A film created without narration or people, Desert Dreams lets viewers experience the Sonoran Desert from the inside out. This immersive 52-minute production focuses on beauty and biodiversity followed through a cycle of five seasons: Dry Summer, Wet Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring.
Long-time resident of Tucson, Arizona, Producer-Director-Cinematographer Thomas Wiewandt blends HD video and time-lapse imagery captured over the past 4 years with stills compiled over 3 decades. And the supporting sound track combines natural sounds with a kaleidoscope of flute and percussion vignettes by Gary Stroutsos.
After a full year of editing, Desert Dreams has brought 182 species of plants and animals to life. Its big-screen debut in Tucson, Arizona is scheduled for May 19, 2013 at the historic Fox Theatre.
Video Trailer for DESERT DREAMS from Wild Horizons® on Vimeo.
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Showing posts with label Tucson. Show all posts
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Tasting History | A Short Film
In Dena Cowan's documentary film, Tasting History, follow Jesus Garcia’s lifelong inspirational journey across the Mexico-U.S. border in the Sonoran Desert region, exemplifying how life is but a circle.
This short film describes how compassionate strategies and supportive environments, in all aspects of life, are the most enriching and most sustainable. Rooted in the past and flourishing in the present follow how Jesus's Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project offers us a taste of the promising desert oases he is helping to grow. One cannot help but admire the man and his mission.
Tasting History from Dena Cowan on Vimeo.
This short film describes how compassionate strategies and supportive environments, in all aspects of life, are the most enriching and most sustainable. Rooted in the past and flourishing in the present follow how Jesus's Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project offers us a taste of the promising desert oases he is helping to grow. One cannot help but admire the man and his mission.
Tasting History from Dena Cowan on Vimeo.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Artfully Engaging Taggers
Living in a neighborhood that gets graffiti tagged almost every night, I can honestly say that I don't understand the psyche of someone who would spend so much time, energy, and money, and risk the chance of civil and criminal penalties, all in the pursuit of ruining the beauty of their own neighborhood and having their neighbors hate their behavior?
I sometimes catch myself wondering what would happen if those taggers' artistic energies were redirected in a positive way, such as creating neighborhood murals that they would be proud of, and everyone in the neighborhood could enjoy. Who wouldn't want that instead?
Perhaps the problem of tagging in Phoenix needs to be addressed in different and positive way. While the Police Department and the city's Grafitti Busters program does it's best to fight tagging, it doesn't seem to be working. If anything, I've noticed more taggings in my neighborhood in this past year.
So, when I discovered the collaborative efforts of the Tucson Arts Brigade, I thought THIS is the way we should be addressing the problem of unwanted grafitti in Phoenix.
I sometimes catch myself wondering what would happen if those taggers' artistic energies were redirected in a positive way, such as creating neighborhood murals that they would be proud of, and everyone in the neighborhood could enjoy. Who wouldn't want that instead?
Perhaps the problem of tagging in Phoenix needs to be addressed in different and positive way. While the Police Department and the city's Grafitti Busters program does it's best to fight tagging, it doesn't seem to be working. If anything, I've noticed more taggings in my neighborhood in this past year.
So, when I discovered the collaborative efforts of the Tucson Arts Brigade, I thought THIS is the way we should be addressing the problem of unwanted grafitti in Phoenix.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
WAMO - There It Is!
Seeking Artists and Arts Organizations For A New Creative Community In Tucson -
Warehouse Arts Management Organization (WAMO) will soon be opening the recently renovated Steinfeld Warehouse Community Arts Center.
Their vision is to cultivate a vibrant, interactive environment that sparks creative expression, ultimately leading to marketing opportunities through exhibits, performance and arts education.
WAMO intends to bring together artists from all disciplines with compatible retail space to establish a place for artists to thrive and for our community to engage in diverse cultural experiences.
Source: Longtime Art Collective Finds New Home Downtown
Warehouse Arts Management Organization (WAMO) will soon be opening the recently renovated Steinfeld Warehouse Community Arts Center.
Their vision is to cultivate a vibrant, interactive environment that sparks creative expression, ultimately leading to marketing opportunities through exhibits, performance and arts education.
WAMO intends to bring together artists from all disciplines with compatible retail space to establish a place for artists to thrive and for our community to engage in diverse cultural experiences.
Source: Longtime Art Collective Finds New Home Downtown
Friday, August 31, 2012
Celebrate A Sonoran Labor Day
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum was founded on Labor Day in 1952 and will celebrate its 60th anniversary year this weekend with a variety of new exhibits and programs.
The museum is one of the nation’s leading outdoor, living museums, featuring more than 230 animals and 1,200 varieties of desert plants. Its mission is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the bi-national Sonoran Desert region.
“The Museum’s 60th anniversary year is not only a celebration of what the Museum has achieved in the past but also a reminder that it continues to evolve with new programs and new exhibits,” states Craig Ivanyi, the Museum’s Executive Director. “The new Animal Keeper Animal Interaction Program is just one new initiative planned for this 60th anniversary year.”
If you ask me, it's great way to spend some quality time with the family.
Source: KVOA News - Tucson
The museum is one of the nation’s leading outdoor, living museums, featuring more than 230 animals and 1,200 varieties of desert plants. Its mission is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the bi-national Sonoran Desert region.
“The Museum’s 60th anniversary year is not only a celebration of what the Museum has achieved in the past but also a reminder that it continues to evolve with new programs and new exhibits,” states Craig Ivanyi, the Museum’s Executive Director. “The new Animal Keeper Animal Interaction Program is just one new initiative planned for this 60th anniversary year.”
If you ask me, it's great way to spend some quality time with the family.
Source: KVOA News - Tucson
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Arizona Wildcats Win 2012 CWS
Congratulations to the University of Arizona Wildcat baseball team for beating the two-time defending champions South Carolina Gamecocks to capture the 2012 College World Series (CWS) title.
Arizona did not lose a game in the NCAA Tournament, and won its last 11 games and 18 of its last 20 in 2012, a great time of the year to get hot. They played flawlessly! This NCAA baseball crown is the Wildcats 4th national title (also 1976, 1980 and 1986).
Arizona did not lose a game in the NCAA Tournament, and won its last 11 games and 18 of its last 20 in 2012, a great time of the year to get hot. They played flawlessly! This NCAA baseball crown is the Wildcats 4th national title (also 1976, 1980 and 1986).
Sunday, June 24, 2012
100 Years, 100 Ranchers
Scott Baxter traveled across Arizona photographing ranching families that have been around since the state's birth. This mythos of the American West serves as inspiration for a new centennial exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art entitled "100 Years 100 Ranchers: Photographs by Scott Baxter."
Source: Arizona Illustrated: Photographer Strives to Capture Vanishing Culture
Source: Arizona Illustrated: Photographer Strives to Capture Vanishing Culture
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Neon Pueblo
Tucson could soon be known as the Neon Pueblo, courtesy of a quirky tourism concept coming to town. Throughout the middle of the 20th century, Miracle Mile, Oracle Road, and Drachman Street were together known as Tucson's "Miracle Mile Strip".
Miracle Mile Strip was the northern segment of Tucson's primary automotive corridor: the vehicular route into the city from the North, a crossroads for those traversing the nation on Routes 80 and 89, and an economic arterial that fostered development in several regionally popular architectural styles.
For many, this defined their Tucson experience; for others, it shaped their first impression of the Old Pueblo. I know it shaped my first impression of Tucson. Swimming pools, flickering neon and lush grassy courtyards welcomed visitors to motels with names like La Siesta, El Rey, Frontier, and El Rancho. Restaurants served steak and music for under $2.00.
Today, these iconic buildings and glowing signs have emerged from history to provide a persistent reminder of the continuing American fascination with the automobile, and to enhance our society's understating of the mythic 20th century West. Classic neon still signs evoke an era of fast cars and a slower pace of life.
These wonderful examples of mid-20th century commercial art are an evocative night experience that the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation (THPF) believes has potential to "drive" tourism.
THPF is working with community partners to restore and reinstall a series of historic neon signs along Tucson's Mid-Century Modern highway: Historic Route 80 & 89 and State Route 84, and will release a publication this month that informs the public about the signs in Tucson. It's called "The Neon Pueblo: A Guide to Tucson's Midcentury Vintage Advertising."
The guide is free and will be released at The Neon Mile: Sock Hop event on Friday April 27th at Pima Community College's downtown campus from 6 pm to 9 pm. During this event, the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation and PCC will flip the switch to turn on four restored neon signs.
Source: Arizona Public Media
Miracle Mile Strip was the northern segment of Tucson's primary automotive corridor: the vehicular route into the city from the North, a crossroads for those traversing the nation on Routes 80 and 89, and an economic arterial that fostered development in several regionally popular architectural styles.
For many, this defined their Tucson experience; for others, it shaped their first impression of the Old Pueblo. I know it shaped my first impression of Tucson. Swimming pools, flickering neon and lush grassy courtyards welcomed visitors to motels with names like La Siesta, El Rey, Frontier, and El Rancho. Restaurants served steak and music for under $2.00.
Today, these iconic buildings and glowing signs have emerged from history to provide a persistent reminder of the continuing American fascination with the automobile, and to enhance our society's understating of the mythic 20th century West. Classic neon still signs evoke an era of fast cars and a slower pace of life.
These wonderful examples of mid-20th century commercial art are an evocative night experience that the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation (THPF) believes has potential to "drive" tourism.
THPF is working with community partners to restore and reinstall a series of historic neon signs along Tucson's Mid-Century Modern highway: Historic Route 80 & 89 and State Route 84, and will release a publication this month that informs the public about the signs in Tucson. It's called "The Neon Pueblo: A Guide to Tucson's Midcentury Vintage Advertising."
The guide is free and will be released at The Neon Mile: Sock Hop event on Friday April 27th at Pima Community College's downtown campus from 6 pm to 9 pm. During this event, the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation and PCC will flip the switch to turn on four restored neon signs.
Source: Arizona Public Media
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