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Painting in the New World: A Symposium on Spanish Colonial Art

Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall 1625 N. Central Avenue , Phoenix, AZ, United States

This program is supported by a grant from Arizona Humanities. Accompanying the exhibit Masterworks of Spanish Colonial Art from the Phoenix Art Museum’s Collection, this symposium seeks to enrich visitor understanding of the artworks and their cultural significance. Themes include the intersections between culture, religion, society, and politics at the heart of artistic production. From […]

Free

PHX Arts & Culture @ 30 Years Celebration

The Phoenix Convention Center & Herberger Theater - Monroe St. between 2nd and 3rd Streets 100 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Join Arizona Humanities on Saturday, October 3rd with our friends at the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture as we celebrate 30 years of arts and culture in Phoenix! The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission celebrates 30 years with a festival of music, dance, theatre, and art. Visit the Arizona Humanities table and […]

Free

Archaeology Café (Phoenix): Pan-Regional Exchange Systems and High-Status Goods

Macayo's Central 4001 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

On October 20, 2015, Arthur Vokes (Arizona State Museum) will present “Pan-Regional Exchange Systems and High-Status Goods.” From Arthur: I will discuss pan-regional exchange of high-status exotic materials, including trade networks incorporating marine shell, turquoise, macaws/parrots, copper bells, and other special items. Many of these classes of material derive from outside of the American Southwest […]

Free

Spotlight on the Humanities

Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center (ALAC) 147 E Adams St, Phoenix, AZ, United States

For more information and tickets, visit spotlight-on-the-humanities.eventbrite.com.

25.00

Dia de los Muertos PHX Festival + Cesar Castro Workshop

Steele Indian School Park 3rd Street and Indian School, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Info and Schedule of Activities at http://diadelosmuertosphx.com/ This program is supported in part by Arizona Humanities. The Dia de los Muertos Phx Festival is an interactive, multi-generational, and participatory cultural immersion event blending traditional Mexican experiences with a twist of Southwestern flavor. The festival aims to instill a sense of history, pride and knowledge about our multicultural roots to […]

Free

Ghostly Stories Family Event with Marshall Shore

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Join Arizona Humanities for a FREE family-friendly celebration of storytelling, Arizona history, and All Hallows Eve. Wear your spookiet costume and listen to ghost stories under the full moon. Marshall Shore, Arizona’s own “Hip Historian” will take you on a chilling journey through local ghost stories of Phoenix. Enjoy snacks, arts and crafts, a costume contest, and […]

Free

Authors Night with Dr. Felipe Hinojosa

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Click Here to Reserve Your Seat Join Dr. Felipe Hinojosa, Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University, for an evening exploring the intersection of religion and politics in Chicana/o and Latina/o history. Hear the stories of Mexican Americans and Latinas/os who joined the Mennonite Church during the middle part of the twentieth century and […]

Free

Legend City Exhibition Opening

Tempe History Museum 809 E. Southern Avenue, Tempe, AZ, United States

This project is funded in part by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

Free

Archaeology Café (Phoenix): Exploring and Protecting the Great Bend of the Gila

Macayo's Central 4001 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

On November 17, 2015, Aaron Wright (Archaeology Southwest) will present “Exploring and Protecting the Great Bend of the Gila.” From Aaron: The Gila River’s Great Bend, in southwestern Arizona, has been a cultural crossroads for over 10,000 years. This remote area was an interface between the San Dieguito and Clovis/Folsom Paleoindian traditions, the Amargosa and […]

Free

Authors Night with Truth B. Told

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Click Here to Reserve Your Seat The same wit, candor, and addictive, engaging attitude that Truth B. Told is known for is transferred from the stage to the page in “Words I Remember”, a collection of poems from the award-winning spoken word artist. Truth B. Told will read selected pieces from this book, including fan […]

Free

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