TUcson presidio museum
Summer Workshops
Experience history and heritage up close and in air conditioning!
Pre-registration is required for all workshops. Click on the appropriate date below to register.
Presidio Painting – A Workshop
$70/member
$80/non-member
June 21,
4 pm – 7 pm
Join artist John Gates for a creative painting workshop. This event will begin with a plein air photo op at the Presidio Museum, then will move indoors to the Dandelion Café for a relaxed painting session accompanied by wine and light appetisers. Whether you are a seasoned artist or are picking up a brush for the first time, you’ll enjoy this fun and creative way to see the Presidio in a new light.
(Painting above by John Gates)
Desert Summer Nights: Wild and Cultivated Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert Tasting & Workshop
$70/member
$80/non-member
July 26,
4 pm – 6 pm pm
Join naturalist Jack Dash for a culinary storytelling event focused on the wild and cultivated food plants of southern Arizona! Attendees will learn the historic and contemporary uses of several Sonoran Desert species while enjoying the flavors of dishes such as palo verde bean edamame, candied barrel cactus fruit, prickly pear and agave agua fresca, and mesquite crackers, all accompanied by wines made in Southern Arizona! Connect with the foods and dishes that have sustained people living in the Sonoran Desert for millennia.
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