Joe Pagac painted a mural next to the children's section of the Joel Valdez Main Library downtown. Today is Frday the 13th, so I'm posting this as “bad luck” because the main library may close at the end of the year. (This Arizona Daily Star story from September 3 tells more: Closing Tucson's main library included in cost-saving plan. The big building needs $90 million in renovations; they also can't hire enough staff.) The bright spot at top is from the floodlight shining on the mural:
If the library closes at the end of the year, the mural would have been there only nine months. Joe posted on Facebook April 1, 2024 that the mural was inspired by Byrd Baylor — who's also the author of the book in the photo above. Joe started it on March 30. (Both of those are Facebook videos.) But a label next to the mural says it was unveiled at Byrd's Centennial Celebration March 28, 2024:
See it in person while you can! (I'm guessing it wouldn't be moved to a new, smaller library… though of course I could be wrong.)
Friday, September 13, 2024
Bad luck for this Joe Pagac mural?
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