Belonging: The Natural History of People in the Southwest Fall 2023 - Winter 2024 The Natural History Institute presents a series of lectures, workshops, and a film screening exploring the relationship between people and place. Cultivate an appreciation for belonging, and discover the cultural diversity of the Mogollon Highlands. Traveling the Artistic Road Thursday, July […]
My Beloved West Louise Grunewald July 28th - October 13th My Beloved West is a series of works by Louise Grunewald featuring Solarplate viscosity prints, monotypes, and several hand-lettered books. With writings expressing personal experiences and images of emotional responses to the untamed landscapes of the American West, Louise Grunewald portrays a love of place. […]
After monsoon season, did you ever notice the vast diversity of distinctive grasses on your walks and wonder what they were? Join NHI and local grasses expert Debbie DeWolf Allen, author of the book Common Grasses of the Central Arizona Highlands, for a morning walk to learn to identify some of the common grasses found in […]
High Places: Reevaluating Hilltop Architecture with Drone Imagery and 3-D Modeling Join the Natural History Institute for a Speaker Series talk by archeologist Michael Kellett, who will share his original research on the Prescott culture area. His research involves drone imagery and 3-D modeling from over 60 hilltop sites, spatial analysis using GIS, and a […]
Did you know Sedona was coastal property when the Earth's continents assembled into the supercontinent Pangaea? Take a trip back to 280 million years ago and explore the Red Rock State Park— a geologic story of ancestral mountain deposits, an ancient sea, and coastal dunes. Join NHI for a trip to Red Rock State Park to enjoy […]
We hear a lot about mindfulness these days. On this Mindful Meandering, participants will learn ways to nurture the useful life skill of mindful awareness, while taking a different kind of nature walk. Our focus will be on staying present for what is happening around us and in us when we are in a natural […]