The containers are now at the same site as Yazzie’s mural and will eventually re-open when it’s safe.īalcells said "UNCONTAINED" was a chance to look for artists who haven’t had much exposure. The organization has been an advocate since 1975 and recently programmed containers as pop up galleries but those have been closed during the pandemic because people can’t appropriately socially distance inside them. Oliverio Balcells, a Latino artist of Mexican heritage, with Xico Arte y Cultura served on the jury panel. Many of the judges for "UNCONTAINED" are affiliated with or run organizations promoting the voices, stories and artistry of Latino and Indigenous communities in Arizona. “Roosevelt Row and the partners cooperating with them to make this possible, really helped me out big time because there’s no way I would’ve been able to do this myself, fresh out of prison," he said. He’s grateful to the juried panel who chose his work. Behind him is his mural "Triumph Over Tragedy." Jesse Yazzie is a Diné/Navajo artist and the first of four people who will exhibit their artwork quarterly on a shipping container near the Roosevelt Row Welcome Center. For instance, within the clock is a dreamcatcher which he said is a fundamental component of what the artwork represents: freedom from incarceration to now pursue his artistic dreams in a big way. Yazzie comes from a long line of other creatives in his family and he used Indigenous symbols in the mural to honor them. And it just builds and builds and builds to the point where you have to stay positive or else you could go under.” “She was the center of my sanity, really. ![]() “The time on the clock actually is my daughter’s birthday, 5/24,” he said last Saturday while pointing out a prominent component of his mural. The painting incorporates iconography from his time on the inside and the relationship troubles as well as substance abuse problems which landed him there. Just four months out of prison, his mural “Triumph Over Tragedy” now occupies prominent space in a vibrant part of the city. ![]() The project is called "UNCONTAINED" and Diné/Navajo creative Jesse Yazzie is the first of four artists to exhibit their work quarterly on an 8x20-foot container in a corner lot near the Roosevelt Row Welcome Center. Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation and partner arts organizations have selected Indigenous and Latino artists in Arizona to create art on a shipping container in downtown Phoenix. (From left) Rocky Tano (Diné/Navajo), Jeremy Arviso (Diné/Hopi/Pima/Tohono O’odham), Oliverio Balcells (Mexican Latino), Eunique Yazzie (Diné/Navajo), Melody Lewis (Mojavi, Tewa, Hopi), Jake Yazzie (Diné/Navajo), Jesse Yazzie (Diné/Navajo), Danny Upshaw (Diné/Navajo), Brian Skeet (Diné/Navajo), Paul Molina (Akimel O’odham/Pee-Posh/Gila River), and Zachary Justin (Akimel O’odham). ![]() 23, 2021, to celebrate "UNCONTAINED, a quarterly art installation project near the Roosevelt Row Welcome Center.
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