The Scottsdale Republic edition of May 11. announced: " Soleri may create art for Waterfront". Paolo was chosen to create a signature public artwork planned for the downtown Scottsdale Waterfront Project surrounding the Arizona Canal.
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This is an exciting project for the Arcosanti Planning Department. Paolo Soleri and Special Projects Director Tomiaki Tamura go over the project with planning staff [from left] Luigi Ciaccia, Myriam Barrancos-Ram and Anita Punja.
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The staff works out a computer presentation from Soleri's original sketches and drawings. Luigi is a wizard in CAD design.
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The presentation includes a model of the bridge. Myriam and Anita.
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Model work continues.
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Selvam Rajmani creates a sophisticated CD-Rom Multi Media presentation.
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The design of the bridge consists of two large standing, stainless steel, cylinders, positioned right next to each other. Daily and seasonal positions of the sun will be reflected onto the bridge. The extended part of the design includes a water garden in a signature Arcosanti style plaza. The design was presented to Scottsdale's Public Arts Commitee and was received with enthusiasm. It now awaits approval.
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The work area in the Arcosanti foundry apse is readied for some needed improvements.
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Dave Tollas and crew are working on the preparation.
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Three pillars will support the extended work area. John Spinner and Gabriel Hendrix.
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Before.
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Thanks to ongoing maintenance by Dave Tollas, the trusty old concrete truck continues to be of great help.
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Crews from several departments are ready to help. The concrete has to be wheeled to the level below the foundry and handed up in buckets.
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Bucket brigade. Many hands make the task possible and fun.
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After.
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After the pour, tired, yet exuberant.
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Part of the first field behind camp has been prepared for corn planting.
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Joyce and Morgan Saufkie from the village of Shungopovie on the Hopi Reservation on Second Mesa have been part of our extended family for many years. Joyce is an elder of the Basket Weaving Clan and has taught many basket weaving workshops at Arcosanti. Here Morgan demonstrates the corn planting procedure.
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Joyce looks on as agriculture manager Brad Crutchfield prepares holes to nestle the precious Hopi Blue Corn into.
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A performance by the woodwind quintet ORION WINDS started the 2004 Concert season at the Colly Soleri Music Center. Afternoon warm-up for the evening performance: Jenni Olson [flute], Myka Miller [oboe], Marie Lickwar [horn], Damian Meritano [bassoon] and Tibi Cziger [clarinet].
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A set-up crew of volunteers and residents prepares the Cafe dining room for a special dinner.
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Chef Eleanor Gillis prepares a feast. The menu: Golden Pepper and Tomato Soup, Roasted Beets with Blue Cheese, Pears and Pecans, Arcosanti Greens with Hazelnuts and Mandarin Oranges with Peach Vinagrette, Stuffed Chicken Breast with Spinach and Pears, Spinach Stuffed Portobellas, Roasted Red Potatos with Rosemary and Garlic, Asparagus with Mustard - Dill Sauce, Baked Apricots with Custard. A beautiful menu design by Monica Ramirez.
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Dinner is served.
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The musicians, at the center table, have a taste of the wonderful dinner before their performance.
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After a lot of preparation the crew enjoys a delicious meal.
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ORION WINDS delighted with an innovative and exhilarating mixture of classical and modern pieces.
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Welcome to the May 16. 2004 Workshop:
>top from left> Valerie Lane [with hat], Dijana Alickovic and Dan Kelliher.
>front from left> Clare Mitchell, Bob Manley and Paolo Cerizza.
>inset> Jonathan Eggemeyer.
Clare and Bob came for the seminar week only.
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Soleri Archives prepares for the cutting of a 12" hole high up in the wall between the two rooms.
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Jeff Rose and Dave Smith, from ADS Concrete Cutting Company, secure the drill set-up to the wall.
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Jeff Rose puts a very large drill bit into place.
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Archive and construction crew watch in fascination as the drill bit slowly chews into the 8" thick wall.
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Dave Smith gets ready to remove the sawed out piece of concrete and Jeff Rose is in the back room cleaning the edges of the hole.
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Thanks to Dave Smith and Jeff Rose for a job well done with a mess tiny in comparison to what we expected and prepared for.
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Congratulations to the April 11. workshop. The group completed their 5-week program and graduated. Guido Parigi was awarded a Arcosanti Internship-Scholarship which he started on March 7. The scholarship is a 3 month work program in exchange for the workshop. Guido finally graduated.
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Graduate Masami Sakata.
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Graduate Joachim Schurmann. Also graduated: Janet Schurman, Graziella Pazzanese, Ben Powell, Yuki Yanagimoto, Alicia Stewart and Silvia Pazzanese.
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Alumni Ayano Atsumi and Jeff Masty were married on May 6. 2004. Jeff worked on the Arcosanti Project for over 3 years. Ayano was part of the Soleri Archive crew for close to a year.
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The wedding ceremony took place at the Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, Japan.
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Best Wishes from all of the Arcosanti staff to Jeff and Ayano for their lives together.
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Arcosanti alumni [front from left] Junko, Nobuya, Shinya, Jeff and Ayano, Naomi and Migumi. [back from left] Jungil, Hiroshi and Soya.
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The NIAF - National Italian American Foundation - honored Paolo Soleri at their May 8. 2004 Gala Dinner, held at the Ritz Carlton on Camelback Road and 24th Street in Phoenix. Governor Janet Napolitano and Paolo Soleri.
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[from left] Fellow Gala Honoree Amelia Viola Gallucci-Cirio, Resource Center Italiano founder Michelle Nardi, Paolo Soleri in a rare tuxedo-clad appearance, and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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The NIAF award text reads: YOUR UNIQUE VISION IS HELPING TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE AND PROVIDE A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN. THE ARCOSANTI PROJECT, IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, IS DEMONSTRATING WAYS TO IMPROVE URBAN CONDITIONS AND LESSEN OUR DESTRUCTIVE IMPACT ON THE EARTH.
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Paolo Soleri was honored with the VISIONARY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2003, given by the Arizona Chapter of IFDA, the International Furnishing Design Association.
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The award was presented at BOULDER REIGN, a private residence in Carefree, Arizona. Paolo Soleri designed the lighting fixtures for this spectacular habitat in the late 1960's.
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Another interesting bit of history about this house, it was featured in the movie 'Zabriski Point'. [Photo: Scott W. Riley & Text: sa]
Part of the Arcosanti 5-week workshop is a 3-day field trip to the greater Phoenix area. Cosanti is base camp and the group starts with an indepth tour. Guide Roger Tomalty has been part of the Cosanti Foundation since 1970. His tour is filled with interesting details about the history of construction for each building. The Cosanti Gallery was built in 1961. This structure was formed by casting concrete over a sculpted mound of earth. The earth was excavated out from under the dried concrete, thus creating the interior space. The building is situated below ground level with the surrounding earth to act as natural insulation.
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The South Apse, built in 1965, was cast in sections over wooden tent poles supported by scaffolding. It now serves at a work area for the ceramics studio.
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The student Apse shelters the first generation model of Arcosanti that was built for the 1970 Soleri exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. The apse was built in 1968 as a student project of the 1968 Silt Pile Workshop. The decorative designs on each panel, on the interior wall of the Apse, were executed by different students in the program.
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The workshop group visits Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Some of the shelters, built by students at Taliesin, are part of the extended tour.
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The 3-day field trip also includes the Phoenix Library, built by Will Bruder, the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, a Frank Lloyd Wright design, and the Soleri sculpture IL DONNONE at the Phoenix Art Museum.
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Life at Arcosanti is full of surprises. Every day seems to bring something new and interesting. And, since we are in the desert wilderness, rare and sometimes dangerous creatures visit. A green mojave rattlesnake hides in a cinderblock right next to the vaults. Arcosantis official snake handling team caught this beauty for relocation. And had a 'show and tell' demonstration at morning meeting to explain how to act when coming across a rattler. Don't run, stay calm and quiet, and withdraw gently.
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The Arizona road runner is normally a very shy bird. It's a lucky thing to get a glimpse. This visit of a roadrunner on the bakery terrace is definitely an occasion out of the ordinary.
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Around 50.000 people visit the Arcosanti Visitors Center each year. The gallery offers a beautiful collection of ceramic and bronze bells and tiles, publications, T-shirts and postcards. Tours start at 10 am to 4 pm and are available every hour on the hour. For large tour groups please call for reservation.
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Palma Burdick and manager Nina Howard are part of the cheerful gallery staff.
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Archive volunteer Siobhan Watts interprets the tour information into sign language for hearing impaired visitors. Tour guide Josh Krimmel.
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Myriam Barrancos-Ram is one of a few multi-language tour guides. The Arcosanti staff and students have come from many different countries. Languages, besides English, spoken at Arcosanti at this time are Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Tamil and a little Chinese.
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