Pascola masks created by Louis David Valenzuela, a Yaqui woodcarver.
Alisa Ivanitskaya
June 18, 2020
Featured on the June 18th, 2020 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Do you wear a mask in public? The pandemic has shifted our cultural perception of face covering, and throughout time, masks have had many different cultural meanings. Alisa Ivanitskaya asks some experts to discuss the symbolic role of masks, as objects that can connect with the spiritual world and as tools of self-exploration. The Arizona State Museum currently offers an Introduction to the James S. Griffith Collection of Mayo and Yoeme Pascola Masks online.
VIEW LARGER Life casts can become the basis for an art piece. Courtesy of Paul Weir
- Author Gary Paul Nabhan is a Research Scientist with the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center, and an Ecumenical Franciscan brother. He talks about an aspect of religious freedom that is often overlooked, and asks that Americans take into account the desecration of sacred sites that are in the path of border wall construction.
Gary Paul Nabhan, the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at the Southwest Center, and Director of the UA Center for Regional Food Studies.Megan Roxbury
Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a sacred place, is in danger because of border wall construction.
Courtesy of Gary Paul Nabhan
VIEW LARGER Tohono O'odham rally against the desecration of sacred sites because of the border wall construction. Courtesy of Gary Paul Nabhan
- And, remembering a writer who influenced a generation to think about feminism, racism & inequality, and encouraged them to stand up for truth and justice in the real world. Mark McLemore reflects on the legacy of comic book legend Denny O’Neil.
Two comic books that featured stories by Denny O'Neil.
DC Comics
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