Participants

Thank you to the art students of Ajo High School, Tohono O'odham High School, and Cobach High School for their artistry and involvement in the project. 

Contributors

A warm thank you to the following people for helping to make this project possible:

Mimi Phillips for her informal class on grant writing and her unyielding feedback and support.

Tucson Pima Arts Council for a greatly appreciated grant award.

Tracy Taft and the staff at ISDA for supporting the project from its conception and getting me connected with its extension in Mexico. Connie Villaverde especially for being an excellent translator and terrific support. 

Jewel Clearwater for her artistic talent, incredible ability to bring out the beauty in people through her camera, and for sharing it all with me through excellent collaboration.

Ajo, Tohono O'odham and Cobach High Schools, their staff and students, for allowing me to be part of their schools.

Art teachers Bruce Crable and Roy Calabaza and Administrator Diana Patricia Espinoza Ramirez for being flexible, open and gracious with their materials, time and support.

The Ajo Rotary Club for a surprising and greatly appreciated donation. 

Gibor Rosenberg for the voice rendering and being available and willing after so long.

Pilar, Mari, and the exhibit crew for giving me time and putting trust in me and the outcome of this project.

Dan Tredway for supporting the arts in welcoming a stranger's inquisitiveness and graciously donating his fencing.

Jim Cowlin for documenting the installation through excellent photography and technical feedback. 

Danell Lynn for friendship in the face of artistic deadline.

Aaron Cooper for late nights and bent nails and the willingness to not only support me through this project but to give his ideas, energy and time to work on it with me.