Cultural production, strategy, and community storytelling from Phoenix and across Arizona.
Tarra Lazos Creative brings cultural intelligence, public imagination, and practical delivery to work that asks people to gather, listen, taste, and see differently.
For ten years, Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns has worked with the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association as a marketing, public relations, and communications consultant. This sustained partnership reflects his experience supporting an organization dedicated to promoting tribal tourism in Arizona while respecting the cultural integrity of all tribes.
Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns served for three years as producer for the Scottsdale Gallery Association’s Gold Palette ArtWalks, with responsibilities spanning event production, marketing, and community engagement. Funded by the City of Scottsdale, these programs brought his production and communications practice into the city’s gallery community.
Project direction, grant stewardship, national partner coordination, and Latino community programming for the final stop of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition at ALAC in Phoenix.
Production of the Friday-night culinary experience and creation of a tasting journey through the flavors and foodways of the Borderlands for Camp Naco’s Unbelievable Borderlands dinner and fundraiser on October 16, 2026. Jeffrey Lazos Ferns led the Borderlands nature walk on October 17, 2026, as part of the October 17–18 festival.
From the festival to the landscape: moments from Jeffrey’s plant walk at Camp Naco’s Unbelievable Borderlands Festival in Naco, Arizona.
Produced annually by Tarra Lazos Creative, this cornerstone event brings Indigenous chefs, foodways keepers, and Native fashion designers together to celebrate Arizona through taste, design, and cultural connection.
A Scottsdale-supported screening and fashion review honoring the legacy of Lloyd Kiva New.
An Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center exhibition exploring queer identities and divinity through contemporary retablo art.
Leadership, business development, marketing, public relations, community partnership, and strategic planning for a beloved Phoenix institution.