The Voice of Southwest Tucson
Volume 12 • Number 19
October 19, 2022
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Artist amplifies positive images of Black Americans
INSIDE Arts
BY BRIDGETTE REDMAN
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A sion to go in a different direction, toward something better. This philosophy of moving ahead is one that I’ve tried to embody both in my personal journey of recovery since being shot in 2011 and in the fight for gun violence prevention that has become my life’s work.” Wainscott said she is looking forward to hosting Giffords.
s much as she loved art, Alanna Airitam felt she didn’t belong in museums. There were few people who looked like her on the walls and those who did were often portrayed in traumatic or violent situations. When she left a 20-year career in advertising to become a full-time fine art photographer, she knew her art had to be different. The photographer moved to Tucson from San Diego in 2019, looking for larger, more affordable studio space. Through Oct. 29, her series “The Golden Age” is on display at the University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography. Ten large-scale portraits depict Black Americans in a way that is designed to be uplifting, empowering and dignified. The portraits are modeled on the golden age of the Harlem Renaissance and each portrait is dubbed with the name of a saint, names pulled from street names in Harlem. In her artist statement about “The Golden Age,” Airitam wrote, “Weary from experiencing how people of color are treated, I feel called to create images of people who look like me presented with reverence and dignity. I began working on ‘The Golden
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The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal Gabby Giffords, who was unveiled last week. (Pasadena Tournament of Roses/Submitted)
Gabby Giffords named Rose Parade marshal BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tucson Local Media
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ormer Rep. Gabby Giffords was named the 2023 grand marshal by Tournament of Roses President Amy Wainscott. Gabby’s remarkable recovery from traumatic injuries epitomizes the 2023 theme, “Turning the Corner.” The announcement was a
celebratory event on the front steps of Tournament House in Pasadena, 80 days before the Rose Bowl Game and Rose Parade presented by Honda, both on Jan. 2. “It’s a tremendous honor to serve as the grand marshal of the 134th Rose Parade,” Giffords said in a statement. “I love the theme of ‘turning the corner’ — the idea that we all can make a conscious deci-
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