PERMANENT EXHIBIT: A treasured collection of historic photographs depicting the lakes at Carrillo Gardens , the celebrations in Elysian Grove, a piece of forgotten track from a mule-drawn trolley and some of the faces from a long-gone era T h e M u s e u m i s n o w o p e n !
EXHIBIT/EVENT SCHEDULE 2007-2008 SEASON
Regular Hours: Weekdays and Saturdays 11:00AM - 2:00 PM

EXHIBIT
GOURDS N GARDEN
MARCH 24 ~ APRIL 16

LA PILITA GOURD FIESTA !
Saturday, APRIL 19, 10 AM - 2 PM
This is the Saturday of the big event ~ free and open to the public

Potted Plants and Wildflower Seeds
Closed Bid Auction
Gourd Demonstration
Gourd Music by Home Grown Music from Patagonia
Gourd Quilt
**special thanks to the Old Pueblo Gourd Patch Club for the wonderful gourd quilt
and to
Mike Labello of Pearce, Arizona for his generous donation of gourds

GOURD PAINTING CLASS: 11 AM
Artist Roseanna Lievanos will instruct a class on gourd painting techniques. Participants will take their completed project home with them. Class cost is $15, space is limited. Register by calling 882-7454.

The exhibit last year was so much fun and so successful that we are going to do it again with gusto! Gourds of various shapes and sizes are given to artists with the challenge to create something wonderful. The results last year were birdhouses, bowls, fireplace pieces and extraordinary garden creatures. Sealed bids are accepted for certain pieces and the others are priced. This event also features seeds and plants from the local gardens.

EXHIBIT
ARCHAEOLOGY
APRIL 21 ~ MAY 2
Fifth grade students at Carrillo School present their art and research.
APRIL 22, 3 PM
Parent Reception

EXHIBIT
IN HONOR OF OUR VOLUNTEERS
MAY 5-MAY 9
La Pilita Museum honors its faithful and hardworking volunteers--children and adults. The gallery features photographs of volunteers at work. Special portraits of our student docents are featured.

EVENT
VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST
MAY 9, 7:30 AM

EARLIER THIS YEAR:

EXHIBIT
DECEMBER 3 ~ DECEMBER 21
LAS POSADAS ~ Historic photos of Betty Segerstrom
An annual tradition at Carrillo School is the December Las Posadas. Children practice daily after school to learn the traditional songs. On the appointed night the streets of the barrio are barricaded and the children reenact the journey of Mary and Joseph seeking shelter.

RECEPTION
SATURDAY DECEMBER 8 1PM to 3PM
Featuring the Carrillo Las Posadas singers at 2PM

PROCESSION:
December 18th @ 7:30 pm

DECEMBER 24, 2007 ~ JANUARY 2, 2008
CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK
FELIZ NAVIDAD

Purchase your Christmas ristras - $10 and $17
One and Two foot ristras from McNeal, Arizona

El Tiradito, William Lesch 1990
* National Register of Historic Places: El Tiradito - "The Castaway" *
This is the only shrine in the United States dedicated to the soul of a sinner
buried on unconsecrated ground. Stories and legends involve a tragic 1870
love triangle. Miracles and mystery continue to surround El Tiradito to this day.

JANUARY 9th ~ 30th

Exhibit: DOWNTOWN TUCSON and BARRIO EL HOYO
The photography of William Lesch

Meet the artist: January 11th, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

William Lesch has been a working photographic artist for over twenty years. His first show in 1979 at the Center for Creative Photography launched over one hundred group and one-man shows, both locally and around the world.

This exhibit will include a selection of photographs Mr. Lesch has taken in the neighborhood where he lives, Barrio El Hoyo. Also included are photographs from another of his favorite downtown locations, the top of A-Mountain. Many of the photographs are night and evening time exposures and utilize Mr. Lesch's signature style of light painting.

This is a must-see exhibit for photography enthusiasts as well as the residents and friends of El Hoyo, Downtown Tucson, and Barrio Viejo. Photography may be purchased from the artist. Note cards and posters will be available in the museum store.

Congratulations La Pilita and Docent Jacob !
           La Pilita Museum Docent Program wins prestigious national award for after-school programming
           Museum Director Joan Daniels and docent Jacob are presented with the 'Coming Up Taller' award
             from Laura Bush on January 28, 2008 in the east wing of the White House.
                ( Pictured here are Ann Imelda Radice, PhD., director of the Institute for Museum and Library Services,
             Joan Daniels, Docent Jacob, and Ms Bush, honorary chairman of the President's Council on the Arts and Humanities. )

Free Lecture: "Women's Health in Territorial Arizona"
Tuesday, January 29th, 6:30 pm

Sponsored by the AZ Humanities Council, Ann Hibner-Koblitz will talk about women's health in Territorial Arizona.
Find out how women fared with local healers, proprietary medicines and frontier doctors.

EXHIBITS BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

EXHIBIT
FEBRUARY 4 ~ FEBRUARY 15
Indians of the Southwest
Carrillo School's fourth grade students will present their artistic interpretations of life of the Indians of the Southwest.
PARENT RECEPTION: February 4th, 3:00 pm ~ 5:00 pm

EXHIBIT
FEBRUARY 19 ~ FEBRUARY 29
Desert Ecology
Carrillo School's third grade students will present their artistic interpretations of desert plant and animal life.
PARENT RECEPTION: February 19th, 3:00 pm ~ 5:00 pm

WATERCOLORS OF THE SOUTHWEST
EXHIBIT
MARCH 3 ~ MARCH 21
Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild
Talented members of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild exhibit their works of the southwest. Framed and unframed originals and prints will be on sale. Artists will be on site to talk with everyone.

RECEPTION: TBA