Western Rock Art Research conducts significant public education and community outreach to enhance public knowledge, understand, and respect of the cultural history of the United States. Lectures and classes are scheduled alongside survey and site documentation projects, as well as for conferences and by request.

Flowering cactus, Nevada. PC David M Lee

Upcoming Events

August 13, 2023, 4p.m. (PST)

David M. Lee, presentation for the San Diego Rock Art Association.

“ The Rock Art of Australia Part 2 –Seeing Rock Art through the Eyes of the Elders.”

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April 16th, 2023

David M. Lee, presentation for the San Diego Rock Art Association.

The Rock Art of Australia Part 1 - Country and Art.

Lectures or presentations for public education are provided for a nominal fee to cover expenses. 

WRAR members and participants have publicly accessible lectures both the American Rock Art Research Association as well as the White Mountain Research Center.

Featured previous lectures:

  • DStretch Tutorial, Jon Harman

  • Western Message Petroglyphs, Leigh Marymor

  • How Rock Art Fit Into the Lives of People Who Made It, David M. Lee

  • The Euro-American “Discovery” of the Coso Petroglyphs, Sandy Rogers

Lectures and classes have been conducted all over the United States, as well as in Canada and Australia.

  • Huntsvill, Alabama

    Phoenix, Arizona

    Los Angeles, California

    Santa Cruz, California

    Santa Rosa, California

    Toronto, Canada

    South Florida, Florida

    Central Florida, Florida

    Athens, Georgia

    Las Vegas, Nevada

    Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Stanton Island, New York

    Long Island, New York

    Salem, Oregon

    Houston, Texas

    Walla Walla, Washington

  • Arizona Archaeological Society, Flagstaff

  • Amboy Elementary School

    Baker Elementary School

    Bishop Paiute Cultural Center

    Bishop Rotary Club

    Bishop Christian Adventist School

    Cerro Coso Community College

    Coachella Valley Archaeological Society

    Eastern California Museum

    El Paso Museum

    Fort Irwin National Training Center

    Independence Paiute Council

    Lone Pine Film History Museum

    Lone Pine Paiute Tribal Center

    Maturango Museum

    Mojave National Preserve

    Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens

    San Diego Rock Art Association

    Sedgewick Natural Reserve

    Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Center

    Valentine Teaching Center

    White Mountain Research Station

    Zzyzx Desert Studies Center

  • Sunflower Theater, Cortez

    Mesa Verde National Park

  • University of Georgia, Anthropology Department

  • North Las Vegas Public Library

    Mohave River Museum

    Nevada State Museum

  • New Mexico State University

  • Pacific Coast Archaeological Society

  • Houston Museum of Fine Arts

    Houston Museum of Natural Science

    Houston Community College

    WALIPP School, Houston

    Cornerstone Middle School, Houston

    Askew Elementary School, Houston

    Berry Elementary School, Houston

    Reagan High School, Houston

  • Edge of the Cedars Museum

    St. George Children’s Museum

    Inter-Agency Office in St. George

    Southern Utah University

    Dixie Middle School

    St. George Public Library

    Silver Reef Museum

    Inter-Agency Office, St. George

  • the Godinyamayin Cultural Centre, Katherine

  • University of Toronto

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