810_mocagala/moca-gala-honors-tucson-painter-mosset/ 18:25:00Z Maggie Golston Tucson’s Museum of Contemporary Art held Gala MOCA 2010 on Saturday, the inaugural event at the museum’s new home at 265 S. Church Ave. The new space, the former downtown fire station, was rapidly transformed for the occasion into a ballroom, and galleries were open to the gala’s 300 guests. 2010-02-08T18:25:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020110_burgess/firestone-gallery-premieres-paintings-by-brit-andy-burgess/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020110_burgess/firestone-gallery-premieres-paintings-by-brit-andy-burgess/ 17:06:00Z Maggie Golston On Jan. 23, Tucson gallery owner Eric Firestone premiered “Get What You Want,” a collection of new collages and paintings by British artist Andy Burgess.  2010-02-01T17:06:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012710_kresge/arts-council-awarded-200k-grassroots-arts-culture/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012710_kresge/arts-council-awarded-200k-grassroots-arts-culture/ 18:25:00Z Maggie Golston The Kresge Foundation announced that Tucson will be among cities to receive a $200,000 grant over the next 2 years for a new community arts project. The grant will be administered by the Tucson Pima Arts Council. 2010-01-27T18:25:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012610_tpac/city-budget-cuts-could-change-arts-council-funding-role/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012610_tpac/city-budget-cuts-could-change-arts-council-funding-role/ 18:03:00Z Maggie Golston Tucson Pima Arts Council will discuss whether it can continue its current role in funding local arts groups in the wake of city budget cuts at a grants forum Thursday. 2010-01-26T18:03:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012510_powhaus/powhaus-arts-collective-catalyzes-tucson-dance-scene/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012510_powhaus/powhaus-arts-collective-catalyzes-tucson-dance-scene/ 20:27:00Z Maggie Golston Local artists the Powhaus collective saw an opportunity to bring together all the talented people they knew to throw a series of rock and roll dance parties at various venues. What followed was the hottest ticket Tucson has seen in years. 2010-01-25T20:27:38+00:00