Hi. Thanks for having a look at this test blog post. I'm hoping to get feedback from people like you before I publish this for everyone to see — probably mid-July.
I've never made a “quiz” post like this one where readers jump back and forth. So I'm not sure it's easy to understand and use. If you have any suggestions, please let me know… you'll be helping people who see this “for real” next month. Please use the Contact Us form in the right (medium-green colored) column or email
info@TucsonArt.info. Thanks!
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Want to test your knowledge of Tucson murals — or just look and maybe get a surprise? Read on!
Almost twenty years of murals
Popular newscaster Randy Garsee started this blog eighteen years ago: July 12, 2006. We publish around eight posts per month. Posts are usually about one mural, though sometimes more. Occasionally there are news items or announcements. (Here's more
About this blog.)
The blog template is from the days before many people looked at online photos with a phone; it's really hard to change at this point. On a phone, please use your fingers to stretch the view wider so the main column of text and photos fills the screen.
Here goes!
The game
This 2,000th post is a mural quiz. The first half — with sections titled “Where is mural #N?” — shows a series of details of (usually) well-known murals. Your job is to decide which mural it came from — then click the link to check your answer. That link jumps to the second half — with sections named “Mural #N is…” After checking your answer, click a link there to jump back to the first half. Scroll down to the next mural; repeat until you've seen them all.
Most of the murals are near downtown Tucson. (Mural #1 isn't.)
Where is mural #1?
Let's start easy. This is from a large 2019 mural by a popular Tucson muralist who paints lots of animals and bicycles. Where is the mural?
Ready?
Click here to jump to the answer for mural #1.
Where is mural #2?
This is another large mural. The face is a woman, but it's not a traditional portrait. Where is the mural?
Ready?
Click here to jump to the answer for mural #2.
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Where is mural #19?
The mural has been here for around 20 years. Many well-known groups of people walk near it. Where is the mural?
Ready?
Click here to jump to the answer for mural #19.
Where is mural #20?
This mural fills most of a city block near 4th Avenue, but you might not notice it unless you walk along that street. Where is the mural?
Ready?
Click here to jump to the answer for mural #20.
Mural #1 is…
Joe Pagac painted this mural in 2019. Tusconans immediately started believing that whales can fly. It's at the busy corner of Campbell and Glenn — currently partly obscured by a new Starbuck’s location 😞. The original post is
Sky Islands (Whale Mural): Banner mural #2 of 5. (It opens in a new window or tab. Close that and you'll be back here.)
Click here to jump back to “Where is mural #1?”. Then you can scroll down to “Where is mural #2?”.
Mural #2 is…
Cyfi (Rock Martinez) painted this mural as part of the 2016 Downtown Murals Project. It became one of the most popular in town — partly because it's along busy 6th Street between 6th and Stone Avenues. The original post is
(Downtown) Murals being made, part 34: Rock Martinez. (It opens in a new window or tab. Close that and you'll be back here.)
Click here to jump back to “Where is mural #2?”. Then you can scroll down to “Where is mural #3?”.
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Mural #19 is…
This is one of three murals by Salvador Duran near the southeast corner of the Rialto Theatre downtown. This mural surrounds the stage door. It shows quite a performance going on! The original post is **NOT ONLINE UNTIL JUNE 26**
Rialto Theatre new & old, part 2 of 2. (It opens in a new window or tab. Close that and you'll be back here.)
Click here to jump back to “Where is mural #19?”. Then you can scroll down to “Where is mural #20?”.
Mural #20 is…
This Joe Pagac mural covers most of the north side of 8th Street. The top left shows stages of a butterfly being born. The rest has some normal butterflies and Joe-style surprises like people/insects riding butterflies. The original post is
Long lost (by me :) Joe Pagac butterfly mural. (It opens in a new window or tab. Close that and you'll be back here.)
Feedback, please!
I hope you had fun doing this. I've never made a “quiz” post like this one where readers jump back and forth. So I'm not sure it's easy to understand and use. If you have any suggestions, please let me know… you'll be helping people who see this “for real” next month. Please use the Contact Us form in the right (medium-green colored) column or email
info@TucsonArt.info. Thanks!
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