Susana Arellano is a Tucson curandera who learned the practice of healing the heavy-hearted and the art of making ojos de venado (deer eyes), a protective amulet within Yaqui culture. from Nana Mary Lue, a Yoeme medicine woman from Tucson’s Pascua Yaqui community. Susana was awarded a Master-Apprentice Artist Award in 2021 from the Southwest … Read more

Adriana Felix is a Yaqui artist, raised in Tucson, Arizona who creates detailed clay dolls. Since a child Adriana was always drawn to art and the details in the work itself. Adriana’s parents were raised in the community of Old Pascua. Here she learned to cherish and be inspired by her Yaqui culture. Growing up … Read more

Marcelino Flores IV, is a Yaqui artist, born and raised in Tucson, who focuses on fantasy sculpture. At the festival you can find his sculptures for sale, from classic movie monsters to crabs wearing cans and everything in between. “I left high school aiming to start a career in Aerospace Engineering, but once the pandemic … Read more