VIEW LARGER Vikki, from "The Crone Body". Jade Beall
October 17, 2024
Featured on the October 17th, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Jade Beall is a Tucson-based photographer with an eye for finding beauty all around her. Beall talks about her collection called “The Crone Body”, which contains intimate portraits that celebrate the changing wisdom and power of women as they age.
VIEW LARGER Grandmother & granddaughter, from "The Crone Body". Jade Beall
VIEW LARGER Carmelene, from "The Crone Body". Jade Beall
VIEW LARGER Des, from "The Crone Body". Jade Beall
- Local food activists estimate that millions of pounds of free produce go to waste each year in southern Arizona from sources such as backyard citrus trees, date palms and pomegranate shrubs. Iskashitaa Network was founded by Barbara Eiswerth to locate, harvest and re-distribute this local produce all while connecting new refugees to the local community. In this month’s “Storyteller” segment, meet Simba, an asylum seeker from Burundi, who found he was welcomed in Tucson by a new community that benefited from his experience and self-reliance.
Volunteers and members of the Iskashitaa Network in one of the community gardens.
courtesy of Iskashitaa Network
VIEW LARGER Barbara Eiswerth, PhD, is the founder and executive director of Iskashitaa Refugee Network. She established the non-profit organization in 2003 to help United Nations refugees become better acquainted with United States and its people, and to reduce food waste in our community. Tony Paniagua / AZPM
Orange being picked off of fruit tree from Iskashitaa Network garden.
courtesy of Iskashitaa Network
- And, find out about “Bad Art Night” at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, and what it has to offer those who want to explore their creative curiosity.
Arizona Science Center staff celebrate following a successful "Bad Art Night".
courtesy of Lauren Pool, Arizona Science Center
People of all ages contribute to the design of a community art wall at the first "Bad Art Night" event at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix.
courtesy of Lauren Pool / Arizona Science Center
Art enthusiasts gather paints and materials while participating in the family-friendly "Bad Art Night" at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix.
courtesy of Lauren Pool / Arizona Science Center
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