Night Ops is Tucson’s premiere summer event series! Join Pima Air & Space Museum and the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum and experience both museums on select evenings with discounted admission and themed activities. Philippine Mars, SOFIA Airborne Observatory, and Orbis Flying Eye Hospital tours are included on alternating nights. Wristbands provided for access to both...
Join us to learn about the natural beauty and wonder of fossils in amber. Use watercolor and ink painting techniques to recreate the image of this amazing phenomenon! For teens...
Bring your animations to life with design tools used by real game developers! Create sophisticated sprite animations using simple-to-learn techniques that you can use in any 2D editor. Squash, stretch,...
For a different kind of ‘birding’, take a tour of a number of beautiful outdoor tile murals depicting hummingbirds, created by artists of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. According to Louis D. Valenzuela, an accomplished Yaqui artist, the hummingbird “represents the Yoeme culture. The hummingbird is considered to be a spiritual bird that comes from the...
The Southwest is full of gorgeous flowers that need pollinators like hummingbirds. Using simple techniques, learn to break a subject down into simple shapes and draw more accurately. Use multiple...
Beat the heat and pamper your creative side: Paint cactus and other desert plants still-life indoors at the Garden. Explore watercolor and paint spines, pleats and the back-lit glow of a barrel cactus; the roundness and pleats of a saguaro; negative space and the jaunty prickly pear. Instructed by Christin Quissell. Garden admission included with...