The Tubac Festival of the Arts, Southern Arizona’s longest-running art festival, returned for its 63rd edition this week with more than 250 artists and craftspeople displaying their work.
The annual showcase for artisans is attracting big crowds this year – a marked change after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered large-scale events. On Thursday, tourists and art enthusiasts browsed through booths, smelling handmade soaps, examining hand-made jewelry, and delighting in custom-made hummingbird feeders.
The festival is set to run 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Sunday, Feb. 13. Tony Duncan, a five-time world champion hoop dancer, is set to perform with Jeremy Dancing Bull and Darren Yazzie at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12.
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Hundreds crowded the Tubac Festival of the Arts Thursday.
In the 90s, Lisa Stotska and her husband founded Got All Your Marbles?, a Tucson-based company that creates interchangeable jewelry – metallic pieces crafted to hold differet gem marbles.
Nuvadi and Marvene Dawahoya were one of dozens of artists selling pieces at the Tubac Festival of the Arts, which continues this weekend. Nuvadi Dawahoya carves wooden sculptures using just a knife, while his wife, Marvene, weaves baskets.
In 2020, shortly before the pandemic hit, Diana Daniels founded Adventurist Soap Co., crafting soaps inspired by the scents of morning dew and pink salt.
Hundreds crowded the Tubac Festival of the Arts Thursday.
Photo by Angela Gervasi
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Katya Taylor, who creates hand-crafted clothing through her company Renaissance Rags, knits during the Tubac Festival of the Arts.
Marbles
Gem marbles from Lisa Stotska and her husband’s jewlery company, Got All Your Marbles?, await buyers.
Photo by Angela Gervasi
Lisa
In the 90s, Lisa Stotska and her husband founded Got All Your Marbles?, a Tucson-based company that creates interchangeable jewelry – metallic pieces crafted to hold differet gem marbles.
Photo by Angela Gervasi
Nuvadi
Nuvadi Dawahoya drove down from Polacca on the Hopi Reservation to sell his hand-carved sculptures. His wife, Marvene, weaves baskets.
Photo by Angela Gervasi
Nuvadi sculpture
Nuvadi and Marvene Dawahoya were one of dozens of artists selling pieces at the Tubac Festival of the Arts, which continues this weekend. Nuvadi Dawahoya carves wooden sculptures using just a knife, while his wife, Marvene, weaves baskets.
Photo by Angela Gervasi
Rags
Handmade shirts from Renaissance Rags await browsers and buyers.
Photo by Angela Gervasi
Soaps
In 2020, shortly before the pandemic hit, Diana Daniels founded Adventurist Soap Co., crafting soaps inspired by the scents of morning dew and pink salt.
