July '08 Events

Meet Sedona Multi-Media Artist Jan Sitts

Venue: Sedona Public Library

Friday, July 11, noon: Meet acclaimed Sedona multi-media artist, Jan Sitts and learn how she creates her amazing textured abstracts that have thrilled art lovers for over thirty years.

Jan is also the author of TEXTURECOLORFEELING, in which she shares the experimental art techniques she has developed for achieving her color-drenched tactile surfaces. Also included is a sampling of artwork by painters from around the country who have joined in her lively and inspiring art workshops.

Jan has received many art awards, exhibition honors, and art jury assignments. Her artwork is featured in public, private, and corporate collections. Currently, her paintings are featured in The Johnson Building Gallery in Gunnison, Colorado; Gallery Keoki in Olympic Valley, California; El Pedregal of Scottsdale; and Proctor Fine Art Gallery of Sedona. Jan is a member of the Arizona Watercolor Association, International Acrylic Painters Society, The Society of Experimental Artists, and The Society of Layerists.

Here's some of what we've scheduled for July. Click to see August.

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WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE WELL RED COYOTE BOOKSTORE

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	The Well Red Coyote Presents…Another Night of Music Featuring: Blues Dawg Venue: The Well Red Coyote Friday, July 11, 6:30 – 8 pm: By popular demand — Blues Dawg returns to The Well Red Coyote. Blues Dawg, a rockin’ blues band fronted by Joe Neri, will be back to entertain us with a dynamic set of music. Joe sings and handles the guitar work. This time out, he’ll be joined by J.J. Corcoran on vocals and harmonic. And, the rock solid rhythm section of Hutch Hutchinson on bass and Matt Gardner on drums. Come on out for a great night of great music. As always, no cover charge.

Writing Workshop -- Science Fiction & Fantasy: Time Binding - How to turn the experiences of your life into SciFi or Fantasy adventure. Venue: The Well Red Coyote Saturday, July 12, 2 pm: Writers are often told to write what they know. Yet, how many of us have actually flown aboard a spaceship or met a dragon in person? "Time Binding" is the name famed science fiction author Robert Heinlein gave to the process of taking events from one time and projecting them onto another. Multi-published, Arizona author, David Lee Summers, will demonstrate how you can use this process to create your own science fiction or fantasy story. David Lee Summers is an author, editor and astronomer living somewhere between the western and final frontiers in Southern New Mexico. He is the author of five novels: THE PIRATES OF SUFIRO, CHILDREN OF THE OLD STARS, HEIRS OF THE NEW EARTH, VAMPIRES OF THE SCARLET ORDER and THE SOLAR SEA. David is also co-author, with Lee Clark Zumpe, of the book, BLOOD SAMPLER, coming out in 2008 from Sam’s Dot Publishing. His short fiction has appeared in such magazines as Realms of Fantasy, The Vampire’s Crypt, Aoife’s Kiss, The Fifth Di..., The Martian Wave, and Science Fiction Trails. He edits the science fiction and fantasy magazine, Tales of the Talisman and serves as a consultant for El Paso Community College’s literary magazine, Chrysalis. In addition to his work in the written word, David has also worked at numerous observatories around the southwestern United States.

Writing Workshop: Setting Pace: One of the Strongest Tools in a Writer's Toolkit Venue: The Well Red Coyote Saturday, July 19, 2 pm: Many writers find the issue of pacing to be less dazzling than other writing elements. But if you don't learn to control the pace of your scenes, your readers — be they agents and editors, or readers of your published book — won't get to the elements that you find more fun to write, because they'll give up on your book. Pace can be a book's silent killer or the silent savior . If it doesn't work, readers put a book down, often without identifying why they don't like it. If it works, pace carries the reader along, causing her to turn pages and stay engaged. In this workshop, "Setting Pace: One of the Strongest Tools in a Writer's Toolkit," Kris Neri, author of NEVER SAY DIE, will share pacing principles, the how-to's of either speeding it up or slowing it down, and trouble-shooting strategies for when you know something is wrong with your pace, just not what. Kris Neri is the author of the Agatha, Anthony and Macavity Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mysteries, as well as the standalone thriller, NEVER SAY DIE. She is co-owner of The Well Red Coyote, and also teaches writing online for the prestigious Writers' Program of the UCLA Extension School.

			Grand Canyon Talk: How Old is the Grand Canyon Venue: The Sedona Public Library Friday, July 18, 6 pm: Join the Grand Canyon's most celebrated geologist, Wayne Ranney, for a talk on the age of the Canyon. Wayne says there is a lot of new research in this area, which he will share. Wayne Ranney loves southwestern landscapes! A two week vacation in 1975 led him to his first southwest residency in the bottom of the Grand Canyon as a backcountry ranger at Phantom Ranch. Living among the rocks for three years inspired him to formally study geology at Northern Arizona University, where he obtained both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He worked as a river guide during these years on the Colorado, San Juan, and Verde rivers. He began working as a shipboard geologic interpreter in 1989 and traveled the world. Completing over 100 expeditions took him many times to the Arctic, the Amazon, Africa, and Antarctica. These far-flung adventures allowed him to see and learn about many different kinds of landscapes but he always returned to the red rock cliffs and canyon country of his adopted home in Flagstaff, Arizona. He currently works as a geologic interpreter and trail guide for organizations such as the Smithsonian, the Museum of Northern Arizona, and the Grand Canyon Field Institute. He is an adjunct faculty member at Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, where he teaches courses in southwestern geology. Wayne is an award-winning author who inspires readers to learn more about their home planet. He has written many books including CARVING GRAND CANYON and SEDONA THROUGH TIME. He also is a contributing writer for Sedona Magazine. Wayne loves photography, river running, travel, and hiking with his fiancée, Helen, in the Grand Canyon.