The upcoming 2007 Sedona Lecture Series is titled Arts and Sciences of the Colorado Plateau. Presented by the Sedona Muses and the Museum of Northern Arizona, this series offers four monthly lectures in Sedona from January through April, bringing together specialists whose stories expand our thinking about the magnificence of this region. All lectures are at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Red Rocks.
Monday, January 8 Tim’s Cave by Andy Seagle
Photographer Andy Seagle shares an event that testifies to the deep connections of the human experience. As his brother Tim was dying, a defining event in both their lives was starting. Seagle’s discovery of Tim’s Cave gives back to the study of the Colorado Plateau, as well as mirrors the love and shared experiences of these two brothers that is still present today.
Monday, February 12 The Arizona-Chilean Connection by Dr. Larry Stevens
Two regions of the world 5,236 miles apart share something more than a Spanish-speaking population. Chile and the Colorado Plateau share ecological attributes from dragonflies, butterflies, and various plants, to animals. Dr. Larry Stevens, a recognized biologist and MNA’s new curator of ecology and conservation, explains how the Colorado Plateau is part of larger ecological processes, in existence long before human civilization.
Monday, March 12 Arizona Women Artists from the First Half of the Twentieth Century by Fran Elliot
Art historian Fran Elliot dives into an interesting part of Arizona’s past. She discusses the value and impact of female artists in Arizona. Elliot is the founder and co-chair of the Arizona Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and a National Advisory Board Member in Washington. Experience a part of Arizona’s history that has received little attention.
Monday, April 9 Sneak Peak of Upcoming Therizinosaur Exhibit by Dr. Dave Gillette
The discovery of a dinosaur new to North America startled MNA paleontologists in 2000. From the same beds where they had excavated plesiosaurs and other marine life in southern Utah, it was a therizinosaur, a ponderous, slow moving relative of T. rex and other predatory dinosaurs, with a twist: it was probably a plant eater. And to add fuel to the mystery, it had feathers, its evolutionary position is close to the ancestry of birds, and it had claws on the hands like the fingers of Edward Scissorhands. This sneak peek probes this enduring mystery.
The Church of the Red Rocks is located at 54 Bowstring Drive in Sedona. Tickets are $6 for members and $7 for nonmembers per lecture, or $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers for the entire series. Tickets are available at 6:45 p.m. at the lectures and advance tickets can be purchased at the Museum of Northern Arizona at 928/774-5213 or in Sedona at 928/282-4786. If a lecture sells out, late arrivals with tickets may not be able to be seated and will receive a refund. Proceeds from the Sedona Lecture Series benefit the Museum of Northern Arizona.
The Museum of Northern Arizona is located three miles north of historic downtown Flagstaff on Highway 180. It is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.