September 2017
Piper Doud, 6, is all smiles at Urban Jungle Fun Park.
Third-generation Girl Scout Mesa artist selected for light rail encourages others to get involved public art project By Alison Bailin Batz
By Alison Stanton
Girl Scouts provides important opportunities for girls. (Photo courtesy of Katie HarmonArgulski)
Mesa mother Katie Harmon-Argulski comes from a long line of Girl Scouts. “Back in the ‘90s, I was a Girl Scout in Upstate New York,” Harmon-Argulski said. “Before me, both my mom and grandmother were Girl Scouts, so our relationship with the organization dates back to the 1930s.” Today she’s a troop leader in the Southeast Valley. Following in her grandmother’s footsteps, she began volunteering as a troop leader last year after being inspired by her own daughters, each of whom were Girl Scouts of various ages. “I felt that it was my time to step up and lead. It was my rightful path to
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Guerrero is a sculptor, maskmaker and performance artist. (Special to Nearby News)
Recently, the Valley Metro Rail Board of Directors named 14 artists who will create public art elements for the South Central Extension of the light rail line. Zarco Guerrero, a sculptor, maskmaker and performance artist from Mesa, was one of the 14 selected to work alongside Valley Metro, the City of Phoenix and the community. Guerrero and the rest of the artists will create artwork that captures the history and culture of local neighborhoods. The art will be featured at stations and power facilities along the five-mile extension that goes along Central Avenue between downtown Phoenix and Baseline Road.
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