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Cost per person -- Adults:$65.00
Children:$35.00

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During this exclusive event, you'll enjoy dinner and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the world's largest collection of Southwest Indian pottery at the Arizona State Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute. See the sacred Eagle and Hoop dances presented by the Redhouse family and a featured live performance by Native American artist and two-time Grammy Nominee, Vince Redhouse. Additionally, the museum's curators will share the stories of these fascinating artifacts and answer your questions.

Davison Koenig, Exhibits Curator and National Endowment for the Humanities Principal Investigator for the ASM Virtual Vault Project, designed the Pottery Project Exhibit and has been investigating applications of profile modeling, an innovative technique enabling rapid, low-cost digitization of three-dimensional objects. This revolutionary method quickly creates photorealistic digital models of objects using photography rather than costly laser scans. Davison will present on ways that the Virtual Vault, a visual database, can convey a wealth of interpretive and contextual information not delivered by traditional exhibition mechanisms.

Diane Dittemore, Curator of Ethnographic Materials, has extensive knowledge of ASM's broad contemporary and historic Native American ethnographic collections. Diane will be providing tours of her exhibit entitled “SET IN STONE: 2000 Years of Gem and Mineral Trade in the Southwest.”

Martin Kim, Native Goods Museum Store Manager, is committed to supporting the native arts of this region by featuring contemporary Native artists and offering visitors unique, educational materials and arts and crafts for purchase. Martin is also a master storyteller who enjoys sharing stories about objects as he sells top quality Indian handicrafts. Martin educates visitors by highlighting connections between the artifacts in the exhibits and the authentic Native American merchandise—pottery, jewelry, baskets, textiles—for sale in Native Goods.