UA professor fights health gap through Hopi dry farming
University of Arizona professor and Hopi dry farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson is working to close health and economic gaps facing Arizona's tribal communities.
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Tucson's TimberTote Purses stages fashion show for NYFW
Tucson-based TimberTote Purses hosted a fashion show fundraiser at Whiskey Del Bac to help fund its upcoming trip to New York Fashion Week.
Tucson fashion show honors missing indigenous women
Indigenous designers, artists and musicians gathered at Main Event Tucson on May 3 for a fashion show honoring missing and murdered indigenous women and children, organized by the Tucson Indian Center.
Tucson's TimberTote heads to New York Fashion Week
Tucson wooden purse company TimberTote is heading to New York Fashion Week in September and hosting a fundraiser fashion show in Tucson on August 14 to help cover the cost.
Tucson shop stitches together Indigenous fashion
Dot Pallane's Indigenous Fashions opened in January at Monterey Court, offering alterations and custom designs rooted in Yoeme and Southwestern culture.
Fábrica Sonoran Stitch impulsa fuerza laboral
La fábrica Sonoran Stitch de Tucson combina la fabricación de moda, la capacitación laboral y la sostenibilidad. Su propietaria, Erica Yngve, trabaja para impulsar el crecimiento de los empleos locales en el sector de la costura industrial.
Free book swap coming to Tumamoc Hill Friday
The University of Arizona's Desert Laboratory is hosting a free book swap at Tumamoc Hill's Boathouse this Friday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. No book required to participate.
Sonoran Stitch factory boosts Tucson workforce
Tucson’s Sonoran Stitch Factory blends fashion manufacturing, workforce training and sustainability as owner Erica Yngve works to grow local industrial sewing jobs.
Clases de costura en Tucson para todos los niveles
Needles and Knots Sewing Design Lab en Tucson ofrece clases prácticas de costura para todos los niveles, desde principiantes hasta expertos, impartidas por su propietaria, Shauna Smith.