The Muses Lecture Series is an annual event sponsored by The Sedona Muses for the benefit of Museum of Northern Arizona.

All lectures are at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Red Rocks.

Pueblo social History: Upstreaming into the Past
by Dr. John Ware – January 14
The Pueblo Indians of the northern Southwest have shared more than a century of scrutiny by anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians attempting to sort out and explain their convergent histories. Ware explains upstreaming to trace the Pueblo people in the archaeological record. Dr. Ware is a Southwestern archaeologist, Executive Director of the Amerind Foundation, and author of Pueblo Culture: The Present as Key to the Past.

Geologic Connections between Arizona and Antarctica
by Wayne Ranney – February 11
Although Arizona and Antarctica might seem worlds apart today, geologists are coming to understand their geologic connection. The drifting continents have aligned themselves with seemingly far-flung neighbors at times in the past. Ranney gives an interesting account of the connections that exist between these two desert landscapes. Wayne Ranney is a geologist, 30-time Antarctica visitor, and author of Carving Grand Canyon.

Dry Lakes and Dunes
by Joella Jean Mahoney – March 10
Mahoney explores themes in her Southwest landscape paintings and explains how motif occurs in a painter’s work. She talks about art process and the functions of art. Mahoney also gives recognition to the huge contribution by Mary Russell Farrell Colton and Mary Elizabeth Colter to what we understand as Southwestern aesthetic.  Joella Jean Mahoney is a 50-year painter of the Colorado Plateau.

The Incredible Canyon
by Scott Thybony – April 14
A light take on the hard facts, Thybony tells bits of lore which have slipped through the cracks and classic stories covering canyon characters, tall tales trimmed down to size, a few scandals, a little romance, some grand schemes gone awry, and a few cliffhangers thrown in. Geared for both canyon junkies and first-timers. Scott Thybony is author or soon-to-be-published Incredible Grand Canyon.

All events at:
Church of the Red Rocks
54 Bowstring Dr., Sedona, AZ
7 p.m.

Tickets are $6 Members/$7 Nonmembers per lecture or $20 Members/$25 Nonmembers for the entire series.  Tickets are available at 6:45 p.m. at each event or in advance at the Museum of Northern Arizona 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.