EVENTS
Introducing New Interactive Gallery Kiosks
Intuiface museum interactive kiosk software is the world's premier platform for museums to create modern,
engaging, memorable multi-touch exhibits using existing digitized content and in-house creative personnel.
Members Canyon de Chelly Tour with an Authorized Diné Guide
Join us for an extraordinary guided tour of Canyon de Chelly National Monument conducted by an authorized Diné guide! Our journey starts at the historic Thunderbird Lodge located in Chinle, Arizona. The lodge is the only hotel located at the Canyon and is Diné owned and operated.
Prehistoric Pottery of the Verde Valley Course
This hands-on course is being offered again due to popular demand! In this course you will learn how to identify pottery found in the Verde Valley, gain an understanding of the people who first started to classify pottery, its design and construction, recognize which pottery is Indigenous to the Verde Valley, and which pottery is intrusive.
Indigenous Peoples Day with VVAC
Join us at the museum for a fun day celebrating the heritage, culture, and continued contributions of Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples. The festivities include a Native American Artist Market featuring over 30 artists and at 12:00 pm enjoy an engaging talk presented by Clive Mustito of Zuni Pueblo. Clive is a wisdom keeper and a traditional Zuni fetish carver.
Members VIP Experience of Lowell Observatory
Join VVAC trip leaders, Richard McGaugh and Monica Buckle, for an immersive VIP planetary and stargazing experience at Lowell Observatory located in Flagstaff. Lowell Observatory is notable for its role in the discovery of Pluto and as the location where A.E. Douglas first brought attention to the emerging field of Southwestern Dendrochronology. Lowell Observatory has been recognized as TIME’s 100 Greatest Places.
Oil Painting for Beginners
Over the course of three weeks participants in this class will experience the unique medium of oil painting, with an emphasis on the balance between material, light, and subject. Participants will learn about different types of oil paints, brushes, mediums, and surfaces. As well as how to mix colors and create various effects.
Inscribed Landscapes: Petroglyphs and Pictographs of West-Central Arizona
This presentation features examples of precontact pictographs and petroglyphs found in West-Central Arizona. The discussion includes descriptions of how pre-contact groups in West-Central Arizona created petroglyphs and petroglyphs, the variety of local pictograph and petroglyph elements, panel composition, landscape placement, recording methods, and inferences toward interpretation.
Members Trip to Meteor Crater with VIP Hike to the Historic Homestead with Rock Art Viewing
Join VVAC for a behind-the-scenes experience of Meteor Crater. Over 50,000 years ago space and earth came together when an iron-nickel meteorite, approximately 150 feet wide and weighing several hundred thousand tons, impacted an area outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. The result of this impact created the giant bowl-shaped cavity we call Meteor Crater, which measures 550 feet deep and almost a mile wide.
Native American Heritage Garden Workshop and Open House
PAST EVENT - Memorial Day Weekend at VVAC's Native American Heritage Garden on Saturday, May the 24th: 10:00am - 12:30pm! Enjoy a compost workshop, open house, complimentary snacks, and cold beverages.
Excursion
PAST EVENT - An extraordinary guided tour of El Morro National Monument and Halona Idiwan'a "The Middle Place" also known as Zuni Pueblo. Zuni Pueblo was one of the six Zuni settlements that existed at the time of contact with the Spanish. Today, Zuni is a thriving modern community maintaining its cultural activities and traditional ceremonies.
Lecture
PAST EVENT - Celebrate Sedona's iconic landscape and Native American pictography with VVAC and world-renowned Archaeologist, Peter J. Pilles Jr. Join us for a lovely lunch and an engaging presentation at the Courtyard by Marriott located in West Sedona. Pilles will present: “Kinyuriki of the Wipukpaia.”