The winners

All of Us Together (Team leader: Sonia Perillo)

“We Are Still Here” will weave together stories of Huhugam history at the Audubon Arizona nature center in Phoenix and later the Huhugam Heritage Center on the Gila River Indian Community. It will use augmented reality murals and feature the sounds of water, nature and the species that inhabited the Gila and Salt River basins.

The Continuum (Team leader: Thomas Marcus)

“Su:dagi Haichu Agga: Waters Story” will be a multimedia art installment of murals, carved wooden tools used to create the canals and farm the land of the Salt River Valley. It will be located near Hayden Butte and Town Lake in Tempe.

Water Heritage Collection (Team leader: Carmen de Novais)

A cut metal gate and fence adorned with prehistoric and historic plant motifs will welcome visitors through the new entrance to the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix. “Portal to the Past” will engage and educate new audiences about the ancient peoples who populated this Valley.

Scottsdale Arts (Team leader: Kim Curry-Evans)

“A Deeper Map” is a public art project illuminating the Valley’s ancient past using a map-based mobile app that allows people to see where Hohokam cultural features once existed. This is combined with web-based storytelling to increase understanding of the ancients.

City of Mesa (Team leader: Cindy Ornstein)

A team of artists will collaborate with surrounding local communities to “make palpable the legacy of canals” that once ran at Mesa’s Riverview Park. The area was once the site of more than 10 Hohokam canals. “Water = Life: Making the Invisible Visible” will use art to expose the public to “the hidden legacy of the canals.”