Ground/Water II: Water Advocacy on the Santa Cruz



A transdisciplinary project focusing on water justice advocacy efforts on the Santa Cruz watershed, especially in the Southside, home to the Tucson International Airport Superfund site where historic remediation efforts treat the groundwater for TCE, 1, 4 Dioxane, & PFAS, before discharge currently into the aquifer and river. 
Groundwater II connects research faculty and students from shared colleges to campus and community partners to collaboratively create and enact work from a set of briefs that make use of the tools of spatial visualization, interpretation, and visual storytelling. Groundwater II is one of six Arts +Resilience projects funded by a partnership between UArizona College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Arizona Institute of Resilience (AIR). This project site provides an overview and archive of completed and upcoming engagements, projects and presentations related to this research.

Principal Investigators:  Jacqueline Barrios (College of Humanities) and Martina Shenal (School of Art)

Lead Community Consultant: Yolanda Herrera, Community Co-Chair, Unified Community Advisory Board (UCAB).

Artist-in-Residence: Jessica Wolff 

Student Research Assistants: Alexis Hagestad (Graduate), Jasmine Lopez (Undergraduate), Sarah Snyder (Undergraduate)

Linked Courses: ART 343A: Traditional Photographic Techniques (Spring 2025), PAH 420: Innovation and the Human Condition - Southside Stories of Environmental Resilience (Multiple semesters)

Groundwater II is one of six Arts +Resilience projects funded by a partnership between UArizona College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Arizona Institute of Resilience (AIR).  The project team acknowledges its partners especially from Department of Public and Applied Humanities (PAH), UArizona Libraries (UAL) Special Collections & CATalyst Studio; College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA), Center for Creative Photography, College of FIne Arts (CFA), Arizona Institute of Resilience (AIR)  as well as Sunnyside Foundation, Office of Congressman Raúl Grijalva, the Unified Community Advisory Board (UCAB), Tucson Water, Frank de la Cruz Library, the El Pueblo Senior Center, City of Tucson Parks and Recreation, with special thanks to the offices of Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva & Tucson Council Member Lane Santa Cruz, and the reviewers, speakers, site-/archive- visit experts and consultants who supported our students and research.





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Ground/Water II Documentation Albums Spring 2025
Hilda Cortez/HCortez MediaArts and Culture Research Courses

In this galleries, photographer Hilda Cortez documents key engagements in the Spring of 2025. They include:


Jan 28, Tuesday

Site Visit to El Pueblo, Southside Stories of Resilience In this panel and tour, students were introduced to El Pueblo, the Southside and community experiences of environmental resilience. Invited guests include representatives from Sunnyside Foundation, UCAB, Office of Congressman Raúl Grijalva, Frank de la Cruz Library and  City of Tucson Parks and Recreation. The panel took place at Frank de la Cruz Library,  followed by a tour highlighting the site of a future outdoor recreation pavilion, murals, other locations of interest to our topic of study. Site visit handout can be accessed here.


April 1, Tuesday

Collaborative Class, PAH 420 + 343A  In this share-out and discussion of Santa Cruz river images and artworks as part of a collaborative class session with ART 343A: Traditional Photographic Techniques, taught by Professor Martina Shenal conducted in March. The share-out took place at the University of Arizona. The field trip handout can be accessed here, while the share-out hand-out can be accessed here.



April 29, Tuesday

Final Collaborative Review -  This showcase presented collected  final projects and prototypes to community reviewers and invited guests. This showcase took place at CATalyst Studios at the UA Main Library. The program booklet can be accessed here, while coverage of the event can be accessed here.