Beginning in 2019, SAACA has partnered with the Town of Sahuarita Parks and Recreation Department to produce a series of public art projects each year. The projects seek to enhance the cultural environment, visual landscape and the quality of life for residents and visitors to public parks in Sahuarita. The projects, completed by a diverse pool of Arizona muralists, celebrate themes of the people, places, and culture of Sahuarita and can be found on utility cabinets, seating walls, and storage doors throughout the town and parks.
We encourage you to visit each unique piece of art in person, and tag @SAACA @ArtsAZ @SahuaritaParksAndRecreation and #SahuaritaArts in your posts.
We encourage you to visit each unique piece of art in person, and tag @SAACA @ArtsAZ @SahuaritaParksAndRecreation and #SahuaritaArts in your posts.
2020 Public Art Projects
"The Birds of Sahuarita" - Alonso Delgadillo
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"The Birds of Sahuarita"
Artist: Alonso Delgadillo Completed May 2020 Mural Theme: Migratory Birds in an abstract style and colors observed around the Sahuarita Lake Park. Location: Sahuarita Lake Park – Amphitheater Seat Wall South End of 15466 S Rancho Sahuarita Blvd, Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Measurements: 198’ square feet - 66’ length x 2.2’ height (low end) and 3.9’ height (tall end) - painted stucco w/concrete cap |
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About the Artist
Alonso Delgadillo “Norte” is a border artist from Tijuana, interested in the culture, the stories and the memories that surround him. These are transformed into murals and drawings depicting daily life, using drawing lines as a characteristic of this personal style of work. Currently, he is working on a series inspired by traditional Latin American handcrafts, exploring a variety of formats and media: wood, canvas, and paper among other. Learn more about this artist at https://www.alonsodelgadillo.com/about Alonso Delgadillo "NORTE", es un artista de la frontera Tijuana, interesado en dar evidencia de la cultura popular que lo rodea, sus historias y recuerdos, son plasmados en murales y dibujos que dan testimonio de la vida cotidiana con un estilo personal, utilizando las líneas de dibujo como característica de su obra. Actualmente trabaja en una serie inspirada en la artesanía popular latinoamericana, explorando con diversos formatos y materiales como: madera, tela, papel entre otros. |
"Laura's Horny Toad (other animals not depicted)" by Isaac Caruso
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"Laura's Horny Toad (other animals not depicted)"
Artist: Isaac Caruso Completed April 2020 Mural Theme: Desert Horned Lizard (horny toad) and Saguaro Flowers Location: Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park – Roll Up Storage Door 1905 N Old Nogales Hwy, Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Measurement: 52 square feet: 7.8 ’x 6.10’ - Metal |
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About the Artist
Isaac Nicholas Caruso is an artist and creative director born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Caruso makes public art to communicate with communities and help give them a visual identity. The imagery he paints is powerful and uplifting with the goal to transform our surroundings with positivity. He describes his motivations as an artist by saying: "The external environments we share are meant to be augmented, in my opinion, and my humble service as an artist is to facilitate that by creating visual narratives that bind people together. I treat the act of painting murals as a performance piece by showing my love for the neighborhood and I strive to involve the community as much as possible in my process. Either for the sake of place making, entertaining our enhancing the urban landscape I try to make my world better through public art, for the enjoyment of everyone I share it with." Learn more about this artist at https://isaacncaruso.com/ |
"Colibri" by Ignacio Garcia
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"Colibri"
Artist: Ignacio Garcia Completed May 2020 Mural Theme: Colorful Hummingbird and Peacock Flowers Location: Anza Trail Park – MUSCO Cabinet 15490 S Rancho Sahuarita Blvd, Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Measurements: 305 square feet: East & West sides 17’ x 7.5’; Sides width 3.3’ - Metal |
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About the Artist
Muralist and Public Artist Ignacio Garcia is well known throughout Arizona and California for his 3D chalk murals and large, colorful photo-realistic murals that often play on whimsical, playful pop art ideas. His mural of Bill Walton riding a Jackalope on the side of Rialto Theater in Tucson is one of the most photographed images of the downtown Tucson corridor. Garcia is an artistic studies graduate of the East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa, AZ and the Gnoman Workshop in Hollywood, CA. Learn more about this artist on Instagram @azchalkguy |
"Te-Gila Sunrise" by Alex Jimenez
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"Te-Gila Sunrise"
Artist: Alex Jimenez Completed May 2020 Mural Theme: Gila Monster in two different styles and sunset colors observed on the Santa Rita Mountains, Location: Wrightson Ridge Park - MUSCO Cabinet 16325 S Rancho Sahuarita Blvd, Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Measurements: 214 square feet: West side 12’x 7.5’; East side 10.5’ x 7.5’; Sides width 3’ - Metal |
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About the Artist - Alex Jimenez
As a former scientist I approach art from a different perspective. A design problem or illustration project becomes a quest for the right question to ask and my resultant image - the answer. I am in love with process and most often take several steps to arrive at the final image. I appreciate the value that the digital world offers and I take advantage by combining hand illustrated elements with photography, watercolors, and vectorized images. Learn more about this artist at https://www.alexclamation.com/ |
"Sahuarita Treasures" by Alejandra Trujillo
Photo by Chad McBroom Photography
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"Sahuarita Treasures"
Artist: Alejandra Trujillo Completed May 2020 Mural Theme: Sahuarita Selfie Spot with Monarch Butterflies, Desert Tortoise, Pecan Grove, and Quail Family Location: Sahuarita Lake Park – Boat Access Storage Door, North End of 15466 S Rancho Sahuarita Blvd, Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Measurements: 103 square feet - 12’ x 8.7’ (Metal) |
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About the Artist
Multimedia artist, born in Mexico now residing in Tucson Arizona. Alejandra Trujillo is a wife and homeschooling mother of three. She spends most of her time creating murals, paintings, miniatures and tattooing. Learn more about this artist at https://aniebla88.wixsite.com/alejandratrujilloart/murals |
2019 Public Art Projects
Beginning with the Town of Sahuarita's 25th Anniversary in 2019, SAACA has partnered with the Town of Sahuarita Parks and Recreation Department to produce a series of annual public art projects. The projects seek to enhance the cultural environment, visual landscape and the quality of life for residents and visitors to public parks in Sahuarita. The 2019 projects included five murals in town parks hand-painted by three Arizona muralists celebrating different themes of people, place, and culture of Sahuarita.
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"Sahuarita and Astronomy"
Artist: Wesley Fawcett Creigh Completed November 2019 Hand-painted astronomy themed mural wrapping the entire box featuring galaxies, the Whipple Observatory, and starry cosmos background. Location: Anamax Park (North Side of Park) 17501 S. Camino De Las Quintas Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Approximate Size: 350 square feet – Width 20’6” x Height 7’8” x Depth 3’ |
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"Sahuarita Pecans"
Artist: Wesley Fawcett Creigh Completed November 2019 Hand-painted pecan themed mural wrapping the entire box featuring a pecan orchard and pecans in trees. Location: Anamax Park (South Side of Park) 17501 S. Camino De Las Quintas Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Approximate Size: 200 square feet – Width 11’8” x Height 7’6” x Depth 2’11” |
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"The Cosmos and Community"
Artist: Ghazal Ghazi Completed October 2019 Artist Statement: This mural takes inspiration from local flora, cosmos, and community. It depicts a woman that is radiant, smiling, exuding vibrant colors in celebration of Sahuarita’s diverse and changing community. Surrealism plays with her hair and clothes, which are full of leaves and flowers from Sahuarita’s local ecosystem – such as plants that are found in the Santa Ritas, Madera Canyon, and the Sonoran Desert. Behind her are the starry cosmos, representative not only of the starry nights that can be seen in Sahuarita, but also of the importance of astronomy in local activity, such as the Whipple Observatory. The reverse side of the box includes key agricultural foods produced in Sahuarita Location: Anamax Park (South Side of Park) 17501 S. Camino De Las Quintas Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Approximate Size: 200 square feet – Width 11’8” x Height 7’6” x Depth 2’11” |
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"Life, Land and Ecology"
Artist: Ghazal Ghazi Completed October 2019 Artist Statement: The main themes of this mural are life, land, ecology. It features a very colorful and vibrant depiction of a prickly pear plant. The blue background represents not only the sky, but also water and vital role that it plays in the Sonoran Desert ecosystem. It reflects too on the relationship that desert plants have to water, even though this vital resource is so scarce here. The main goal of this design is to celebrate one of the most iconic and common plants of the local system, something that we are surrounded by. It is meant to show something that we encounter on a daily basis in a new light, highlighting its uniqueness and vibrancy. Location: North Santa Cruz Park 14455 S Rancho Sahuarita Blvd, Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Approximate Size: 133 square feet – Width 19’ x Height 7’8” |
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"Saguaro Blooms"
Artist: Ignacio Garcia Completed November 2019 Taking inspiration from Sahuarita’s namesake (roughly translating to “little Saguaro”), this mural features eye-catching, realistic looking Saguaro flowers in a large format. Location: Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park 1905 N Old Nogales Hwy, Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Approximate Size: 400 square feet – Width 21’11” x Height 7’7” x Depth 2’11’ |