| 5th & 9th Circle Designs
One set of 5 signs is placed facing each street in this circle. On the
bottom is a large Dunbar/Spring neighborhood sign, based on the facade
of the Dunbar School, and above it is a cluster of four signs, of various
colors and shapes.
The signs have four types of references:
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Details from public buildings: Dunbar School, Jim's Market, the Red Barn
Theater, and the Sahara Motel sign
-Non-building
details from around the neighborhood: the railroad sign, a mesquite tree,
Court Street Cemetery, and a modified street sign.
-Details
from four churches in the neighborhood.
-Historic
housing styles in the neighborhood, including a rowhouse, bungalow, and
a Victorian.
All Souls' Procession Circle Designs
There are five designs for this circle: four unique designs, and one that
is repeated four times, placed in between the unique designs. I drew from
two sources of inspiration for this circle. I am basing the look of the
signs on traditional Dia de los Muertos paper cutout banners. They have
decorative borders printed on the signs, carry a grid pattern for the
background, and feature skeletons participating in various activities.
Since Tucson's All Souls' Procession is organized primarily by people
in the Dunbar Spring neighborhood, the signs reference a number of different
groups that participate in the parade, including Flam Chen, Tucson Puppet
Works,, and Bicas.
1st & 9th Circle Designs
Four sets of two signs appear in this circle, each bearing a detail of
a publicly-accessible artwork created by a current creative organization
in the neighborhood. The signs are large: each is approximately four feet
wide. |