Spotlight: Linn Williams, Arcosanti’s Ecologist
The year was 2018. Linn Williams had just graduated and was contemplating the concept of a “real job.” That’s when Williams’ friend Carolin showed her an episode of “Homebuddies” featuring Arcosanti. Then living in Norway, Williams and her friend were immediately intrigued. Williams signed up to do a landscaping internship, while Carolin opted for the […]
Arcosanti Silt-Casting
Watch a short film by Ana Catalina Vaz about The Cosanti Foundation’s unique silt-cast process used by artisans at Arcosanti for over 50 years to make their renowned ceramic bells. Additional music provided by Arcosanti workshop alum Jaden Chavez. Read more about the silt-casting process on the Cosanti blog, including which bells – in our […]
Our Summer 2024 Workshop!
This past summer’s Archives and Construction Workshop, organized by Education Manager Taylor Morgan, carried a strong theme of history, preservation, and revitalization. Both workshop teams centered their focus on some of the oldest structures within an area known as “Camp.” A Brief History of Camp Camp’s cube houses and iconic Octagon Community Space. (The Cosanti […]
The Cosanti Foundation Newsletter: April 2024
Arcosanti and Cosanti have been very busy in the last few months: We’ve launched a new tile-making class at Cosanti and Clay Pit-Firing Weekend at Arcosanti, we’ve started to fill our calendar with events including HATCH this month, and larger music festivals on the horizon (stay tuned for more details). Our construction/maintenance crew has revitalized our Sun and Sky Suites and are currently working on […]
Hopi Corn Planting
Arcosanti is one of three sites chosen to grow out Hopi corn and beans as part of Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson’s efforts to revitalize indigenous foodways, supported through a grant provided by The Rockefeller Foundation’s Climate Exploration Fund. In this short piece by Arcosanti resident Ana Catalina, Dr. Johnson talks about why the corn is […]
Still Life
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” That was the French mathematician and Catholic theologian Blaise Pascal writing in the mid-1600’s. Now, some 350 years later, many of the 8 billion of us humans alive on the planet today get to see if he was correct. Just […]
ARCOSANTI AND THE WORLD: Housing Policy and Us
ARCOSANTI AND THE WORLD Housing Policy and Us By Jeff Stein News this week from the NEW YORK TIMES. Their Sunday editorial, “Americans need More Neighbors” is a clear way of restating Arcosanti’s central theme, something we’ve been trying to describe by example in the Arizona desert for two generations. That is, there are all […]
Auto-Mobility
“The word itself, automobile… it is a total misnomer, you know, “ said Paolo Soleri. Humans are truly auto-mobile, we can go anywhere, and we can pretty much go there under our own power. But cars can only move around on expensive, specially prepared surfaces – roads – and even then they need a human to […]
Arcosanti and Performance
In a recent ARCHITECTURE magazine, Aaron Betsky described a series of magnificent new performing arts centers in Europe and in the US, each one built out on the edge of a metropolis. Their location means, of course, that these things pull civic life right out of the city, and also, they are not for poor […]
Lauridsen, Copley, Arcosanti: The Colly Concert
To honor the legacy of Corolyn Woods Soleri, Paolo Soleri’s late wife, the 34th annual Colly Concert at Arcosanti this year provided an extraordinary evening of choral music by the composer Morten Lauridsen. An audience of 250 filled the East Crescent Amphitheatre to hear combined choirs of 240 voices performing an integrated program of music, […]