Past Events | Program in Community, Culture, and Environment

Colorado Plateau Writing Workshop

Jun 21 to Jun 24, 2000

Classes such as “Writing Down the Earth: Words and Nature,” and “Natural History Writing: Finding Unexpected Metaphors for Life Within the Natural World” will be taught out of doors (en plein air) in breathtaking locations around Flagstaff. On a field trip to Jerome, students will brush up on their journalistic skills when they interview locals about haunted spaces and places in “Perception, Ghosts and Southwestern Writing.” For those who yearn to know more...

Colorado Plateau Summer Dance Festival

Jun 4 to Jun 11, 2000

The Colorado Plateau Summer Dance Festival, A Celebration of Peace in the New Millenium, is an opportunity to learn from and perform with modern dancers from all over the United States. This six-day festival includes professional instruction in Technique and Repertory by Nina Watt from the Jose Limon Dance Company in New York and classes and performances by:

A Ludwig Dance Theater, Tempe, Arizona

Canyon Movement Company, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona

Human Nature,...

Colorado Plateau Painting Workshop

May 31 to Jun 3, 2000

"Navajo Long Walk" by Shonto Begay (left)

Treat yourself to the opportunity to paint within the vibrant landscape that surrounds the Grand Canyon. This workshop will be hosted on the campus of Northern Arizona University, which is located at the base of the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, Arizona.

This workshop is designed for painters from *novice* to expert. You will have the opportunity to work with local professional artists and teachers Shonto...

Colorado Plateau Writing Workshop

Jul 7 to Jul 10, 1999

If you are a beginning or published writer seeking "the Muse," techniques, ideas, critique, and especially experience in place-based writing, this workshop is for you! Two and three-hour hands-on sessions will address topics including:

writing short,short stories

writing children's books

writing en plein air (in the open air)

writing natural history essays

becoming a published author

Mini-field trips, consultation...

Caring for Creation Workshop: Art, Ritual, and the Environment

Jun 18, 1999

Event Schedule:

March 18, 1999

10:00-10:15    Introduction

Sanctuary        Sandra Lubarsky, Director, Master of Liberal Studies Program

                        Max Oelschlaeger, Endowed Chair, Community, Culture & Environment

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The New West Conference

Jun 8 to Jun 10, 1999

The New West Conference focuses on the unambiguous mountian West, the so-calledintermountain West. This region and its inhabitants are in transition from the Old to the New West. This transformation is complex and chaotic, but several trends are apparent, such as the shift away from "base economic models" to "environmental models," from anthropocentric and materialistic to ecocentric and ecological understandings of biophysical systems, from top-down management to increasing...

	Coconino County Sustainable Economic Development Initiative (SEDI) As a participant in Coconino County's Sustainable Economic Development...
	Flagstaff WIN (Weatherization Initiatives Network) The Flagstaff WIN project will launch immediate, effective, collaborative and...
	Giving Voice to Flagstaff Neighborhoods (GVFN) Through Giving Voice to Flagstaff Neighborhoods, CC&E facilitates on-the-ground...
	NAU Faculty Senate Dr. Romand Coles, McAllister Chair in Community Culture & Environment, has been...
	2009-2010 One Community Sustainable Living Lecture Series (OCSSLS) The One Community Sustainable Living Lecture Series is a partnership among local...

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