A celebrated Yaqui artist from Tucson’s Old Pascua community has been selected to create a signature piece of artwork that will greet guests inside the Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s newest casino when it opens later this year.
Casino Del Sol announced Tuesday that contemporary Yaqui painter Marcelino C. Flores III has been commissioned to create an original mural for Casino Del Sol Vahi Taaʿam, the Tribe’s third gaming property. The new casino is scheduled to open Nov. 15, 2026, at 1055 W. Grant Road near Interstate 10.
The mural, titled Aniam Yo’orine — Yoeme for “Respect the Worlds” — will celebrate Pascua Yaqui culture by drawing on traditional oral stories, the Sonoran Desert and the five spiritual worlds central to Yoeme beliefs.
