SW Folklife Alliance

We build more equitable and vibrant communities by celebrating the everyday expressions of culture, heritage, and diversity in the Greater Southwest.

[SW Folklife Alliance @thisisfolklife]

"We don’t tend to have a cold period like that anymore. It’s like a part of the cycle is skipped ... the plants are kind of confused, because it’s not the normal process that they’re used to going through. It’s like that for the willow and cattails." https://t.co/GVmbHL2CGK

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Happening now, a conversation with traditional artists from across the country on building justice in this current moment. https://t.co/gOLLiFrrjo

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"In grief, you’re so very fragile—it’s almost like you’ve been skinned. Many back away from it. But when you move through or with grief, it’s a teacher." https://t.co/r0kr2dY0Bb

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'When you ask a Hopi farmer “What is climate change?” he really doesn’t know. He just thinks this is another new cycle coming through. As Hopis, we adjust to these environmental fluctuations. It’s part of our faith.' The latest from BorderLore.
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Join us Wednesday, June 10 at 8 am (!)PST for an online chat with Tanisha Tucker about resilience and the practices of desert harvesting. https://t.co/JL7DmI1V8o

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BorderLore went to El Paso and here's one of the many amazing things we saw there. @bordertuner @errafael https://t.co/4PhxMtFjbp

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My Sunrise: How I came of age the Apache way https://t.co/t5AD8UzgcL "Most of my friends had dances and they told me how they had fun and how special it was to them. I decided to have one to also honor my late grandpa Johnnie Cooley, who passed."

[Smithsonian Folkways @Folkways]

We are thrilled to announce the new album from Los Angeles-based, Grammy award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos, and share their legacy rich in tradition. The first single is out now!
Listen, pre-order, and pre-save here: https://t.co/D9FqdrAMc7
#mariachi #musicalatinoamericana

[SW Folklife Alliance @thisisfolklife]

In our latest issue of BorderLore, the brilliant Robin Reineke ponders how a vessel of violence is problematic as art. #BorderLore #NostraBarca #VeniceBiennale ARTIFACT: An Unnamed Fishing Vessel - https://t.co/ctNagHaFrB

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We report on the experiences and memories of Ramadan from Muslims in Tucson. In this month's #BorderLore https://t.co/4OcAndrFPM

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We're thrilled to have been funded by @NEA
to support our annual @TucsonMeetYrslf folklife festival and year-round programming to uplift and preserve folklife in the Southwest. https://t.co/IXFe2rK8Sw

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The Women's Mariachi Festival happens Saturday, May 4 in Tucson. We interviewed its founder and one of its star performers in this month's BorderLore. https://t.co/p8fTFMWtzI

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We're thrilled for the 2nd annual El Tambó Fest 2019: Cumbia Summit of the Borderlands. Don't miss the incredible line up, plus smart talk with the artists from our very own Michelle Tellez! Friday, April 26 at @hotelcongress

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Artists are key for creating racial justice because they know how to imagine a world that has never existed, and to vision and fail and try again, says @RandyEngstrom, dir of A&C in Seattle. YES!!! #remapLA #culturalequity

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Put the pressure on government for more $ for the arts, says Tom Finkelpearl. “The activists make us do it, so dream big.” #remapLA #culturalequity

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“Operationalize belonging” says Roberto Bedoya, Oakland Cultural Affairs Manager. #remapLA #culturalequity

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Listening to arts/cultural smart folx @ArtChangeUS summit on #culturalequity As folklorists we love this attention to context and heritage. #remapLA expanding into the greater SW and Mexico

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Community and fried food. What more can you ask? Producing Tucson Meet Yourself for 45 years. Support us on Arizona Gives Day. April 2. We've got a match! And we'll match every dollar we get up to $500!
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"I didn’t feel like a conqueror. I barely felt like a human being." Nate McKowen's stunning essay on ethnic & racial borders in prison in the latest issue of BorderLore. https://t.co/VsxIU0NpfY The Convict Code - https://t.co/ffCECCtGu5 Illustration by Miriam Zirato