SW Corner of S. 10th Ave. & W. 32nd St., Tucson, AZ
Friday, December 01, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Tribute to Dino of Tino's Pizza
Maybe it's too soon after Thanksgiving to think about food, but… Did you ever visit this pizza place that was a favorite of lots of Tucsonans?
Or maybe you didn't visit it in person. Tino also delivered, as you can see in this photo from their website… I copied it (with their permission) in June 2023:
The restaurant's last day was February 2, 2022. As of November 12, 2023, the website (tinospizza.com) was still online. It had a link to a story on KOLD News 13, Tino’s Pizza prepares to close after nearly 4 decades of business.
I'm glad that I could catch photos of the mural; it's on the west side of the building. I was there on June 6, 2023. I'm a bit swamped, as usual, so these are only lightly edited… but you can still see the love that family members, friends and former employees painted for Dino. (As always, you can click or tap on any photo to get a series of larger versions.)
I'm glad that I could catch photos of the mural; it's on the west side of the building. I was there on June 6, 2023. I'm a bit swamped, as usual, so these are only lightly edited… but you can still see the love that family members, friends and former employees painted for Dino. (As always, you can click or tap on any photo to get a series of larger versions.)
Friday, November 24, 2023
Desert Scene
By Erica Cantua |
Found at the Agave Apartments on E. 22nd St.
The Palm Tree is casting a shadow that covers a small portion of the mural.
Labels:
Agave Apts.,
Desert Scene,
Mural
Location:
8485 E 22nd St, Tucson, AZ 85710, USA
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Sahuarita Public Art
"The Land Rests"
By Wagon Burner Arts |
"Sahuarita and Astronomy"
By Wesley Fawcett Creigh |
"Sahuarita Pecans"
By Wesley Fawcett Creigh |
"Sam and Sara" (view large)
By Isaac Caruso from a children's book he has written and illustrated. |
"Sonoran Sunset"
By Wagon Burner Arts |
These murals were all found at Anamax Park in Sahuarita. As my schedule permits, I will continue to photograph the many murals within the city.
Friday, November 17, 2023
Bada Bing! Bada Boom!
It's a pizza restaurant with an arcade game player.
The artists names are on the mural but unfortunately they are too small to read in this photo. I didn't take a close-up. My bad.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
XTREME Off Road & Performance
By Monty "Ses" Esposito |
By Monty "Ses" Esposito |
Update (March 28, 2024) by Jerry Peek: I posted more photos today in More Xtreme.
Friday, November 10, 2023
Having Fun
Labels:
Having Fun
Location:
1604 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA
Tuesday, November 07, 2023
Al Foul
Labels:
Al Foul Mural
Location:
2231 S 4th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA
Friday, November 03, 2023
Our Culture Is Our Power
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Evil Spirit
This post has been moved to November 1, 2024, and updated with more information. To see it, click here: Even in Death.
Friday, October 27, 2023
Silver City: Murals and fun
This blog hasn't been updated for a few months while I got some much-needed rest; co-editor David Aber took a break too. We're back! You've probably seen David's post three days ago, Apex Predators Take Over.
I've spent two of the months away from Tucson… I'll be home for a month or two before I leave for some more art-hunting out of town. 😎 Although this is the Tucson Murals Project blog, from time to time I like to write a post with murals from another place. Today I'm in Silver City, New Mexico. It's an old mining town, with a very fun downtown full of history, art, and kitsch, surrounded by a big variety of scenery. There's a lot of murals, especially downtown. Just wander the streets — maybe especially the streets north of downtown toward College Avenue (which connects to Western New Mexico University and its Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art).
Here's one of the easiest murals to find—in a place most people probably visit, at the corner of Broadway & Bullard: (As always, click or tap on any photo for a set of views you can click/tap to enlarge.)
A youth mural project created another detail-filled mural. This one is an old neighborhood scene. The mural is along Bullard at Spring Street: Some details:
I want to visit some art galleries now. So, to save time, I'll only lightly edit the photos below.
The back of The Murray Hotel, in a style sort of like Mondrian: Next, an underwater mural along 6th Street east of Texas Street. (Yes, the curbs are that high so water can run along them without flooding — the same way that some residential streets in Tucson are designed, mostly without the curbs. Around 100 years ago, so much water ran along the former Main Street that it became a huge ditch… now called the Big Ditch Park!)
A mural showing two sides of a bicycle race. The second and third photos show the route for a challenging mountain race. Don't miss the upside-down bicyclist in the second photo:
Last, another very detailed youth mural along Bullard Street between 6th and 7th:
I'll finish by recommending a route from Tucson to Silver City and back. I can't find a way to share a Google Map from my laptop, so I'll include a screenshot and directions. As before, you can click/tap for a larger view: I suggest starting by driving to Safford and east from there. This route includes a paved but steep and narrow road. If there's been a thunderstorm in the past few days, the road may be closed at Mule Creek, New Mexico:
I've spent two of the months away from Tucson… I'll be home for a month or two before I leave for some more art-hunting out of town. 😎 Although this is the Tucson Murals Project blog, from time to time I like to write a post with murals from another place. Today I'm in Silver City, New Mexico. It's an old mining town, with a very fun downtown full of history, art, and kitsch, surrounded by a big variety of scenery. There's a lot of murals, especially downtown. Just wander the streets — maybe especially the streets north of downtown toward College Avenue (which connects to Western New Mexico University and its Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art).
Here's one of the easiest murals to find—in a place most people probably visit, at the corner of Broadway & Bullard: (As always, click or tap on any photo for a set of views you can click/tap to enlarge.)
A youth mural project created another detail-filled mural. This one is an old neighborhood scene. The mural is along Bullard at Spring Street: Some details:
I want to visit some art galleries now. So, to save time, I'll only lightly edit the photos below.
The back of The Murray Hotel, in a style sort of like Mondrian: Next, an underwater mural along 6th Street east of Texas Street. (Yes, the curbs are that high so water can run along them without flooding — the same way that some residential streets in Tucson are designed, mostly without the curbs. Around 100 years ago, so much water ran along the former Main Street that it became a huge ditch… now called the Big Ditch Park!)
A mural showing two sides of a bicycle race. The second and third photos show the route for a challenging mountain race. Don't miss the upside-down bicyclist in the second photo:
Last, another very detailed youth mural along Bullard Street between 6th and 7th:
I'll finish by recommending a route from Tucson to Silver City and back. I can't find a way to share a Google Map from my laptop, so I'll include a screenshot and directions. As before, you can click/tap for a larger view: I suggest starting by driving to Safford and east from there. This route includes a paved but steep and narrow road. If there's been a thunderstorm in the past few days, the road may be closed at Mule Creek, New Mexico:
- Drive I-10 and US 191 to Safford, AZ
- Drive US-191/US-70, US-191, AZ-78, NM-78 to Mule Creek, NM (see notes above!)
- Drive NM-78, then US-180 to Silver City
- Drive NM-90 to Lordsburg, NM, then I-10 to Tucson
- Don't turn onto AZ-78 (at the intersection called Three Way). Instead:
- Stay on US-191 north through Clifton, AZ
- Along US-191 around Morenci, AZ, stay right at the fork toward "Mine entrance" and continue up the side of the mountains along narrow US-191. You'll pass miles of mines, then suddenly be in high country with amazing views.
- Either turn around or continue north on US-191 to Alpine, AZ, where you can take US-180 south to Silver City. This is a long, remote, slow remote road. Bring water, warm clothes, etc.
- If you don't know how to down-shift your engine so you aren't constantly pressing your brakes going downhill, read your car owner's manual to learn the maximum safe speeds in each gear — and ask a friend / auto mechanic who understands how transmissions work.
- A courtesy tip: Watch your rear-view mirror. If there's someone trying to pass you, make a brief pull-over at the first opportunity. It will cost you a few seconds but can save the other driver lots of time following a slow “flatland” driver.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Apex Predators Take Over
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Taking a break...
I forgot to post in June to say that I'm taking a long break from social media until (probably) sometime this fall while I pare down my long list of projects and get some ZZZs. In the meantime, David Aber may post some.
Thanks to negativespace.co for this public-domain photo.
Thanks to negativespace.co for this public-domain photo.
Friday, June 30, 2023
A few of Jessica Gonzales' many Rialto murals
Jessica Gonzales paints bright, sharp and very colorful murals. You've seen her work all over the Tucson area. If you're downtown fairly often, a great place to see her murals is on the east wall of the Rialto Theatre, just off Congress Street as you enter downtown. Here's an aerial example, taken by BG Boyd, from his Tucson murals database tucsonazmurals.com, as Jessica and her husband paint, assisted by Dakin Martin, on November 16, 2022:
Below are links to pages in BG's database. The photos were taken from Jessica's Instagram account. Each link will open the mural in a new window or tab. After you close that, this page will still be here.
Below are links to pages in BG's database. The photos were taken from Jessica's Instagram account. Each link will open the mural in a new window or tab. After you close that, this page will still be here.
- Zoe / Marty Stuart
- Mon Laferte / Blue Oyster Cult
- Tito Puente Jr / Kevin Nealon
- Jenny and the Mexicats / Los Lobos
- The Wailers / Marcus King Band
- Purity Ring / The Zombies
- Don Carlos / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Killer Queen / Christopher Cross
- Underoath / Black Violin
- The Wailers / The Psychedelic Furs
- Pepper / Stryker
Friday, June 23, 2023
Morphing MSA murals
We covered some of the first murals at MSA Annex in our September 9, 2020 post BLM murals on MSA Annex (Murals being made, part 55). (BLM = Black Lives Matter.) That was too early to show the following mural by Randy L. Barton and Johanna Martinez:
Above is the fifth in a series of photos from BG Boyd's Tucson Murals database, tucsonazmurals.com. (A direct link to that photo's page is https://tucsonazmurals.com/murals/reimagine_az.)
Seeing BG's photo made me curious what else had changed on that wall since the summer of 2020. I checked my best historical resources, Google Maps Street View and Microsoft Bing Maps Streetside. Here's what I found.
Thanks for joining me on this short trip back a few years. I'll try to keep an eye on this fence for more changes. If you notice any, please let me know with the "Contact us" form at the right edge or by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page (you can remain anonymous).
Seeing BG's photo made me curious what else had changed on that wall since the summer of 2020. I checked my best historical resources, Google Maps Street View and Microsoft Bing Maps Streetside. Here's what I found.
May 2019
May 2019 on Street View, the whole area was under construction:March 2022
January 27, 2021 on Streetside can't be embedded here. But the March 2022 Street View shows that the murals hadn't changed since the January 27, 2021 Streetside. The mural BJ photographed is at the left end. The wall is lined with half a dozen murals. All of them were shown in our September 2020 post except BG's at the left (which must have been painted between 9/9/2020 and 1/27/2021). Here's the March 2022 Street View. (To zoom in on any Street View photo, click the plus (+) sign.)February 2023
February 2023 on Street View, the murals at the right end, to the right of the woman kissing a man on his forehead, have been covered with white paint:Thanks for joining me on this short trip back a few years. I'll try to keep an eye on this fence for more changes. If you notice any, please let me know with the "Contact us" form at the right edge or by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page (you can remain anonymous).
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