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Tumamoc Sketchbook

Art & Science on Tumamoc Hill, Tucson's sacred mountain.

Category: Tumamoc Artists

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020

View from Tumamoc: by Bill Hartmann

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Tucson Catalinas storm from Tumamoc Hill by Nick Georgiou
April 12, 2020April 12, 2020

Tumamoc on our mind

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3D map sketch of Tumamoc Hill in Tucson Arizona
March 30, 2020March 31, 2020

Visualizing Tumamoc (Part 1)

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November 25, 2016August 29, 2019

A Serial Painter at Large

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Bill Singleton painting on Tumamoc Hill, Photo by Paul Mirocha
May 31, 2016August 29, 2019

Operation Desert Storm

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April 9, 2016August 29, 2019

Barbara’s Tiny Notebook

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Journal of the Southwest cover
January 20, 2016August 29, 2019

Tumamoc Hill in Journal of the Southwest

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December 22, 2015August 29, 2019

Happy Saguaro Drawing

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Building 802, Historic desert Lab, by William Hartman
July 15, 2015August 15, 2015

Mondays on the Mountain

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February 15, 2015August 29, 2019

Tumamoc Artists Open at Tohono Chul Gallery

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Scorpion Evuiae, photogram by Chip Hegecock
January 28, 2015February 11, 2015

Tumamoc at Tohono Chul

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November 1, 2014December 1, 2014

Mondays on the Mountain 1

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October 24, 2014August 29, 2019

I Stand with Saguaros

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maY snake procession
June 6, 2014August 29, 2019

It Happened This Way

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wheat-paste mural on tumamoc water tank
April 14, 2014April 23, 2014

Who’s That Woman on the Water Tower?

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April 1, 2014July 7, 2021

March Mondays

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Bill Singleton and watercolor sketch
March 13, 2014July 7, 2021

UA News: TPoE, POG, & TFoB

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February 20, 2014October 16, 2022

This Piece of Earth

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Tuesday artists on Tuammoc
February 1, 2014February 1, 2014

Tuesday Afternoon

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Cassien painting in desert Lab garden by Bill Singleton
January 23, 2014

Tuesdays on Tumamoc

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Saguaro SGP5by Meredith Milstead
December 23, 2013November 3, 2021

Our Favorite Saguaro

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December 16, 2013December 21, 2013

Painting Out on Tumamoc #2

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November 21, 2013November 9, 2021

Painting Out on Tumamoc

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Prickly Pear cactus by Barbara Terkanian
March 15, 2013March 15, 2013

Festival of Books

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Plot 8_ Meredith Milstead
March 6, 2013March 13, 2013

Sunday Afternoon

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Saguaro Landscape, watercolor by Barbara Terkanian
July 14, 2012July 19, 2012

Clouds, a Poem, a Dead Saguaro, and a Painting

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Meredith Milstead's rattler drawing
June 23, 2012June 26, 2012

We Find a Snake

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Unfinished Gila monster sketch by Paul Mirocha
June 12, 2012August 1, 2012

A pencil: the best of eyes

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Saguaro fruit by Meridith Milstead, pastel
June 4, 2012

On Location

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Plein air watercolor painting by Barb Terkanian
May 28, 2012

Saturday watercolor

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April 24, 2012April 26, 2012

Sketching. Yes, Again.

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Drawing with pastels on the Desert Lab grounds
April 3, 2012

En Plein Air

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Meredith plant sketchbook
March 3, 2012March 5, 2012

Botanical Sketching Saturday

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January 17, 2012January 18, 2012

Tumamoc Open House

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Greenhouse Door, Meredith Milstead. 1-14-12
January 15, 2012January 18, 2012

New Study of Greenhouse Effect

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Saguaro sketch, Barbara Kerkanian
January 10, 2012January 18, 2012

Art and Science

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Margaret Davis uses a Viewfinder as a landscape drawing aid. (photo by Meredith Milstead)
December 13, 2011December 21, 2011

Botanical Landscape Workshop

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Meredith drawing
December 11, 2011December 27, 2011

Drawing is Thinking

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December 4, 2011December 9, 2011

Drawing from Life

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This site is maintained by Paul Mirocha, Artist-in-Residence at the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, which is owned by the University of Arizona. On the Hill, a small group of artists and invited creatives of all kinds create projects and collaborate with scientists to expand understanding and appreciation of the beauty of the Sonoran Desert region.

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