Maybe Murals Part 72 - Carrillo, 1 of 3

Carrillo K-5 Magnet Elementary School.  Home of the Cougars.  See Carrillo School for a previous mural from May 31, 2009.  The current photos were taken on Sept. 30, 2016.

Murals are not open to the public without permission.

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade Students Cruz C., Janae P., Edzekiel C., Isaiah R.

3rd Grade Students Senaida M., Ariella S., Elena H.

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Look up! (Murals being made, part 43)

A long-ago architect friend of mine kept telling me that, when I’m in an interesting place, “Jerry, look up!”. In the case of the mural/sign here, the artist, Johanna Martinez, texted me to tell me that she was working on it. I didn't get a chance to see her as she painted it, but she sent photos of the mural in process and the finished work. She's painted at least two other murals in the neighborhood, and other murals too. If you'd like to see them, click on her name in the “Labels” list at the bottom of this entry.

I headed to the Barrio Viejo as soon as I could: January 12th. I found the finished mural on the west side of the street, between the doors to 630 and 648 S. Meyer.

Here are the three photos from Johanna:

I love that last photo. It looks like it was taken near sunset (or maybe sunrise?).

She wrote that La Fortuna “…was the site of the first Native owned bakery in that Barrio I hear. Not sure about the bench.

“It's one of the buildings that are on the site of four Rob Paulus designed houses I am told.”

It's a nice place to sit. (Click there to see the story on the Tucson's Pocket Parks blog.)

Update (March 27, 2017) while searching the Web, I found the article “There's a new "ghost" sign in the barrio” (click there to read it) on the True Tucson blog. It has background info about La Fortuna and links to a couple of stories:

• Baker, Yaqui workers kept Tucson supplied with bread, pastry by Carmen Villa Prezelski, Tucson Citizen, on Feb 24, 2006, in the Living section
• I found the obituary mentioned in that article, for Luis Figueroa's son Tony V. Figueroa, in three places:
1. The newspapers.com version, linked from the story, says "You need a Publisher Extra Subscription to view this page".
2. But I found another version, free (for now, at least), in the Arizona Daily Star: Tony V. Figueroa 9/25/1925 - 12/15/2015.
3. I also found the Star's same obituary for Tony Figueroa in legacy.com.

Oyama, 5 of 5

Oyama Elementary, K-5.  Continuation of interior murals plus an exterior wall photographed on Sept. 28, 2016.

Murals are not open to the public without permission.

Oyama Dragon in the gymnasium

Nurse's office

Wall enclosing playground

Wall enclosing playground

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Oyama, 4 of 5

Oyama Elementary, K-5.  Continuation of interior murals photographed on Sept. 28, 2016. 

Murals are not open to the public without permission.

Henry "Hank" Oyama on "Tumbleweed Ave."
There's an Owl in the Saguaro

Gambel's Quail

Fish Tank

The Brain in the Nurse's office

The Gut in the Nurse's office

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Oyama, 3 of 5

Oyama Elementary, K-5.  Home of the Dragon.  Continuation of interior murals photographed on Sept. 28, 2016.

Murals are not open to the public without permission.

"The Giving Tree"

"If it is to be it is up to me"

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Oyama, 2 of 5

Oyama Elementary, K-5.  Interior murals photographed on Sept. 28, 2016.  Murals are not open to the public without permission.

 

 

Student artists noted on the mural.

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Oyama 1 of 5

Oyama Elementary, K-5.  Home of the Dragon.  Photographed on Sept. 28, 2016.  Murals are not open to the public without permission.

Oyama Dragon.  OK, it's not a mural, but I like it.

School entrance with six student benches.

1st Grade

Kindergarten

4th Grade

Many Indian symbols. Look for Kokopelli (the Flutist) and the Man in the Maze.

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C. E. Rose

C. E. Rose Elementary K-8.  Home of the Wildcats.  Photographed on Sept. 30, 2016. 

Murals are not open to the public without permission.

Mural inside main entrance.  Quote by Cesar Chavez.

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New AZ Daily Star article about Rock Martinez

Today's issue of the Arizona Daily Star ran an article about well-known Tucson (and Minneapolis) muralist Rock Martinez:

Neto's Tucson: From graffiti to murals, an artist evolves

The article has a series of photos, but none showing the whole Rivera/Kahlo mural. There's a complete photo, plus photos of the mural in progress, on this site's page Murals being made, part 41: Cyfi’s Día de los Muertos.

Here's a 2008 Tucson Citizen article about Rock's earlier life:

Denogean: From tagging to legitimate artwork

That article mentions a mural along 5th Avenue. You can see a photo on this blog at Spider mural.

Cavett Elementary

Lilian Cavett Elementary School, home of the Eagles.  See Cavett for exterior murals.  The following interior murals were photographed on 09/20/2016.

Murals are not open to the public without permission.

In Memory of Kamarra Banks by Artists Joan Arnold and Bill Collins.

Painting in the school library by Artist Joan Arnold.
Quote by Crystal Kuykendall

Painted by Artist Joan Arnold with quote from Martin Luther King.

Lead Artist was David Tineo.  Team Artists were Barbara Gonzales and Joan Arnold.   Tom Bandario was the Visiting Artist.  Many students assisted in the project.

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Update (February 11, 2017): Here's a photo that Jerry Peek took of the previous mural from the left end. It gives a good idea of the length! (The hallway isn't very wide. The panorama above was stitched from a series of individual photos.)

Howell Elementary, 2 of 2

Peter Howell Elementary School.  See Exceptional elementary for previous murals.

Murals are not open to the public without permission.

Student Photos and Art.

Hallway Mosaic
"Project Shine" under the director, Myra Feuquay

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