Certification as a Wilderness First Responder is the industry standard for outdoor professionals including instructors, guides who lead multi-day group trips, Search and Rescue personnel, wildland firefighters, trail crews, rural EMT professionals, and those who take part in other high-risk or extended-stay outdoor activities. This hybrid course focuses on the assessment and treatment of traumatic, environmental, and medical emergencies in a wilderness environment. The course is divided into two distinct parts and you must complete both parts within one year to receive certification. We recommend you enroll no later than mid-February 2021. Learn more and sign up here....
WNMU Assistant Professor of Ceramics Courtney Michaud will present “Lucie Rie: The Mother of Modernism in Utilitarian Ceramics” virtually on Friday, May 21, 1:30 p.m. “The artist I chose to discuss is a famous functional maker who was prevalent in the mid-20th century during a male-dominated era of pottery,” Courtney said of her talk, which is part of an influential women in art lecture series at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. "Lucie Rie quietly paved the way for generations of artist-potters who were looking to make personally expressive pottery that was reflective of the modern world around them. She chose her own path, creating work that embodied modernity and placed aesthetics at the forefront of vessel-making." The lecture is accessible at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87464871950 using the password...
LOST IN THE DESERT SKY: KAYHAN KALHOR IN MEMORY OF MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN Experience a one-of-a-kind filmed concert honoring the legacy of one of Iran’s greatest vocalists Mohammad Reza Shajarian (1940-2020). Lost in The Desert Sky: Kayhan Kalhor in Memory of Mohammad Reza Shajarian was filmed in the spectacular Mahinistan Palace in Kashan, Iran and features all new music by Kayhan Kalhor performed by his ensemble and introducing vocalist Hadi Hosseini. Iranian-born Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh (spiked fiddle), who through his many musical collaborations has been instrumental in popularizing Persian around the world and is a creative force in today’s music scene. His performances of traditional Persian music and multiple collaborations have attracted audiences around the globe. He has studied the music of Iran’s many regions, in particular those of Khorason and Kordestan, and has toured the world as...
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