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This month, a mural once familiar to thousands of farmworkers in the Coachella Valley returns home. It depicts more than just the vineyards and grape pickers at David Freedman Company, where I once worked. It documents a path not taken for California agriculture, and its rural communities.
The mural which is being donated to the city of Coachella by my old boss Billy Steinberg was first commissioned for the company’s new packing plant and offices in the unincorporated town of Thermal, more than 40 years ago.
The 14-foot-by-7-foot work was created in 1979 by Laurence Neufeld, an art major whom Billy had met at Bard College in New York and who would go on to earn his degree from the University of Connecticut. Neufeld had studied the harvest paintings of Pieter Bruegel and Vincent van Gogh, and his mural was influenced by them. He did not want to paint the vineyards realistically this would have limited his color palette and instead used vivid expressionistic colors a
The AQHA Executive Committee recently reviewed and took action on recommendations from the AQHA Board of Directors, which met at the 2021 AQHA Convention in San Antonio.
Doug Adair
This month, a mural once familiar to thousands of farm workers in the Coachella Valley returns home. It depicts more than just the vineyards and grape pickers at David Freedman Company, where I once worked. It documents a path not taken for California agriculture, and its rural communities.
The mural which is being donated to the city of Coachella by my old boss Billy Steinberg was first commissioned for the company’s new packing plant and offices in the unincorporated town of Thermal, more than 40 years ago.
The 14-foot-by-7-foot work was created in 1979 by Laurence Neufeld, an art major whom Billy had met at Bard College in New York and who would go on to earn his degree from the University of Connecticut. Neufeld had studied the harvest paintings of Pieter Bruegel and Vincent van Gogh, and his mural was influenced by them. He did not want to paint the vineyards realistically this would have limited his color palette and instead used vivid expressionistic colors a
If U.S. Rep. Deborah Haaland is confirmed as interior secretary, the Native American from New Mexico could make a huge difference to Arizona and the West when her background and outlook are translated into policy.
Experts in Native American affairs and Democratic Party congressional leaders including Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Tucson and Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico offer predictions for how Haalandâs tenure could affect federal lands and waters:
Water rights. Tribes have made a lot of legal headway in establishing claims to water rights, including those from the Tohono OâOdham, the Gila River Indian Community and several other Arizona tribes. But other claims are yet unfulfilled.