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Jade Beall
October 17, 2024
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Featured on the October 17th, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Jade Beall is a Tucson-based photographer with an eye for finding beauty all around her. Beall talks about her collection called “The Crone Body”, which contains intimate portraits that celebrate the changing wisdom and power of women as they age.
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Jade Beall
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Jade Beall
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Jade Beall
- Local food activists estimate that millions of pounds of free produce go to waste each year in southern Arizona from sources such as backyard citrus trees, date palms and pomegranate shrubs. Iskashitaa Network was founded by Barbara Eiswerth to locate, harvest and re-distribute this local produce all while connecting new refugees to the local community. In this month’s “Storyteller” segment, meet Simba, an asylum seeker from Burundi, who found he was welcomed in Tucson by a new community that benefited from his experience and self-reliance.
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- And, find out about “Bad Art Night” at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, and what it has to offer those who want to explore their creative curiosity.
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