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VIL feb 09 GRID.indd - Tubac Villager

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About this month’s cover<br />

Paintings of Tumacacori Mission<br />

National Park by Michael Gibbons<br />

will be the featured subject of his work<br />

at the <strong>Tubac</strong> Art Exchange, 2243 East<br />

Frontage Road, <strong>Tubac</strong>, Arizona (next<br />

building located south of the Gas<br />

Station near the Clinic).<br />

Michael has often worked on the<br />

grounds of the Mission with resulting<br />

paintings in oil portraying the very<br />

essence of the old Southwest settlers<br />

area. His painting entitled “VIEW<br />

BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x<br />

21”, (pictured below right) was chosen<br />

by a nationally recognized jury panel to<br />

be included in the 2007 Paint the Parks<br />

Top 100 and that painting has just<br />

returned from a year tour around the<br />

USA. Along with the original, Michael<br />

will have Giclee reproductions of this<br />

image on White Archival Enhanced<br />

Matte Stock available. Michael and his<br />

wife Judith maintained a winter studio/gallery and residence<br />

in <strong>Tubac</strong> from 1997 until mid-2006 when they returned to<br />

Oregon’s familial and creative roots. He has returned each<br />

year since, to the <strong>Tubac</strong> area to paint and is delighted<br />

to participate in the<br />

50th Anniversary of<br />

the <strong>Tubac</strong> Festival<br />

of the Arts at the<br />

<strong>Tubac</strong> Art Exchange.<br />

Michael will check<br />

in each day of the<br />

Festival at the gallery<br />

and he plans on<br />

spending all day<br />

Saturday greeting<br />

friends and showing<br />

his work. For more<br />

information please<br />

call the <strong>Tubac</strong><br />

Art Exchange,<br />

(520) 398-9156 or<br />

(520)398-9156.<br />

A native Oregonian, born and raised<br />

in Portland, Gibbons demonstrated<br />

an extraordinary gift for perception<br />

and visual expression from the time<br />

he could grasp a crayon. Winning<br />

top awards in competitions as varied<br />

as county fairs to the regional and<br />

national Scholastic Art Awards<br />

helped solidify a future in the realm<br />

of visual expression.<br />

At age twenty fi ve he left his<br />

position as designer of specialty<br />

automotive accessories for a small<br />

manufacturing fi rm in Portland to<br />

pursue painting full time. Fifteen<br />

years later and after a decade of<br />

acceptance into juried exhibitions<br />

at the Portland Art Museum, the<br />

American Artists Professional<br />

League; Allied Artists of America;<br />

and the Salmagundi Club, he was<br />

invited to full membership in Allied<br />

Artists of America. Twenty years later he is still a member<br />

plus he holds Signature Membership in Oil Painters of<br />

America and Past member of the Copely Society.<br />

“VIEW BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x 21”<br />

WHERE ART AND HISTORY MEET - plan time to visit the <strong>Tubac</strong> Presidio State Historical Park and the Tumacácori Mission.<br />

Tumacácori Mission 1896 E Frontage Rd, Tumacácori I-19 Exit 29 520-398-9038 <strong>Tubac</strong> Presidio 1 Burruel Street, <strong>Tubac</strong> 520-398-2252<br />

Pg 5 <strong>Tubac</strong> Event Calendar<br />

Pg 6 New Places - TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coff ee<br />

by Maggie Milinovitch<br />

Pg 8 New Places - Grumpy Gringo<br />

by Alfred Griffin<br />

Pg 11 Didier Masson & El Biplano Sonora<br />

by Mary Bingham<br />

Pg 12 Gallery Feature - Graham Bell Gallery<br />

by Joseph Birkett<br />

Pg 14 Santa Cruz County Update<br />

by Kathleen Vandervoet<br />

Pg 16 Art, History & the Foods of Colonial <strong>Tubac</strong><br />

by Shaw Kinsley<br />

Pg 16 A Very Rare Book<br />

by Shaw Kinsley<br />

Pg 20 <strong>Tubac</strong> Map<br />

Pg 23 The Borderlands Photographer<br />

by Murray Bolesta<br />

Pg 24 Festival Was “Quaint” in Its Early Years<br />

by Kathleen Vandervoet<br />

Pg 26 Letters<br />

Pg 30 Italy - Land of Wine Values<br />

by Bernard Berlin<br />

Pg 32 Tibetan Monks Make Special Visit to <strong>Tubac</strong><br />

by Ginger Applegarth<br />

Pg 36 <strong>Tubac</strong> Experience - <strong>Tubac</strong> Olive Oil Co.<br />

by Ellen Sussman<br />

Pg 37 Remnants from Ruth - recipes<br />

Pg 38 Try Try Again<br />

by Carol St. John<br />

This monthly journal is made possible through the<br />

support of local advertisers, artists and writers... please<br />

visit their unique businesses and let them know where<br />

you saw their ad, art or article.<br />

The <strong>Tubac</strong> <strong>Villager</strong> is a locally owned and<br />

independently operated journal, based in <strong>Tubac</strong> and<br />

published monthly to celebrate the art of living in<br />

Southern Arizona.<br />

Letters are welcome.<br />

Opinions expressed do not necessarily refl ect those<br />

of the advertisers or the publishers. Advertiser and<br />

contributor statements and qualifi cations are the<br />

responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named.<br />

All articles and images are the property of the <strong>Tubac</strong><br />

<strong>Villager</strong>, and/or writer or artist named, and may not be<br />

reproduced without permission.<br />

February Circulation: 13,000. The <strong>Villager</strong> is made<br />

available at 180 Tucson locations, 400 Phoenix<br />

locations, and off ered free of charge at locations in<br />

<strong>Tubac</strong>, Tumacacori, Carmen, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio<br />

Rico, Amado and Arivaca, Arizona.<br />

Publishers/Editors: Joseph & Hallie Birkett<br />

Many thanks to the excellent<br />

contributions from:<br />

Bernard Berlin<br />

Mary Bingham<br />

Joseph Birkett<br />

Murray Bolesta<br />

Zack Gallardo<br />

Michael Gibbons<br />

Alfred Griffi n<br />

<strong>Tubac</strong> <strong>Villager</strong> Map:<br />

Roberta Rogers<br />

February 20<strong>09</strong><br />

Shaw Kinsley<br />

Maggie Milinovitch<br />

Ruthie<br />

Carol St. John<br />

Ellen Sussman<br />

Kathleen Vandervoet<br />

County Update Editor:<br />

Kathleen Vandervoet<br />

On-line: www.tubacvillager.com<br />

E-mail: <strong>Tubac</strong><strong>Villager</strong>@mac.com<br />

Write: P.O. Box 4018<br />

<strong>Tubac</strong>, AZ 85646<br />

Phone:<br />

520-398-3980

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