If These Walls Could Talk
Stories held by Arizona landmarks, barrios, schools, galleries, railroads, and gathering places—including the people too often left outside the official record.
Historic features coming soonTHE BLOG & VIDEO JOURNAL OF TÍA CAT
If These Walls Could Talk
Where history, art, memory, and community find their voice. Through stories, interviews, photographs, and videos, Tía Cat brings the past forward and connects Southern Arizona’s creative community with the people and places that shaped us.
HISTORYARTCULTURA VIVACOMMUNITY VOICES
Videos with Tía Cat
Creative conversations, painting stories, program highlights, oral histories, and personal moments from behind the canvas.
Watch the videos →Meet the Makers
Artists, elders, students, collectors, and neighbors share the memories, culture, courage, and creative work that keep our community’s story alive.
Community voices coming soonHISTORY THEMES WE’RE EXPLORING
Bringing history back to life.
These are the people, places, memories, and questions that will guide upcoming stories.
La Posada in Winslow
The 1930 railroad hotel designed by Mary Jane Colter—and the travelers, workers, and changing Arizona landscape held within its walls.
Railroad Stories
How rail lines, bridges, migration, labor, and gathering places helped shape communities across the state.
Tucson’s Living History
Mexican-American and Indigenous roots, the borderlands, and the families whose stories continue shaping Tucson.
When School Walls Remember
Family testimony about speaking Spanish in school—and what those experiences teach us about dignity, identity, and belonging.
Hollinger & Government Heights
A neighborhood story reaching back to 1931, told through the memories, perseverance, and cultural continuity of its community.
Faith, Dignity & Healing
How telling the truth about pain and perseverance can restore voices, strengthen community, and open a path toward healing.