Fiesta
Fotográfica CCP Special Viewing & El Pueblo/Southside Community Visioning Session
The CCP installation included the El Pueblo visual projects produced in Spring by UArizona students. This time within the context of the photography pedagogy and philosophy ot Hazel Larsen Archer, the influential teacher of Tucson-born photographer and activist, Linda McCartney.
In this private viewing, community members were invited to see the Fiesta Fotográfica addition as part of Center for Creative Photography’’s installation Sessions on Creative Photography: Hazel Larsen Archer exhibition held on August 3 2023 from 430-630pm.
The viewing was followed by a community visioning, feedback and brainstorm session on placekeeping El Pueblo, as a heart of Tucson Southside histories, legacies and ongoing investment. In the guided session, participants, which included Southside Tucson stakeholders, workshopped findings, collectively identified stakeholders, discussed broader themes of El Pueblo’s regional and national significance, and imagined possibilities for continuing collaborations.
Thank you especially to the following campus partners and community members who attended this event: Selina Barajas, Michael Barton, Veronica Cruz-Mercado, Laura Corrales, Liz Soltero (Sunnyside Foundation); Congressman Raúl Grijalva, Netza Aguirre (Office of US Congressman Raúl Grijalva); Yolanda Herrera (Unified Citizens Advisory Board (UCAB); Anna Sanchez; Jessica Wolff, Luís Fernando Gonzalez (AHR Documenting Resilience in Tucson’s Southside Artists-in-Residence); Dr. Jacqueline Jean Barrios, Dr. Judd Ruggill (UA Public & Applied Humanities); Kenny Wong (UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA)); Dr. Meg Jackson Fox (Center for Creative Photography); Alba Fernandez-Keys (UA Libraries-Special Collections); J; Denise Moreno-Ramírez (UA Mel & Enid Zuckerman College ofPublic Health), Sandra Westdahl, Mireya Ballesteros