In the “Placita” outside Mission Garden’s kitchen

FREE and open to the public, for all ages

Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14
8am-10am both days

Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.

This May, join Mission Garden and Iskashitaa Refugee Network to learn several ways to process and prepare wheat.

The Refugee Garden Art Program brings together UN refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers, to share space, culture, and healing! We are joined by a variety of community organizations, monthly resident art mediators/ practitioners, and garden educators. We start the morning gardening (watering, harvesting, planting, wedding and building community). Next we have resident art practitioners that lead an art project, healing music therapy or other group activity, focused on self expression, community building, and language practice!

Refugee led and refugee focused sessions to give voice to the refugees that want to share their culture through an activity, art project, cooking demonstration but open to a variety of artists and activities.

On the second Tuesday of every month, Iskashitaa hosts a food preservation workshop dedicated to reducing food waste and educating the public on all the ways to transform local food. Using what we have harvested that month and the rescued food we have received from our partners, we come together at St. Francis in the Foothills’ commercial kitchen and make food products that are then sold on our online shop and at events.

The Refugee Garden Art Program brings together UN refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers, to share space, culture, and healing! We are joined by a variety of community organizations, monthly resident art mediators/ practitioners, and garden educators. We start the morning gardening (watering, harvesting, planting, wedding and building community). Next we have resident art practitioners that lead an art project, healing music therapy or other group activity, focused on self expression, community building, and language practice!

Multicultural Drum Circle with dance and drum master Denise Bey. This Consists of a fun morning of drumming, dancing, and playing a variety of percussion instruments from around the world!

The Refugee Garden Art Program brings together UN refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers, to share space, culture, and healing! We are joined by a variety of community organizations, monthly resident art mediators/ practitioners, and garden educators. We start the morning gardening (watering, harvesting, planting, wedding and building community). Next we have resident art practitioners that lead an art project, healing music therapy or other group activity, focused on self expression, community building, and language practice!

Exploring cultural identities and communities through art with Resident Art Mediator Katrina Kerstetter. Inspired by our daily lives, working alongside others in the garden, and picture books provided by Katrina's Library Koru, the volunteers and refugees are free to create in any medium. It is born of inspiration.

Come join Iskashitaa to learn about volunteering opportunities in your community.

The Refugee Garden Art Program brings together UN refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers, to share space, culture, and healing! We are joined by a variety of community organizations, monthly resident art mediators/ practitioners, and garden educators. We start the morning gardening (watering, harvesting, planting, wedding and building community). Next we have resident art practitioners that lead an art project, healing music therapy or other group activity, focused on self expression, community building, and language practice!

Mind Body Art (MBA) Activities led by UA Professor, Aurelia Mouzet. MBA are creative workshops that combine movement, body and emotion expression, improv theatre, and meditation, allowing participants to experience a collective multisensory experience where creativity meets well-being. Here is where the smiles emerge.

The Refugee Garden Art Program brings together UN refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers, to share space, culture, and healing! We are joined by a variety of community organizations, monthly resident art mediators/ practitioners, and garden educators. We start the morning gardening (watering, harvesting, planting, wedding and building community). Next we have resident art practitioners that lead an art project, healing music therapy or other group activity, focused on self expression, community building, and language practice!

Refugee led and refugee focused sessions to give voice to the refugees that want to share their culture through an activity, art project, cooking demonstration but open to a variety of artists and activities.

On the second Tuesday of every month, Iskashitaa hosts a food preservation workshop dedicated to reducing food waste and educating the public on all the ways to transform local food. Using what we have harvested that month and the rescued food we have received from our partners, we come together at St. Francis in the Foothills’ commercial kitchen and make food products that are then sold on our online shop and at events.

In the “Placita” outside Mission Garden’s kitchen

FREE and open to the public, for all ages

Friday and Saturday, February 14 and 15
8am-10am both days

Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.

This May, join Mission Garden and Iskashitaa Refugee Network to learn several ways to process and prepare wheat.

In the “Placita” outside Mission Garden’s kitchen

FREE and open to the public, for all ages

Friday and Saturday, February 14 and 15
8am-10am both days

Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.

This May, join Mission Garden and Iskashitaa Refugee Network to learn several ways to process and prepare wheat.

The Refugee Garden Art Program brings together UN refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers, to share space, culture, and healing! We are joined by a variety of community organizations, monthly resident art mediators/ practitioners, and garden educators. We start the morning gardening (watering, harvesting, planting, wedding and building community). Next we have resident art practitioners that lead an art project, healing music therapy or other group activity, focused on self expression, community building, and language practice!

Multicultural Drum Circle with dance and drum master Denise Bey. This Consists of a fun morning of drumming, dancing, and playing a variety of percussion instruments from around the world!

Jim and Robbie Dick Memorial Social Justice Scholarship

Three $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to Tucson area high school senior applicants who are active volunteers in promoting equity, peace, social justice, human rights, and cultural understanding. 

The Refugee Garden Art Program brings together UN refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers, to share space, culture, and healing! We are joined by a variety of community organizations, monthly resident art mediators/ practitioners, and garden educators. We start the morning gardening (watering, harvesting, planting, wedding and building community). Next we have resident art practitioners that lead an art project, healing music therapy or other group activity, focused on self expression, community building, and language practice!

Refugee led and refugee focused sessions to give voice to the refugees that want to share their culture through an activity, art project, cooking demonstration but open to a variety of artists and activities.