Apr 18 Thursday
Visualizing Scientific Discovery
Work with experienced researchers to illustrate scientific discoveries through digital artwork and visual communication. In a series of online lectures, exercises, and activities, you'll create figures and illustrations for research presentations, publications, and social media posts while developing skills using Adobe Photoshop to reflect your personal style. Exploring how artistic and scientific expression operate synergistically, you'll collaborate with your peers and instructor to support your research with visual aids. After completing this course, you will understand and recognize the elements of effective visual communication to inform your publications and presentations. This non-credit course is designed to help practicing scientists and students from all scientific disciplines improve their communication skills.
Course Modality: This course is offered online with synchronous Zoom office hours.
Course Instructor: Victor Leshyk
Course Dates: Tuesday, January 30 through Friday, May 24 2024
Cost: $499
Course Materials: It is highly recommended that each student purchase a digital drawing tablet.
NAU employees are eligible for a 10% discount! Please contact ContinuingEd@nau.edu for more information.
Registration Deadline: January 31st
For more information, contact: ContinuingEd@nau.edu
Victor O. Leshyk is the Director of Science and Art for the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society at Northern Arizona University. He brings more than two decades of experience as a freelance science artist for major museums, top scientific journals, news outlets, national labs, universities and other educational outreach. His work has featured prominently in both lay-friendly media such as popular science magazines as well as Congressional reports and other formal communications.
Join us at Pay n' Take, your favorite local bar, for a month-long event dedicated to supporting our furry friends at High Country Humane! 🍻 Throughout April, every pour from the community tap will contribute $1 towards High Country Humane's vital programs, including animal rescue, shelter care, medical treatment, and adoption services. Your support will directly benefit homeless pets in our community, providing them with the love, care, and second chances they deserve. 🐶 Sip for a purpose and help us make a difference in the lives of animals in need. Gather your friends, enjoy refreshing drinks, and let's raise our glasses to compassion and community! 🐾💞Together, let's drink to kindness and brighter futures for our furry companions!
Stop by the NACA Oak Creek Overlook Vista for beautiful & authentic Native American crafts! Our Artisans can also be found at the Grand Canyon Tusayan Museum!
The Overlook Vista is open daily from 8 AM to 4 PM, depending on the weather. Crafts that can be found at our Artisans' tables include jewelry, ornaments, pottery, sculptures and much more! Check out the Oak Creek Overlook Facebook and Yelp pages for more info and up-to-date hours.
If you have questions or would like general information, please contact Pearl Tsosie at (928) 526-2968 ext.135 or email her at ptsosie@nacainc.org
Re-establish your self-care and movement practices after the busy holiday season.
Join us for a special weekly in-person "Teacher's Choice" inspirational yoga class that will be co-taught by Dawn Hopkins & Sara Chesterfield, also known as The Retreat Ladies.
The class type and style will vary week-by-week, and will include a variety of practices, such as:
* Restorative or Yin Yoga* Gentle, or Level 1 Hatha Yoga* Slow Flow Yoga* Zen Yoga* Medical QiGong* Meditation & Yoga Nidra* Crystal Bowl Sound Healing* Energy Healing
This class is open to women of any ability level. Everyone is welcome!
Thursdays at 9 am
Co-Taught by Dawn Hopkins & Sara Chesterfield
Space generously provided by:
Crossroads Nazarene Church located at 2950 W Ray Rd in Chandler, AZ 85224
This is a donation-based class with a suggested donation of $10-15. Class size is limited and advance registration is required for any class you wish to attend.
Register here: https://app.arketa.co/inspiritusyoga
If you need help applying for or renewing AHCCCS Health Insurance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, or other government assistance programs*, Helping Families in Need is here to help. While their mission is primarily to help families with children, individuals without children needing assistance are also welcome. Helping Families in Need is available every other Thursday from 9 am - 1 pm at the library. Drop in or call 1-800-298-4346 to set an appointment. Helping Families in Need is a non-profit organization whose mission is to make a lasting change in the lives of Arizona's children and their families by securing affordable health care and other resources for those most in need. *Note: This organization cannot help with government phone/internet programs. If you need help with those, please visit the Ask a Librarian Desk for assistance.
Ceramics education has been integral to the Arts Center since it was founded. The Arts Center has educated and developed so many noteworthy ceramicists over the years that we couldn’t let this year pass without celebrating ceramics contribution to the arts in Arizona as well as the artists who’ve graced Sedona Arts Center’s halls over the years. This invitational will feature notable ceramicists from throughout Arizona and will include artist talks and demonstrations.
The Arizona Pastel Artists Association (APAA) brings its 8th National Exhibition and Sale to the Phippen Museum in Prescott from March 10, 2024 to April 21, 2024. Pastel works, prized for their brilliant color, will be on display and for sale at this open and juried show.
A grand opening reception will be held on March 23rd from 10:30 AM until 2:00 PM. The reception includes a pastel demonstration and awards ceremony, both of which are open to the public and free of charge.
A free demonstration by awards judge Allen Garns, begins at 11:00 AM on the 23rd. Garns is an award-winning Mesa artist. His works are inspired by the words of Walt Whitman who said, ”To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle.” Garns added that expressing and translating these miracles into paintings is one of the great continuing adventures of his life.
Paintings in the exhibition include works from eleven local artists plus over 65 artists from the United States and Europe, showing off pastel’s ability to create rich, saturated color and light. Collectors and enthusiasts will find unique concepts amidst a selection of figurative, landscape, still life and abstract works.
"Tsegi" by Southwestern Artists Lorenzo Chavez
Opening Reception: April 13, 2024 6-8 pmExhibition Dates: April 13 – June 8, 2024Gallery hours: Wed - Sat; 11 am - 5 pm
Mixing genres of video, performance, and drawing, Francisco González Castro’s work examines problems related to territorial borders, social inequalities, and bodily transgressions. The project title refers to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) existentialist quote that begins, “The body is a great intelligence,” (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883), and infers that the human body and soul are one. This title is illuminated in Castro’s own artistic philosophy, which confronts the body, people who reject the body, and how the body is approached as subject and identity. Castro’s personal bodily transgressions and tests of endurance are vehicles for his discourse about geographic landscapes and political borders. It is within this integration of life-and-art, body-and-spirit, that we intend to immerse the audience in this physically ambitious and psychologically profound exhibition by Castro at Coconino Center for the Arts.
Dr. Robert H. Webb will present a talk about his book "Requiem for the Santa Cruz: An Environmental History of an Arizona River" as part of the State of Arizona Research Library’s 2024 Arizona Author Series. The talk is at 12 p.m. MST, Thursday, April 18th, and will be held virtually on Zoom.
Attendees are encouraged to register to receive the link to the presentation. * *Please check your email for Zoom details**
This presentation will be recorded and made available on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@stateofarizonaresearchlibr2662). Registered attendees will receive a link to the recording once it is available.
About "Requiem for the Santa Cruz": The Santa Cruz River has ebbed, flowed, and flooded its banks for centuries. Yet, as the landscape of southern Arizona changed, so did the river and our understanding of its currents. Dr. Webb and his co-authors take readers on a journey along the history of the Santa Cruz River as it evolves from a flowing river into a resource for groundwater, mining, and the growth of Tucson. These changes have forever altered the unique habitat along the river, making its history a warning of what may happen to other precious rivers if we are not careful to protect them.
Joella Jean Mahoney’s abstract paintings convey the poetic essence of the Colorado Plateau, illuminating the enigmatic spaces of its landscapes with incandescent light and color. Her luminous paintings reveal her spiritual communion with nature that transcends time and place.In 1951 Mahoney came to Flagstaff from Alameda California to attend Arizona State College, now Northern Arizona University. Her description of her first experience with the atmosphere of Arizona is revealing; “I saw Arizona for the first time when I stepped off the train in Flagstaff. It was dawn. The stars overhead were like lanterns, the sky was crystalline and in the distance the mountains were like cardboard cutouts. I saw a landscape that matched how I felt inside and I stepped into my future.” Her bond with the area would become the source of her life’s work.Throughout her long career Mahoney conceived of, and executed, her work in thematically coherent series. This exhibition consists of work selected from her most important series including: the Rush to Meaning Series, the Southwest Landscape Series, the Sunflower Series, and others.When Mahoney passed away in 2017, she left a great legacy for women artists of the West. While comparisons with other painters are natural, it is important to acclaim Mahoney’s powerful intuitive response to the region, and to celebrate her as a master of capturing the Southwestern landscape. Essence and Metamorphosis is a look at some of the highlights of her long and productive career.