2019 Painted Electric Box Mural Project
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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Prickly Pear
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 Flowers
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’ |