Tribute to Randy Clamons

Randy Clamons passed away on June 4, 2019.  He was the de facto leader of the local band "Top Dead Center".  The mural is by Sean John Cannon.  It was found at "The Hut", 305 N. 4th Ave.  The reference on the mural to the "Mike & Randy's 420 Show" is slang for smoking marijuana at 4:20 p.m. and also refers to marijuana celebrations that take place annually on April 20.

Photographed on April 14, 2020.

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Update from Jerry: David and I were both prowling 4th Avenue at the start of April, taking advantage of the eerily empty street during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you've been to The Hut, you know that in front they have a tall moai sculpture of former miniature-golf fame. Right around the start of April, someone wrapped a mask around its face. I couldn't resist adding a photo here that I took on April 12th:

Bronx Wash VI

The Bronx Wash runs along E. Linden St. just west of N. 4th Ave. The Wash contains many murals sponsored by the Northwest Neighborhood Assn.  Additional murals are added periodically.  The first murals were painted in 2011 and there have been 4 additions since.  Here are the links to the 5 previous entries:(1)Beautiful Bronx Wash, (2) Bronx Wash mural revisited part 1 of 3, (3) Murals being made, part 42: Bronx Wash addition, (4) Bronx Wash mural (complete) part 3 of 3, (5) Bronx Wash re-re(-re?) visited.

The first mural below appeared in an earlier entry as unfinished.  The other five are all new.

Photographed on Jan. 7, 2020

By Teresa Altamirano

"el hombres de maiz"(the men of corn) refers to the Mayan dependence on corn.

"Sugar Hill" is a reference to a previous name for the neighborhood.

Likely meaning is "Professional And Career Development"

Arizona Sun

Photographed on Jan. 12, 2020.

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I'm guessing that the Arizona Flag was the inspiration for this mural.

Sky Bar's 4th Avenue side

Last time, we saw the mural along the Sky Bar parking lot. Around the corner, along 4th Avenue, is a mural that shows what you'll see inside Sky Bar (once the COVID-19 pandemic has settled down, that is):

But wait. What's that near the top right corner?

Pigeons. They're everywhere… even outer space! You just can't stop 'em.

Closeups of Cyfi's Sky Bar mural

A year and a half ago, we published a photo of the Rock Cyfi Martinez’ twilight mural on the north wall of Sky Bar. On April 3, when I came back to photograph the mural on the west wall, I took a closer look at Cyfi’s mural:

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Next, a few closeups…

I noticed that the mural has changed around her left hand. Here's a closeup from David Aber's 2018 photo:

It looks like the car charger has been replaced. (The brick circles match the circles in the rest of the mural. Nice, eh?)

Here's a fun tiny section of the mural:

And his signature at the top right:

Selfie

Mural behind the Pueblo Hotel and Apartments on South 6th Ave.(it's the building with the Diving Lady sign).  The mural is seen from South Arizona Ave.

Photographed Oct. 23, 2019

By Danny Martin

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Mural alley in Nogales

Three blocks from the pedestrian exit of the main border crossing to Nogales, Sonora, is Callejón Morelos, an alley lined with curio shops and a few other businesses. From Campillo, the first east-west street beyond the plaza south of that exit (see the map below), this is the view:

Here are photos of the murals that line the alley, along the left (east) edge in the photo above, then returning along the right (west) edge:

(I was there really early. Someone was asleep in that nook. I blurred their face.)

The murals are painted on the doors to each of the shops. Come early to see them before the shops open.

Google Maps doesn't list Callejón Morelos. Here's a map with a red pin in the alley:

I walked through on February 19th.

Social-distancing mural hunt from #ThisIsTucson

The Arizona Daily Star's online edition #ThisIsTucson has posted another of their articles with photos of a lot of murals. They've re-cast this one as a scavenger hunt that you can do from your bike or even (in most cases) from your car:

21 Tucson murals to turn into a social-distancing scavenger hunt

With so little traffic these days, you might even be able to stop your car for a photo out the window… happy trails!

Cougar

Photographed on Jan. 12, 2020.

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Mural archive: Dry River

Wesley F. Creigh painted this framed mural on a corner where she's had other murals too:

I took the photo on April 12, 2013, but haven't published it until today.

Superstars on Ft. Lowell

I caught this mural at sunset. When I checked the front of the building (along Fort Lowell) to see what business was there, I saw a sign “unsafe to enter.” I wonder how long the mural — or the building — will be there?

The bricks, and the white areas that look like stucco, are painted on.

I took the photos on January 23rd.

Mural archive: mural in an arch

This tile mural was built into an arch in a wall along Glenn. I found it on March 28, 2013, but haven't published the photo until today.

"Chihuahua"

Lend A Bone Rescue Store

By Danny Martin

Photographed on Oct. 23, 2019.  Click on the photo for a larger and sharper image.

Mural archive: 3-D mural

On February 27, 2013, I spotted this mural on a closed business along Broadway, just west of Park Place Mall:

When I looked closer, I saw that parts of the mural were in front of the rest:

Cobra Arcade

There's a new splash of street art along the Cobra Arcade Bar at the corner of Congress and Scott downtown. The mural along Scott will probably catch your eye first:

You'll find more murals in the covered seating area around the entrance:

I love the UFO sombreros. :) Two other “Greetings from Tucson” murals are in our entries for October 5, 2013 and April 26, 2017.

Off the bottom left corner of the Greetings mural is Lalo Cota's signature. The Phoenix muralist has done more work in Tucson; click on the Lalo Cota link at the bottom of this post to see others.

I took the photos on January 21st.

Rock Martinez' Prince commemorative mural in The Washington Post

The March 6 Washington Post article Airport art doesn’t have to be boring: Here are some of the country’s most striking examples shows Rock Martinez' "I Would Die 4 U" mural that was recently moved to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. It includes an interview with Rock as well as lots of other airport art.

(The photo is from Rock's website, cyfiart.com, used by permission.)