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The
Mesa Verde Association is a joint
membership program of the Mesa Verde
Museum Association and the Mesa Verde
Foundation. Your MVA membership supports
both of these 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations.
The Mesa Verde Museum Association
(tax ID 84-1404606) provides educational
and interpretive material to visitors
of Mesa Verde National Park through
an active publishing program and the
operation of retail bookstores online,
in the park, and in Cortez, CO. Our
services enhance the visitor experience
and promote stewardship of Mesa Verde's
world-renowned archeological resources
and natural landscapes. Proceeds from
all Association operations are donated
to the park's interpretive, research,
and education programs.
The Mesa Verde Foundation (tax ID
84-046967) funds capital improvements,
projects, and educational endeavors
for Mesa Verde National Park. Our
projects include construction of a
new Visitor and Research Center near
the park's entrance and remodeling
the existing Far View Visitor Center
into a Tribal Cultures Center to enhance
understanding of the connection between
the Ancestral Puebloans and contemporary
Native American tribes.
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Welcome to "Verde Views," the e-newsletter
for Mesa Verde Association members and friends.
This periodic publication will keep you
informed about Association news and events,
park happenings, new products and special
sales.
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Mesa
Verde Artist-in-Residence Siri Beckman
to Demonstrate Relief Printmaking
Siri Beckman, Artist-in-Residence at
Mesa Verde National Park, will give
a free demonstration of her technique
of cutting into wood in order to create
an original print. The public is invited
to attend her program at 1 p.m. on Thursday,
May 16, 2013, at the Far View Lodge
Library in Mesa Verde National Park.
Beckman creates her prints using two
techniques--wood engraving and woodcut.
Both are forms of relief printmaking.
A mid-westerner by birth, Beckman moved
to Maine in 1975 and discovered wood
engraving by chance. Instantly drawn
to the medium, she taught herself how
to engrave in hard, dense woods like
English boxwood and maple. In 1992 she
received a Master of Fine Arts degree
from the University of Arts in Philadelphia.
"Indigenous architecture has been
a source of curiosity and inspiration
for me for many years," says Beckman.
"During my residency, I'll
visit park sites with sketch book, watercolors
and camera so I can record the details
necessary to complete a series of prints."
Mesa Verde National Park's Artist-in-Residence
(AIR) program provides professional
artists the opportunity to become part
of a long established tradition of artists
creating art in our national parks.
The AIR program is managed for the park
by the Mesa Verde Museum Association.
Learn more here.
Rims
to Ruins Plein Air Brunch and Auction
Promises a Great Time
The inaugural Rims to Ruins Plein
Air Art event is just around the corner,
and it's not too late to participate!
Come see 22 of America's best known
artists work and paint on Wednesday
May 22, 2013 at Wetherill Mesa in the
park. Enjoy a delicious brunch prepared
by the Kennebec Café folks from
Hesperus, and join in the fun of bidding
on art works completed that day during
a special auction. The event runs from
9 a.m. until 2 p.m., and the cost is only
$50 per person. Proceeds from the event
benefit Mesa Verde Foundation and projects
in the park. Call 303-321-3120 or email
ben@mesaverdefoundation.org
for additional information or to purchase
tickets.
You're
Invited to the VRC Grand Opening Ceremony
Come celebrate with us! You are cordially
invited to attend the Grand Opening
Ceremony for Mesa Verde National Park's
new Visitor and Research Center, to
be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013
at 10:00 a.m. Please call 970-529-4608
or 970-529-4612, or e-mail betty_lieurance@nps.gov
or sue_johnson-erner@nps.gov
by May 17 if you plan to join us.
We hope to see you there!
Free
2013 Four Corners Lecture Series Continues
The free Four Corners Lecture Series
continues this month, returning to
Mesa Verde when retired anthropologist
Dr. Patricia Lacey will discuss the
recent research being conducted at
Spring House cliff dwelling in Mesa
Verde's backcountry. We hope
you'll join us for these and
other upcoming thought-provoking programs!
The full lecture series schedule can
be found here.
When: May 11, 7:00 p.m.,
Far View Lodge at Mesa Verde National
Park
Who: Patricia Lacey
What: Spring House Cliff
Dwelling in Mesa Verde National
Park
When: May 12, 1:00 p.m.,
Anasazi Heritage Center
What: "Stanton Englehart:
Arches" Exhibit Opening and
Reception
When: June 2, 1:00 p.m.,
Anasazi Heritage Center
Who: Joe Pachak
What: The Bluff Mammoth Petroglyphs
When: June 13, 7:00 p.m.,
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Who: Bill Lipe
What: Thirty Years of Knowing
the Southwest through Crow Canyon
When: June 29 and 30, 11:00
a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:00
p.m.
Who: The Lomayestewa Family
Traditional Hopi Dances (Shungopovi
Village)
What: Mesa Verde Visitor
and Research Center at Mesa Verde
National Park
When: June 30, 1:00 p.m.,
Anasazi Heritage Center
Who: James Peshlakai
What: The Navajo Way
This lecture series is sponsored
by the Mesa Verde Museum Association
and Mesa Verde National Park, as
well as by Fort Lewis College's
Office of the President and Department
of Anthropology, Anasazi Heritage
Center, Bureau of Land Management,
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center,
and the Hisatsinom Chapter of the
Colorado Archaeological Society.
Additional support is provided by
ARAMARK/Mesa Verde Company and KSJD
Dryland Community Radio.
Cliff
Palace Stabilization Project Receives
Generous Funding
Mesa Verde Foundation is pleased to
report that it has received some significant
funding for the Cliff Palace Stabilization
Project that will help arrest slippage
and potential collapse within part
of this iconic ancient treasure. Grants
from the Gates Family Foundation,
the Anschutz Foundation, the Kenneth
King Foundation, and several individuals
have brought us to with $7,000 of
our goal. Additionally, the National
Park Foundation has successfully raised
some significant funding for this
project as well. Preservation of Cliff
Palace is very important, and we are
very pleased that these foundations
and individuals have stepped up to
help. Work within the archeological
site should begin this summer. If
you have questions or are interested
in supporting the project, please
contact Ben Duke at 303-321-3120 or
email ben@mesaverdefoundation.org.
Mounted
Ranger Program Receives Much-Needed
Support
Thanks to generous gifts from
the Heritage Trails Foundation
of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies,
the Chuckwagon Trail Riders Foundation,
and Betty L. Robertson, Mesa Verde's
historic Horse Patrol Program
is set to "hit the trail"
this summer. Renovations to the
barn and corral area will take
place, and through a generous
gift from Mrs. Robertson, two
new horses have been purchased
for use in the park. As more back
country areas are opened to the
public, the National Park Service
needs to have the ability to patrol
areas both for security and safety.
The Mounted Ranger program will
allow that to take place.
NEW!
Mesa Verde World Cultural Heritage
Site Pins and Patch
Mesa Verde National Park was designated
a World Cultural Heritage Site in
1978 for the vital link to North
America's prehistoric past
that the park preserves. Mesa Verde
is a heritage that Americans share
with the world. Show your pride
for this world treasure by wearing
our newly-designed pins, or affix
our patch to your favorite backpack
or jacket! Our matching pin and
patch incorporate both the striking
Ancestral Pueblo architecture and
a black-on-white pottery design
associated with the park, and our
other new pin features a colorful
rendition of the world-famous Cliff
Palace.
Priced at $4.99 each, or just $3.99
each for Mesa Verde Association
members; click here
to purchase yours today. As always,
proceeds from your purchases support
Mesa Verde National Park.
Not a member yet? It's easy
to join! Just click here
or call us at 1-800-305-6053 or
970-529-4445 for assistance.
Misplaced your member discount
code? Just call or email us at info@mesaverde.org
and we'll be happy to provide it
to you!
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