Fall Happenings at the Museum of Northern Arizona

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Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton in the West

Oct. 30, 1 pm

Attend in person at MNA, or watch on Facebook

Alan Peterson, MNA’s Fine Art Curator, will discuss Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton’s early life and education in Philadelphia, her first trips to the West as a young artist, how she met Harold Colton, their honeymoon trip, and their subsequent trips to Flagstaff before moving here in 1926.

Deadline November 1

Young Native artists are invited to to enter the Junior Indigenous Art Exhibition and Competition, which returns for a second year in an online format. All submissions will be displayed in an online virtual art exhibition and the winners receive cash awards. Find out more at https://musnaz.org/juniorart/

Grand Canyon Talk: Research History

Nov. 8, 3 pm on Facebook

From the fish in the river to the plants on the rim, Dr. Larry Stevens, MNA’s curator of biology, gives a brief history of natural science research in the Grand Canyon. This is one in a series of monthly talks about Grand Canyon science. Watch past talks at the MNA Youtube channel .

People of the Tall Pines

Nov. 27, 11 am on Facebook

Stemming from the Hualapai Nation, the People of the Tall Pines will perform traditional social dances at MNA and tell stories related to their culture. This collective of dancers and singers will also describe their connections to their ancestors and community.

Thank you to Arizona Humanities for sponsoring this performance.

Winter Market

Dec. 11, 10 am – 4 pm

Member preview 9 am – 10 am

Support and celebrate the rich cultural and artistic traditions of working artists on the Colorado Plateau. Hosted inside the Museum of Northern Arizona, not only is this a great opportunity to find the perfect holiday gift, it is also an important opportunity to support local Native artists whose income has been impacted by the pandemic.

Tuesdays, 9 am – 12 pm am

Landscape painter Deborah Mechigian teaches fundamentals of composition, perspective, and color mixing in this weekly class. Students will then work on their own project for the remainder of the session. $20.00 per class. To register email rockhunterdeb@gmail.com

These tracks were discovered in November 2020 at a construction site just a couple miles down the road from the museum. The prints are preserved in red sandstone from the Moenkopi Formation, which is estimated to be early to middle Triassic in age (252 to 235 million years). Now they are on view in the Jaime Major Golightly Courtyard.

Inspired and empowered by the dramatic landscapes of the American Southwest, women took the lead in developing the arts of the region from 1900 to 1940. This exhibition highlights the pottery, photographs, paintings, and drawings of six women artists: Nampeyo, Kate Cory, Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, Nora Lucy Mowbray Cundell, Harriet Morton Holmes, and Lillian Wilhelm Smith

Created more than a decade ago by Hopi artists Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie, these large-scale paintings tell a story of the human journey through cycles of chaos and discord to places of wholeness and balance. Watch a gallery tour with Dr. Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Ed Kabotie, read about the exhibit in Mountain Living, then make plans to come see the exhibit.

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