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For Questions about our Events and Programs
contact Darlene Lizarraga via email
or at 520-626-8381

Hands-on Discovery Carts
ASM docents set up discovery carts for visitors to learn hands-on about Southwest Native pottery, basketry, and other traditional arts and crafts. Discovery carts are offered occasionally and by “docent choice” Tuesday–Saturday afternoons between 1 and 3, October through April, and during special museum events. Check at the front desk for more information.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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!Opens in a new window (PDF *) Registration required and fees apply. Contact Darlene Lizarraga via email or at 520-626-8381 to sign up!

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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.

Paradise Bakery and Cafe LogoEnjoy freshly baked cookies and freshly brewed coffee donated by Paradise Bakery and Cafe.Opens in a new window

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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Friendship Jar detailMonday, April 8, 2013
Behind-the-Scenes tour at Tohono Chul Park, 10:30 a.m.–noon
Exclusively for Friends of the ASM Collections, this curator-led, behind-the-scenes experience at Tohono Chul Park includes the sculpture garden, their current exhibit, and the private collections in the vault. Established in 1985, TCP’s private collections include twentieth and twenty-first century examples of Southwest Native American pottery, basketry, weaving, and carving, as well as contemporary artwork and geologic formations, all representative of Arizona and the Southwest. Limited to 30 persons. $8 per person (pay upon arrival at entrance). Plan to stay for lunch (on your own) in the beautiful Garden Bistro, situated in handsome Spanish-colonial architecture with a plant-filled courtyard and welcoming patio. TCP is located at 7366 North Paseo del Norte, near the corner of Ina and Oracle Roads. The main entrance is on Paseo del Norte, the first stoplight on Ina, west of Oracle. www.tohonochulpark.orgOpens in a new window

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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.

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Friendship Jar detailMay 4–7, 2013
Travel with your Friends to Acoma Pueblo!
By popular request, this experience, produced by the Friends of the ASM Collections, centers around Acoma Pueblo in northern New Mexico. After a full morning at Sky City and the Haak’u Museum, you will get to spend an afternoon at the Santa Maria Feast Day celebrations at McCartys. Along the way, before and after Acoma, you will enjoy other New Mexico cultural experiences, museum visits, shopping opportunities, and even a hot springs soak! $830 per person for Friends of the ASM Collections (nothing tax deductible), $930 non Friends ($100 tax deductible). Registration includes motor coach transportation, accommodations, en-route snacks/beverages, breakfasts, lunches, entry fees, honoraria, tour fees, and gratuities. 20 persons minimum required. Please contact Darlene Lizarraga via email or at 520-626-8381 to sign up!

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For Questions about our Events and Programs
contact Darlene Lizarraga via email or at 520-626-8381

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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.

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