Apr 22 Monday
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 Purina, High Country Humane, and Mother Road Brewing Company as we celebrate the kickoff of the Raise a Pint for Pets partnership and fundraiser.
From April 10 through May 10, each pint of Perpetual Joy purchased at Mother Road Brewing Company will trigger a $2.00 donation to High Country Humane, with $1.00 coming from Mother Road Brewing Company and the other $1.00 from Purina.
On Wednesday, April 10, bring your pup and come enjoy:🍻Samplings of Mother Road Brewing's Perpetual Joy🏆Giveaways from Mother Road Brewing Company and Purina🐶 The opportunity to adopt a pet from High Country Humane
Perpetual Joy by Mother Road Brewing Company is a fruity and refreshing straw-colored, crystal-clear American Lager, brewed in collaboration with Purina. It’s a beer that captures the essence of our ideals: Perpetuating Better Living and Finding Joy in theAdventure.
High Country Humane, the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County's Official Animal Shelter, provides care to 3,600 homeless pets annually. Celebrating 5 years of Animal Welfare Elevated in 2024, HCH's mission is to transform lives by providing exceptional animal care and adoption services, supporting and strengthening the bond between pets and people, and advocating for the well-being of all animals.
Purina’s ‘Raise a Pint for Pets’ program was first launched in 2017 in St. Louis, where a partnership with local brewer Urban Chestnut Brewing Company began raising funds for area shelters. The company has expanded the program to its factory markets in recent years, including a partnership between the company’s manufacturing facility in Hartwell, Georgia and Southern Hart Brewing Company. Purina has operated in Flagstaff since 1975 making some of the most trusted dog and cat food brands, including Beneful, Friskies and Pro Plan, and employing more than 330 local associates.
Join us for a rare opportunity to enjoy the moonrise and sunset from an overlook and return by the light of the moon while learning about the natural world and the Sedona area. The program is 2 1/2 hours and covers a distance up to 2 1/2 miles. A $15 registration fee is required per person for this after-hours program. Participants must arrive at least 30 minutes before the hike start time to ensure participation. Bring suitable clothing (prepare for cool nights), closed toe shoes, water, and a flashlight. Reservations must be made prior to the date of the event by calling (928) 282-6907. Participants must be at least 12 years old.
Apr 23 Tuesday
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
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.
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.
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.