Tubac Festival of the Arts

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1960s Tubac Festival of the Arts
Tubac Festival of the Arts 1960 through 1969 The first annual Tubac Festival of the Arts in 1960 was sponsored by the newly formed Tubac Chamber of Commerce. According to the Chamber's News Bulletin, the objective of the festival was to "provide t... View Full Record
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1970s Tubac Festival of the Arts
Tubac Festival of the Arts 1970 through 1979 The second decade of the Tubac Festival of the Arts continued to grow exponentially in attendance, in the number of participating local and international artists and in the addition of non art events. ... View Full Record
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1980s Tubac Festival of the Arts
Tubac Festival of the Arts 1980 through 1989 During the late 1970s and early 1980s, local fabric artist Harwood Steiger created publicity banners for the Tubac Festival of the Arts. The banners were hung inside and outside village galleries. In... View Full Record
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1990s Tubac Festival of the Arts
Tubac Festival of the Arts 1990 through 1999 This decade began with another controversy. According to a Southern Arizona Trails, June 1990 article, "Businesses in Tubac were polled recently [by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce] and, surprisingly, 15... View Full Record
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2000s Tubac Festival of the Arts
Tubac Festival of the Arts 2000 through 2009 This first decade of the new millennium brought a sameness to the Festival advertising posters; for the entire decade, Santa Fe painter Amado Pena, Jr. won the contest for the Festival's poster design.... View Full Record
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2010s Tubac Festival of the Arts
Tubac Festival of the Arts 2010 through 2019 By the second decade of the 21st century, it appeared that for the most part shop owners had become more accepting of the Festival. Some in fact welcomed the Festival and felt it was the "best week of t... View Full Record
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We hope you enjoyed this virtual exhibit of six decades of the Tubac Festival of the Arts. To see more artifacts from the Festival of the Arts, click the button to return to our Museum Home Page and go to the Online Catalog where you can search fo... View Full Record