New sculpture at Sedona Heritage Museum
The Sedona Heritage Museum recently accepted a gift of a bronze sculpture by famous local artist Joe Beeler. The sculpture is entitled “Charlie”, and is a portrait of Beeler's friend and co-founder of the Cowboy Artists of America, painter Charlie Dye. The gift was accompanied by a specially bound, limited edition book titled “Charlie Dye one helluva western painter” and was written by Paul E. Weaver.
Sedona Heritage Museum's response to COVID-19.
Fresh Foodie Trail in Mesa offers GeoTour component
Visit Mesa launched the new Fresh Foodie Trail GeoTour, offering a fun, family-friendly socially distant activity in the destination. The new GeoTour is aimed at promoting the East Valley agritourism attractions that are popular experiences this time of year. The new tour will lead geocachers to the farm stops on the award-winning Fresh Foodie Trail and lucky treasure hunters can collect a series of limited-edition stickers along the way. Guests that find all 10 geocaches will earn a digital souvenir through Geocaching.com. Attractions participating in the tour include Steadfast Farms, Jalapeno Buck's, True Garden Urban Farm, and other regional farms in the area.Newest Talking Stick Entertainment District Trail Celebrates Local Sweets
On February 1st, the Salt River Indian Community's Talking Stick Entertainment District rolled out its newest trail, the Talking Stick Sweet Treat Trail. The Salt River Indian Community has several Trails for guests that they have developed over the last 5 years. The Salt River Art Trail highlights local art installations, all of which celebrate life in the desert and the history of the Pima and Maricopa people, the Salt River Tasting Trail, which features unique entrées with Arizona flair, and now, the Talking Stick Sweet Treat Trail which features sweet treats at 13 restaurants, ice cream shops and candy stores within the Talking Stick Entertainment District. The Sweet Treat Trail includes locally inspired favorites like fry bread at Talking Stick Golf Club and caramel filled churros at the District's newest quick serve restaurant- Rusty Taco, and not to miss new items like the lemon cooler pizza cookie at Barro's Italian Eatery at the Pavilions at Talking Stick. For a complete list of sweet treats on the Trail, visit TalkingStickArizona.com/sweet-treats.The following are a few virtual tours from throughout the state, for more please visit our website.
Arizona State University Art Museum
ASU Art Museum is taking this time to post daily #museumfromhome experiences on Facebook and Instagram. Also check out the ASU Art Museum YouTube channel to see a performance at the museum, an interview with a curator and more videos.Website: https://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/
Bearizona
Come visit us online as we explore our Wildlife Park through Facebook Live. Animal Keeper Dave takes us on a behind-the-scenes adventure as we get to visit our favorite animals every Tuesday.Website: https://bearizona.com/
Biosphere 2
Behind the scenes with daily Facebook Live posts featuring their directors, staff and researchers.Website: https://biosphere2.org/
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Virtually navigate through the galleries at Desert Caballeros Western Museum, getting close to the art as if you were really there. The tour is extensive, featuring 60 artists separated into sections with an 'I' icon. This icon, once clicked, will take the user to that artist's page to view all works and the opportunity to purchase.Website: https://westernmuseum.org/
COVID-19 Updates in Arizona
For visitor guidance due to COVID-19 such as mask-wearing, a list of tourism-related reopenings or closures, and a link to public health guidelines, click here: https://www.visitarizona.com/covid-19/. Some attractions are open year-round and some are open seasonally or move to seasonal hours. To ensure the places you want to see are open on your travel dates, please check their website for hours of operation.Connect
Newsroom: https://www.visitarizona.com/newsroom/Official State Travelers Guide: http://digital.milespartnership.com/view/arizona-official-travel-guide/arizona-official-state-travel-guide/arizona-2020-21
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