FRESH • ARTS Vince D’Aliesio in his Carefree home, a masterpiece by architect Gerry Jones. (Photo by Pablo Robles)
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ince D’Aliesio has, admittedly, done a little bit of everything. He’s worked with the courts, hosted radio shows and coached high school and college football. Now he’s the Cave Creek Museum board of directors president. The Cave Creek Museum recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. “Vince brings a combination of academic and civic experience that shapes and guides our institution in a thoughtful-yet-decisive way,” says Karri Porter Brace, executive director of the Cave Creek Museum. “From his experience with the Arizona State University coaching staff to advising youth, from his participation as a councilman of Carefree Town Council to historic preservation, Vince is a steadying influence that aligns all our people and
Vince D’Aliesio named Cave Creek Museum board president By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
efforts in forward motion.” D’Aliesio grew up in the Valley and always dreamed of retiring in Carefree. “It ended up happening sooner than we thought,” he says with a laugh. “I wanted to get involved in the community. My first foray into it was helping out at festivals and things on the weekend. Two years ago, I was elected to council.” His philanthropic and volunteerism was sparked by his Carefree home. The Gerry Jones home was the first built in the town. “We found out after we bought it,” he says. “It’s been a whirlwind. We fell in love with the house and the community. The home was built in 1959. I wake up every day and go to bed every night imagining what Gerry’s vision was back then. “The panoramic view of Black Mountain makes you appreciate the culture and the
history of the community that much more.” D’Aliesio’s home was featured on a Gerry Jones home tour that benefited the museum. Jones visited the home and shared the history of the property and the land. “This was goat farms way back when,” he says. “It reverberated through the rest of the community. The house was built around the mountain. There was no blowing anything up. Whatever’s there, they put the house on it. There’s stone inside and outside of it.” The tour gave D’Aliesio his first fix of the community’s history. The board approached him to join, and within a couple months, he was asked to be the vice president. Soon after that, he assumed the board presidency. “It’s been an amazing experience,” he says. “There are a lot of people who haven’t heard of the Cave Creek Museum. It’s
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