Past Events | Program in Community, Culture, and Environment

Night Visions Multi-Media Art Exhibit

Oct 7 to Nov 11, 2006

Left: Detail from “Spider Rock” by Shonto Begay

Night Visions is a multi-media display of artwork showcasing the beauty, inspiration, and cultural value of the night, sky, and stars. Invited artists include Baje Whitethorne, Sr., Shonto Begay, and S.D. Nelson. The exhibition also includes artists juried into the exhibition internationally and from throughout the United States.

An opening reception for artists and visitors to the exhibit will be...

2006 Flagstaff International Festival

Oct 30 to Nov 4, 2006

A true community partnership, this week-long event will celebrate the diverse cultures and peoples of the world through international dinners, entertainment, exhibitions, films, displays, a Pub Night at Charly's, booths and music at venues on the NAU campus and locations in Flagstaff.

A final celebration will be held Saturday, November 4, 2006, at the Northern Arizona University du Bois Center Ballroom with...

Ray Anderson: Mid-Course Correction

Oct 4, 2006 - 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Ray Anderson is recognized as one of the world's most environmentally progressive CEO's. Anderson’s company, Interface, Inc., is the world’s largest producer ofcommercial floor coverings and a showcase for sustainable business practices. Anderson was featured in the film, “The Corporation,” where he spoke about his company’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. “We believe that there's a cure for resource waste that is profitable,...

The Orion Forgotten Languages Tour, Flagstaff

Oct 2, 2006 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

"The Orion Society's Forgotten Language Tour is a national tour of leading writers and poets that offers a series of readings, workshops, and discussions that promote nature literacy -- a deeper, more dynamic and creative understanding of our relationship with the natural world -- and offers new ways of envisioning community. Now in its eighth year, The Forgotten Language Tour draws on our country's great barnstorming and...

2006 Flagstaff International Festival: Call for Performers

Aug 25 to Sep 30, 2006

The Program in Community, Culture, & Environment is seeking performers for the Flagstaff International Festival gala on Saturday, November 4th, 2006!

Performing groups whose artforms are inspired by a particular culture, country, or ethnic tradition are wanted to add their talents to this celebration! Each performing group shall receive a $50 stipend for a 20-minute performance (longer or shorter performances are negotiable as well), plus lots of advertising in print, on...

The North Leupp Family Farms Project: Culture & Subsistence

Jun 24 to Sep 30, 2006

Vision for this Project:

To build a structure that provides not only shade from heat/ sun, but also beauty, a space to meet, cook, relax, and learn. Through each step of the project, a new skill will be learned for the community and cadre of builders. The structure will be composed of adobe, straw bale, and other natural/ locally based materials.

Goals:

1) To learn skills that can be implemented in other communities for low-cost, beautiful, building...

Charles Wilkinson

Sep 21, 2006 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Join us for a presentation by renowned author, lawyer, teacher, and activist, Charles Wilkinson. Charles Wilkinson graduated from Stanford Law School in 1966, practiced with private firms in Phoenix and San Francisco and with the Native American Rights Fund, and is now the Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the University of Colorado. In recognition of his scholarship and teaching, the University has named him Distinguished University Professor, one of twenty on the CU-Boulder campus.

Night Visions: Call for Entries

May 1 to Sep 5, 2006

Part of the 2006 Celebration of the Night, this multi-media juried art exhibit will explore the glory and mystery of the night sky.

Night Visions will take place from October 1 to November 11, 2006 at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, AZ.

Night Visions and the Celebration of the Night are presented by the Program in Community, Culture, and Environment, the Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition, and the Flagstaff Cultural Partners with support from the Smithsonian,...

Governor's CultureFest Reception

Aug 18, 2006 - 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

At a reception at the Flagstaff Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Governor Janet Napolitano presented a check for $15,000 from the Smithsonian and the Arizona Office of Tourism to the organizers of the Flagstaff CultureFest events. Ms. Jean Boreen of Flagstaff Cultural Partners accepted the check on behalf of the Flagstaff CultureFest planners, including the Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition and NAU's Program in Community, Culture, and Environment. This funding will be used for...

Colorado Plateau Summer Art Workshops

Jun 6 to Aug 6, 2006

Coconino Community College and the Program in CC&E will offer their summer series of place-based art workshops, marrying the visual arts with our region’s natural environment.

For a full schedule of workshops, please visit http://www.coconino.edu/finearts/summer06.htm.

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