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  • Phoenix Freeway Pot
    ArtValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    July 18, 2014
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    Phoenix Freeway Pots Cause a Stir

    PHOENIX -- The official name of the art project is "Wall Cycle to Ocotillo," but to most, they're "the Freeway Pots" and they caused quite a fuss when they were installed back in 1992, when the city laid out $474,000 for an arts project designed to enhance the Squaw Peak Parkway (since renamed the Piestewa ...
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  • ArtValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    May 31, 2014
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    Canaan in the Desert Offers Roadside Refuge

    Arizona’s roadside refuges offer peace, quiet and a place for inner reflection, should there be a need. They’re located all across the state, in small towns and large cities. One of my favorites is the Garden of Jesus’ Suffering and His Resurrection in Phoenix, which offers a walking tour into serenity. Located at Canaan in ...
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  • ArtSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    January 11, 2014
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    A Gun-Totin’ Madonna in Springerville

    SPRINGERVILLE -- Along this community's main thoroughfare, there stands a statue of a stony-faced woman carrying a baby in her left arm. A bonnet shades her eyes, and an older child clings to her long dress. She's known as the "Madonna." It's a strange designation since...
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  • Carefree Sundial
    ArtValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    September 8, 2013
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    Carefree Sundial is Among the World’s Largest

    CAREFREE – One of the world’s largest sundials anchors a colorful and eclectic desert garden in Carefree. This time-telling sculpture measures 90 feet in diameter and points to the North Star. The metal gnomon (which casts the shadow on the sundial) stands 35 feet and stretches 62 feet.
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  • ArtSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    June 17, 2013
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    Mining Engineer Decorates the Community of Oracle in Southern Arizona

    ORACLE -- Martin Salter wasn't a trained artist, but his work is highly regarded in this community. Salter was a mining engineer who loved art and wanted his town to be a place of culture, so he created art objects and placed them at strategic sites.
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  • ArtOdd ObservationsSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    September 2, 2011
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    Iron Whales and Rusty Nails in Quartzsite

    QUARTZSITE -- Gene Hassler doesn't let things go to waste, especially if they're things he can use to create a whale or a velocipede. Hassler is a welder and artist who spends some of his time in Quartzsite because he owns Hassler's RV Park here. The property is adorned with about 50 of his creations, ...
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