Esoteric Survey

Studio Rick Joy (1999) Architect Rick Joy's studio and the adjoining Convent Avenue Studios are located in Tucson's Barrio Historico. The mixed-use project is a combination of private and public adobe courtyards that transition from office to residential. Many of the buildings are rammed earth, a signature construction method used by Joy.  There was a Max Gottschalk chair in the main studio. However, when looking through Rick Joy's website, I came across this photo. Along with four other Gottschalk chairs, there is a monumental sculpture by Jack Boyd.  Source: Studio Rick Joy And here is a period photo with what looks like the same Boyd sculpture on a Max Gottschalk table.  Source: Dave Hampton The visit was part of a bike tour my friend and talented photographer,  Logan Havens , led me on.  Logan also knows where all the Charles Clement works are.

Tucson Modernism Week 2019, presented by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation  was held this past weekend. A small group of San Diegans ventured out to join the fun. The firs stop, as it usually is when I go to Tucson, was the Sunshine Shop . It is located in the historic Hirsh's building, where the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation is also located. Sunshine often holds exhibitions related to Arizona artists and craftspeople. Leona Caldwell, from the Family Archives, was the focus of their modernism week exhibition. Leona Caldwell was a noted figure in Arizona’s modernist craft movement. Based in Scottsdale, her work celebrated cultural themes and graphics of the southwest. Leona Caldwell Originals, her retail shop, was opened in the respected Kiva Craft Center on Fifth Avenue in Scottsdale. Leona Caldwell became a central figure in the Scottsdale modern craft movement - which included Lloyd Kiva, Charles Loloma, Paolo Soleri, and many others. Sh...