Maxie Adler
Maxie is a muralist & visual artist, born & raised in Tucson. She calls for viewers to connect environmental consciousness with community strength, acknowledging the threads that bind us to each other and the natural world.
Category: Artist/Individual
Discipline: Public Art
Program Affiliations: Artist Roster
About Maxie Adler
Maxie’s work explores the interconnection of material culture and the environment. Maxie uses a variety of creative mediums, including painting, weaving, dying, and printing, to archive the stories of our ephemeral world. She was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, and received her Honors BFA in Fibers from Arizona State University. Her designs are rooted in the textured and resilient landscapes of the Sonoran Desert, honoring the water, plants, and wildlife that call the region home. Through her work, she calls for viewers to connect environmental consciousness with community strength, acknowledging the threads that bind us to each other and nature.
Maxie Adler
Preferred Pronouns: she/her
maxieadler@gmail.com
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https://www.maxieadler.com/
The yellow-billed cuckoo, Sonoran pronghorn, Sonoyta mud turtle and jaguar are among the endangered species of the U.S./Mexico borderlands whose survival is threatened by the border wall.
Wildlife Know No Borders
Dimensions: 6.75’ x 33’; Location: Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center; Sponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity & Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center; Designed and painted by Maxie Adler, 2021
This mural features migratory pollinators of the Sonoran Desert including the rufous hummingbird, Sonoran bumble bee, lesser long-nosed bats, western white-winged dove, and monarch butterfly.
Pollinators of the Sonoran Desert
Dimensions: 6.5’ x 49’; Location: Blenman Elm Neighborhood; Commissioned by: Blenman Elm Neighborhood Association; Designed and painted by Maxie Adler, 2022
This mural honors some of the burrowing creatures of the southwest, particularly the black-tailed prairie dog, accompanied by a coyote, cicadas, and the western diamondback rattlesnake.
The Party Underground
Dimensions: 40” x 46” x 90”; Location: Tempe Public Library; Commissioned by: City of Tempe; Designed and painted by Maxie Adler, 2022
Photo credit: ©Michael Williams, All Rights Reserved
