Tubac Festival of the Arts
February 6-10, 2008
Resident Artists at
Aldea de Artisticas
Artists Exhibiting at Aldea de Artisticas
Artists
at El Presidito, Old Town
Aldea de Artisticas
Imagine….
Make Art …Make Community…Make History …
Repeat Itself…
It was
Tubac’s working artists during the1950s,
60s and 70s who made Tubac’s tradition of “Where Art and History Meet…They
renovated or built homes that were their studios and galleries.
They made art, built community and created, lived and celebrated a
tradition that became the foundation of the Tubac of today.
Aldea de
Artisticas is a working artists’ village in the heart of Old Town Tubac—an intentional
working artists’ community offering…
Ownership
Affordable living, studio and gallery space
From 950 to 1,500 sq. ft. Unit---From $150,000
Options for design and build to suit
Financing plans
Common
Area Exhibition, Working, Event space
Ownership and management
control
|
Patron accessibility and promotions
Artists
/Owners Association
Ownership review and
selection control
Management Participation
Expense Sharing
A
Planned Working Artists’ Community in Perpetuity
CC& R’s to secure
integrity and future use as a working artists’ village
Caps on re-sale to maintain affordability
Consider reserving your site now…
Aldea de Artisticas
Site Map
For updated site map click here.
Aldea de Artisticas
Where
the Future of Art and History in Old Town Tubac Meet.
Aldea de Artisticas
Join Us Where Art and History Meet
Tubac, Arizona is world famous as both a significant historical site and a thriving artists community.
Founded in 1752 as the first Spanish colonial settlement in what is now Arizona, Tubac has a rich history spanning over 1,000 years...first as an ancient Indian settlement, then as a Spanish presidio, then as the headquarters for American mining exploration, and starting in the mid-twentieth century as an artist colony.
Today a unique opportunity is emerging to maintain Tubac's status as a center for creative arts...Aldea de Artisticas.
Aldea de Artisticas is located in Old Town Tubac and includes part of the original Spanish presidio.
The primary purpose of Aldea de Artisticas is to establish a working artist community, based on a shared vision and collaboration.
Addition information on
Aldea de Artisticas --- The Site Plan ---
The Site Map --- Our
Mission Statement.
The complex
currently includes two existing buildings on the National Historic Register. At
the heart of Aldea de Artistica Make
living history at the Historic Lowe House Additional studios, galleries and residences
are proposed to be constructed, using authentic building materials,
architecture, and site planning replicating the original Spanish colonial and
Territorial historic periods. Aldea
de Artisticas Site Plan A Concept
of Where Art and History And the Future of
Old Town
Tubac Meet Presented
to the Santa Cruz County March
10, 2006
By Lois Griffel "First Signs of Spring" Oil on Canvas.
.
A Development Concept
for Tubac Historic
Properties LLC Purpose To secure and
enhance the integrity and economic viability of Historic Old Town Tubac ambiance
and tradition of “Where Art and History Meet” through an integrated and
interconnected use of existing buildings and new improvements. Overall
Design Concept The overall
concept is to build a replica of 1860’s Tubac, using existing buildings on the
National Register of Historic Places as featured structures and integrating new
buildings designed for mixed-use purposes as artist residences, studios and
galleries which was the construction model prevalent in Tubac’s early artist
colony days of the 1960s and early 1970s. Compliance Tubac Historic
Zone Design Criteria Ordinance is the basis for the design of all exterior
elements and will be gladly complied with in all expansions of existing
buildings and new improvements. The concept is in keeping with the Santa Cruz
County Comprehensive Plan and has support from long-time Old Town Tubac property
owners. All improvements will comply with Santa Cruz County Building Codes. The
project is not necessarily the
highest and best use of the parcels given current trends. A zoning variance
might be required on portions of the parcel zoned multiple family to allow for a
mixed use. Abandonment of a county easement on the Placita de Anza could serve
the purpose of eliminating long-standing boundary issues, afford access and
egress, accommodate infrastructure and parking requirements for the project. Site
Plan Concepts
Click here for Site Map The siting of
improvements will place new construction in relation to existing structures in
such a way as to enhance the historic presence, create a sense of “village”,
and to encourage “discovery” and pedestrian flow through interconnecting
pathways, placitas, common areas for art display, and outdoor
“working studios”. These elements
will be woven throughout the “village” creating an organic and natural
environment which invites visitors/patrons to meander in a relaxed, hassle free,
car-free atmosphere where gallery viewing, watching and talking with artists at
work and opportunities for discovering Tubac’s history—narrated via public
art and complementary interpretive structures—will afford and maintain a
unique Old Town Tubac ambiance and experience. All new
construction will reflect the size, scale and proportions of existing buildings.
The single-story adobe “row house” architectural style with features
prevalent in the 1860s Tubac will predominate and maintain and enhance existing
streetscapes. This
1940s photo looking northeast on Calle Iglesia just west of St. Ann’s Church,
reflects the Tubac 1860s “row
house” architecture which will be the dominant style throughout the project.
(Left) The historic Pennington House, today the Hugh Cabot Gallery, (middle), a
former building at the northeast corner of Calle Iglesia and Placita de Anza and
now the location of The Sacred Paths shop, and (right) ruins of buildings since
demolished and now where the Tubac
Historic Properties LLC Sculpture Plaza is located. If and when
possible, building facades will be of a non-load bearing, un-stabilized adobe,
re-creating the authentic historic visual and textural qualities of the
buildings of the era and today existing only in the unstuccoed
historic Pennington House. Utilities An existing
well with a right of 56-acre feet, currently only used on Tubac Historic
Properties, LLC (THP) for
irrigation, will be further explored as the water source for the project. An integrated
septic system to accommodate as many 1-bedroom living-quarter units as allowable
will be constructed. Utilities will
be underground within the village. Solar energy and other energy efficiency
options will be featured components of new construction. Grading The
preference, and when feasible and allowable, is to make use of the grace and
charm of the existing contours of the topography maintaining visual interest and
variety through naturally changing elevations. The preferred
use of flood plain or run-off prone areas is as natural terrain. Parking Public parking
will be placed at the perimeters of the “village” in locations as to not
dominate the streetscape yet afford access and will comply with requirements
relative to the number of allowable units. Landscaping Landscaping
will be minimal and in keeping with native plant selection with the exception of
small pockets of lushness in nooks and crannies or interior courtyards.
Landscaping will be irrigated via a watering system making use of an existing
well. Aldea
de Artisticas Mission Statement To
collaboratively contribute to the creation and further
structuring of the development as well as to derive mutual
benefit from a project known as Aldea de
Artisticas -- a working artists’ collaborative and intentional community
located in Old Town Tubac, Arizona; and,
To develop and share a common vision with respect to the creation
and further structuring of Aldea de Artisticas which
include criteria to preserve, enhance and nurture the sustainability
and growth of the creative tradition of "Where Art and History Meet"
in Old Town Tubac;
To support and perpetuate a creative enclave and collaborative and
intentional quality of life through a shared value system;
To encourage and collaboratively derive benefit from individual
expressions which afford spiritual, physical and economic well-being
and growth for all;
To collaboratively structure, maintain and sustain the
affordability of the working artists’ leased and privately owned
living, studio and exhibition space in order to secure continuation of the intent of the village community for the
future; And
to foster, promote and share opportunities where art, history and a loving
present can manifest with the broader community.
Here's who is part of Aldea de Artistcas
Mike
Taylor, Sculptor Hugh
Holub, Writer, Healing Lawyer Seen
here with
Work in Progress…Labor of Love Restoration of historic adobe for use as
living, studio and gallery space for Aldea de Artisticas
Working
Artists’ Village Living,
Studio and Gallery Space Available
Working
Studios For Rent
Available:
Working/Open Studio Spaces
Historic Lowe House
Offered
By Nancy Valentine Tubac Historic Properties LLC 520-398-9571, 520-245-9222
Now Showing at
the Historic Lowe House Gallery Judith Parker's Expressions of
War "One of the most stunning and powerful
artistic expressions Old Town Tubac Map/
Site Plan/
Site Map/
Mission Statement/
Where is Tubac?/
Tubac Historic Properties LLC/Order book on Tubac's History
an opportunity for more of Old Town Tubac’s
unique artistic and historic expression
over 100 years at the center of
Tubac’s most colorful history..
over five decades as home, studio and gallery
for distinguished artists
Old Town Tubac
Nancy Valentine
5 Placita de Anza
“The Pink House”
(52) 400-4312
mitch1147@yahoo.com
Mike—as his work
depicts—is from many places…most recently from
7 Placita de Anza
“Bertha’s Place—Casa de los Manos de Fierros”
520-842-2278
HughHolub@msn.com
Nancy Valentine
Soulmate, Playmate, Life Partner
and Aldea de Artisticas Co-Creator
Hugh’s creative
energies—focused mostly on The Frumious Bandersnatch(a satirical newspaper),
screenplays, novels and lawyering for the past 30 years—are
now fully directed
toward writing, restoration, environmental sustainability and
structuring the legal necessities for Aldea de Artisticas.
Rental:
From $450 a month …Negotiable
Features: Separate entrances; common kitchen,restroom
and outdoor work and exhibition areas
Heating/Cooling,
Electric, Water, Gas: Shared
Utilities
Size:
From 180 sq. ft. to 865 sq. ft.
Unique
Features: National
Register of Historic Places and long history as a destination for fine
arts and fine working artists. 
14 Calle
Iglesia
Old
Town, Tubac, Az
14 Calle Igleasia
Old Town, Tubac, Arizona
about war...this should be in the Rotunda of Capitol Hill"