Adult Programs
Friday, February 22, 2013
Southwest Indian Art Fair’s Juried Competition Awards Reception, 6:30–8:00 p.m.
Exclusively for ASM members, SWIAF artists, and SWIAF sponsors. Marvel at the award-winning pieces, view the entire slate of the competition’s entrants, meet the artists.
February 23 and 24, 2013
20th Annual Southwest Indian Art Fair
Southern Arizona’s Premier Indian Art Show and Market! Join us for a wonderful weekend of culture, art, performance, and food on Arizona State Museum's front lawn, rain or shine. Meet 200+ Native artists, many of them award winning. Talk with them about their work and learn about the cultural significance that informs, inspires, and imbues their work. Top-quality, handmade art includes pottery, Hopi katsina dolls, paintings, jewelry, baskets, rugs, blankets, and much more. Artist demonstrations, Native food, music, and dance performances round out the two-day celebration. Saturday 10–5, Sunday 10–4. More details.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Guided Tours of University Indian Ruin, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Enjoy guided tours of the site (9:30, 10:30, 11:30), see excavations in progress, and speak with archaeologists.
University Indian Ruin is located in east Tucson, just off Tanque Verde Road between Grant/Kolb Roads and Sabino Canyon Road. To access the site, turn north from Tanque Verde onto N. Indian Ruins Road (in the Indian Ridge Estates neighborhood), and follow event signs. Event personnel will meet guests and direct them to parking areas. Parking is limited. Carpooling recommended. Tours involve moderate walking and standing on uneven ground. Sunscreen, hats, and water recommended.
March 5, 19, 26, and April 2, 2013
Adventures in the Field, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Unpredictable mishaps, venomous snakes, political upheaval …hear how University of Arizona archaeologists overcome
obstacles and danger in order to conduct research all over the world in this fun-filled, four-part lecture series presented in honor of Arizona Archaeology Awareness Month. Find out more!
(PDF *) Registration required and fees apply. Contact Darlene Lizarraga via email or at 520-626-8381 to sign up!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Coffee with the Curators, 3:00–3:45 p.m., Free, ASM lobby
Join us for a cup of coffee and informal conversation. Textile expert Dr. Ann Lane Hedlund introduces the museum’s astounding new online textile databases where you can view and read about almost all 650 Southwest blankets and rugs in ASM’s permanent collections and more than 1200 from other museums across the country. Ann will share many entertaining ways to explore the textiles, compare their features, and learn much more about Native weaving in the American Southwest.
Enjoy freshly baked cookies and freshly brewed coffee donated by Paradise Bakery and Cafe.
March 10–15, 2013
Mysterious Mojave Learning Expedition
Come and explore the mysteries of the Mojave Desert with Arizona State Museum…from Clovis to Elvis!
ASM experts will lead you on a four day experience of this enigmatic place and explain the archaeology, history, and modern cultural phenomena that have shaped the region for millennia.
See details of this travel experience on our Travel Tours page.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Guided Tours of University Indian Ruin, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Enjoy guided tours of the site (9:30, 10:30, 11:30), see excavations in progress, and speak with archaeologists.
University Indian Ruin is located in east Tucson, just off Tanque Verde Road between Grant/Kolb Roads and Sabino Canyon Road. To access the site, turn north from Tanque Verde onto N. Indian Ruins Road (in the Indian Ridge Estates neighborhood), and follow event signs. Even personnel will meet guests and direct them to parking areas. Parking is limited. Carpooling recommended. Tours involve moderate walking and standing on uneven ground. Sunscreen, hats, and water recommended.
Friday, March 15, 2013
The Arnold and Doris Roland Distinguished Speaker Series presents Navajo Baskets: Evolution and Revolution, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Enjoy this illustrated talk on Navajo ceremonial basketry by author and third generation Indian art trader Georgiana Kennedy Simpson of Twin Rocks Trading Post, Bluff, Utah. The origins of Navajo ceremonial basketry reach back to the deepest parts of Navajo history. Navajo basket weaving is currently in a renaissance, with a range of designs never before seen. With Simpson we journey back through the history of the Navajo ceremonial basket and move forward into the stories richly conveyed in
contemporary Navajo basketry.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Coffee with the Curators, 3:00–3:45 p.m., Free, ASM lobby
Join us for a cup of coffee and informal conversation! UA Regents’ Professor of History Oscar Martinez discusses “The Borderlands: From Alienation to Integration” as part of Arizona State
Museum’s celebrations of its newest exhibit, “A World Without Borders.”
Not a Friend? Please contact Darlene Lizarraga via email or at 520-626-8381 to sign up quickly and easily!
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Coffee with the Curators, 3:00–3:45 p.m., Free, ASM lobby
Join us for a cup of coffee and informal conversation!
ASM Curator of Bioarchaeology Dr. James T. Watson discusses the prehistory of life and death in the desert Southwest, pointing out that ancient skeletons hold some of the keys to understanding health, disease, and behavior in past peoples.
For Questions about our Events and Programs
contact Darlene Lizarraga via email or at 520-626-8381
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Image credit:
Friends of the ASM Collections icon is a detail from a 2004 friendship jar entiled "Tinde," meaning "The People," by Sheldon Nuñez-Velarde (Jicarilla Apache). (ASM Catalog No. 2004-348-1A+B). Photo by Jannelle Weakly.
