Tucson Festival of Books

Art and the Southwest


Artists offer a special bridge to understanding the Southwest. Artist Molly Hashimoto and biographer Ann Hedlund, author of Mac Schweitzer, discuss why works of art and books about art and artists are critical to our understandings of this special place.


Panelists
Molly Hashimoto

Molly Hashimoto teaches and leads plein air watercolor painting and printmaking workshops around the West, including at the North Cascades Institute, Yosemite Conservancy, Winslow Art Center, and Sitka Center for Art and Ecology....

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Ann Hedlund

Ann Lane Hedlund is a cultural anthropologist who works with visual artists to probe creativity and share stories. In "Mac Schweitzer," she recounts the adventures and achievements of a painter whose legacy disappeared 60 years ago....

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Books:
Mac Schweitzer
A Southwest Maverick and Her Art
Ann Hedlund
Southwest Books of the Year
University of Arizona Press
September 2025
ISBN 9781941451083
312 pages
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Wildflowers of the West
An Artist's Guide
Molly Hashimoto
Nature / Environment
Mountaineers Books
September 2025
ISBN 9781680516937
192 pages
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