Decades After the Creative Class Arrived, Small Arizona Town Confronts Dual Realities

Decades After the Creative Class Arrived, Small Arizona Town Confronts Dual Realities

Local artists and art-world power players are next-door neighbors in Winslow, Arizona. Everyone and the mayor is weighing in on the town’s creative direction. The Affeldt Mion Museum in Winslow, Arizona, was once a train depot. Courtesy Affeldt Mion Museum. This article is part of our The Hyperlocal series, a continuation of the ideas explored in Southwest Contemporary Vol. 11. In 1994, downtown Winslow, Arizona, presented a stark reality: board…