Join Roseann online for the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill's Summer Monsoon workshop series: DESERT SENSES AWAKE! July 10 – August 14, 2021 

In the sultry days of midsummer, anticipation builds...The winds carry the scent of damp earth. Prickly pear cactus fruit begins to turn from tourmaline pink to ripe, delicious ruby-red. Mesquites droop like weeping willows, their limbs weighted down with drying, ripe bean pods. Desert farmers begin to prepare their fields and plant seeds—relatives of wild beans, squash, corn, spinach, and chiles. They know that the searing heat and ripe saguaro fruits of June will tell you what the plants and animals also know: the rains are coming, it’s time to prepare. July is Jukiabig Mashath, the rainy season month, in the Tohono O’odham calendar.

Our teams of scientists, poets, ethnobotanists, farmers, chefs, and artists will be your guides as we explore the science and art of Sound, Sight, Smell and Taste of the monsoon summer.

Each sense-oriented online workshop is two hours long, on a Saturday morning from 10 am until noon (Arizona time), with a 50-minute science talk, an hour of art instruction and sharing, and a 10-minute Q&A. Two of the sessions—Sound and Sight—will include optional field trips on a separate day.

Pricing:

$45 each or $170 for all four—including access to all recordings for six months. Optional field trips are priced per session ($45–$55).

>REGISTER NOW FOR ALL FOUR—CLICK HERE< (field trips not included; you can add them then during checkout, or purchase later using the links below)

Read more about the series at https://tumamoc.arizona.edu/monsoon_series

-Student discounts (50%) are available; please email Art and Science Program Coordinator Roseann Hanson with details of your school enrollment.