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Richard Sanchez first arrived to Arcosanti as a masters student with The School of Architecture. As a first year student during TSOA’s transition from Taliesin West to Arcosanti, Richard had a year to get to know the site and the culture at Arcosanti before entering his thesis year. Upon graduation He decided to remain at Arcosanti and join the foundry

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The Arcosanti Arts Festival was founded in 1975 with the intention to make Arcosanti a cultural center for the region. Our stages were graced by the performances of Jackson Browne and David Lindley, McCoy Tyner, and Steven Stills just to name a few. The festival was a weekend full of games, music workshops, dance performances and more. There were craft

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This spring five residents of Arcosanti set out on month long travels. They bring back an expansion of knowledge, skills, and experiences that enrich their own professional and personal development, as well as our Arcology. In May our Arcosanti Foundry Manager, Ali Gibbs, headed to the big apple to work with MSW Consultants, a group that works with municipalities across

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Leaving a legacy is important for many reasons. It can serve as an example for future generations, preserve memories and teach valuable lessons for the continuity of place. In speaking with architect and PhD Fellow, Maurizio Villata about his dissertation examining the preservation of modern architecture, Villata shared how important it is to understand the legacy modernism leaves behind.  Villata

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We’re not waiting for cooler weather to get work done. The Cosanti Foundation is moving full speed ahead this summer! See how, in our July Newsletter. To subscribe to our email list and receive future newsletters go here.

With autumn just around the corner, get to know the ecological side of arcology with farm-fresh workshops, our new land stewardship program, and more. It’s all in our September newsletter. To subscribe to our email list and receive future newsletters, go here.

by Ana Catalina Vázquez Ramírez “Looking out across the land, I see layers of the biological and cultural worlds that weave themselves together, making a place I call home and inviting me to find my role within it.”   -from The Ecology of Herbal Medicine by Dara Saville In the prototype arcology (the fusion of architecture and ecology) that is Arcosanti, it

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The summer rains have finally arrived, and with them, growing opportunities — literally and figuratively — at Arcosanti, Cosanti, and more. Enjoy the abundance in our August newsletter. To subscribe to our email list and receive future newsletters, go here.

It’s hotter than heck out here in Arizona, but we’ve been keeping it cool at Cosanti and Arcosanti with holidays, getaways, Green Goddesses, and more. Come chill out with our July newsletter. To subscribe to our email list and receive future newsletters, go here.

by Cortina Jenelle over the past year, millions of people have become more aware of what juneteenth is and what it represents in the collective quest for equity, justice and inclusion. following the events that led to the death of george floyd over reparations summer [a term used by those in the organizer, facilitator and activist circles to describe summer 2020], the united

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