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The Mesa Verde Museum Association
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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
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and education programs.
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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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Save the Date for Second Annual Rims to Ruins Art Event
Artists John Burton and Joe Anna Arnett
Mark down May 15 - 17, 2014, when Mesa Verde Foundation and the park will welcome 25 nationally renowned artists for the second annual Rims to Ruins Plein Air Art event. These artists will have the opportunity to access the park where they will paint, draw and sculpt the earliest works of man and capture the beauty of the southwest plateaus not usually open to the public. The artwork they create will celebrate magnificent wildlife, many of the ancient dwellings like Mesa Verde’s crown jewel, Cliff Palace, and the park’s wilderness with its clear light and open vistas. On Saturday, May 17, the artists’ work will be auctioned off during the second annual Rims to Ruins Art Auction and Luncheon at the park’s Visitor and Research Center. All proceeds will benefit Mesa Verde National Park and Mesa Verde Foundation. Tickets to the luncheon and art auction are $50. For information or to purchase tickets, please contact Ben at 303-321-3120 or at ben@mesaverdefoundation.org.
 Artists Jim Wilcox, Jay Moore, and Elizabeth Robbins
National Park Service Announces Public Engagement Campaign as Centerpiece of 2016 Centennial
The National Park Service (NPS) recently announced that the centerpiece of its 2016 Centennial will be a broad public engagement campaign to reintroduce the national parks and the work of the NPS to a new generation of Americans, inviting them to visit and get involved. The two-year effort will begin in 2015 and run throughout the National Park Service's 100th anniversary year in 2016. Plans for the campaign, entitled "Find Your Park", are underway in collaboration with the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official nonprofit partner of the NPS.
The NPS and the NPF will team up with partners to produce programs, events, and activities that will drive broad awareness, deepen engagement, and increase support for America's national parks, the work of the NPS, and its partners. In addition to making all 401 national parks go-to destinations, the campaign will highlight the historic preservation and outdoor recreation work the NPS does with communities across the country and the value it brings to Americans every day.
"We are excited to use the Centennial to invite every American to get to know their national parks and to understand how our one hundred years of conservation experience translates into on-the-ground revitalization projects in their neighborhoods," said NPS Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. "Our campaign will encourage Americans to 'Find Your Park' – to discover a personal connection to a place or a story that provides inspiration or enjoyment, and to then join us in our second century of stewardship of America's most treasured places."
"We are proud to support the NPS in this historic milestone," said Neil Mulholland, President and CEO of the NPF. "Together, and in concert with many partners around the country, we will set the course for the next hundred years with an engaged citizenry who love their national parks and proudly show their support through visitation, volunteerism and philanthropy."
In addition, the NPS and NPF both launched Centennial web pages recently, the start of a robust communications effort that will kick into high gear in early 2015 across all digital platforms to invite engagement in Centennial activities. For more information about the National Park Service’s Centennial, visit www.nps.gov/centennial or www.nationalparks.org/centennial.
Mesa Verde National Park Tourism Creates $46.69 Million in Local Economic Benefit
 Native American Dancer at the Cortez Cultural Center
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 488,860 visitors to Mesa Verde National Park in 2012 spent $46.69 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 645 jobs in the local area.
"Mesa Verde National Park is proud to welcome visitors from across the country and around the world," said Superintendent Cliff Spencer. "We are delighted to share the story of this place and the experiences it provides and to use the park as a way to introduce our visitors to this part of the country and all that it offers. National park tourism is a significant driver in the national economy - returning $10 for every $1 invested in the NPS - and it’s a big factor in our local economy as well. We appreciate the partnership and support of our neighbors and are glad to be able to give back by helping to sustain local communities."
The peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis was conducted by U.S. Geological Survey economists Catherine Cullinane Thomas and Christopher Huber and Lynne Koontz for the NPS. The report shows $14.7 billion of direct spending by 283 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. This spending supported 243,000 jobs nationally, with 201,000 jobs found in these gateway communities, and had a cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy of $26.75 billion.
According to the report, most visitor spending supports jobs in restaurants, grocery and convenience stores (39 percent), hotels, motels and B&Bs (27 percent), and other amusement and recreation (20 percent).
To download the report visit www.nature.nps.gov/socialscience. The report includes information for visitor spending at individual parks and by state. To learn more about national parks in Colorado and how the National Park Service works with
Colorado communities to help preserve local history, conserve the environment, and provide outdoor recreation, go to www.nps.gov/COLORADO
We are enjoying a mild spring and are welcoming many Spring Breakers to the park this month. Visitor orientation and trip-planning assistance is currently available at the Visitor and Research Center at the park entrance from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily and at the Colorado Welcome Center at 928 East Main Street in Cortez from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. The Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum and Spruce Tree House are open for self-guided explorations from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. The scenic Mesa Top Loop is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to sunset. Spruce Tree Terrace is open 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Beginning Friday, April 11, Cliff Palace tours resume for the season (road and weather conditions permitting), the Visitor and Research Center hours extend to 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, Spruce Tree House self-guided tour hours extend to 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum and Store hours extend to 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Balcony House tours begin Sunday, April 20. Cliff Palace and Balcony House tour tickets may be purchased up to two days in advance of the tours starting Friday, April 11, at the Visitor and Research Center at the park entrance and at the Colorado Welcome Center at 928 East Main Street in Cortez.
Off-season camping with limited Morefield Campground services begins April 14, with full services and Morefield Village opening on May 2. Far View Lodge opens for the season on Thursday, April 17, and Spruce Tree Terrace hours extend to 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. that same date. Far View Terrace opens for the season on May 5. Those of us who work here through the winter especially look forward to the return of prickly pear crème brulee, espresso, burgers, french fries, and Navajo tacos as seasonal visitor services re-open. Yum!
Pueblo Indian Painting Tradition and Modernism in New Mexico, 1900 - 1930
The Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum is home to many paintings and murals created early in the 20th century during the Pueblo Indian painting movement. From the framed paintings in the gallery to the stunning large murals in the auditorium, you will find paintings created by some the preeminent artists of the period, many of whom are featured in this book.
In Pueblo Indian Painting Tradition and Modernism in New Mexico, 1900 - 1930, art historian J.J. Brody presents the first complete history of this vibrant art. Based on the extensive Pueblo painting collections of the School of American Research and richly illustrated in color and black and white, the book examines the achievements of many Puebloan artists who were key to the evolution of Pueblo painting. Brody also explores the role played by the patrons who supported and promoted the Pueblo artists' work. Pueblo Indian Painting places this important but under-appreciated fine art tradition squarely within the contexts of Pueblo culture and Euro-American modernism, bringing long-overdue recognition to the tradition and its practitioners as a vital part of American art history.
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