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{{Short description|Volcanic cone in Arizona, United States}}
{{For|the crater on Mercury|Rodin (crater)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Update|talk=Section=Art project information need to be updated|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Roden Crater
| photo = Roden.jpg
| photo_caption =Satellite view of Roden Crater, site of an earthwork in progress by James Turrell outside [[Flagstaff, Arizona]].
| photo_alt = An overhead view of Roden crater, photo taken from a satellite
| elevation_ft = 5443
| elevation_ref = {{navd88}}<ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs |pid=FQ0607 |name=Grand Falls |access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref>
| prominence = {{convert|470|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| prominence_ref = <ref name="loj">{{cite loj |id=74755 |name=Roden Crater AZ |access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref>
| range =
| location = [[Coconino County, Arizona|Coconino County]], [[Arizona|Arizona, U.S.]]
| map = USA#Arizona
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| coordinates = {{coord|35.4252829|-111.2590358|format=dms|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_scale:100000_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates =
| coordinates_ref = <ref>[{{GNIS 3|33771}}| Roden Crater], [[GNIS]]</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Roden Crater
| volcanic_field = [[San Francisco volcanic field]]
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'''Roden Crater''' is a [[cinder cone]] type of [[volcanic cone]] from an extinct [[volcano]], with a remaining interior [[volcanic crater]]. It is located approximately 50 miles northeast of the city of [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] in northern [[Arizona]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harwood|first1=Richard D.|title=The Geological History of Roden Crater|url=http://therodencrater.org/lndscape/geoarch/geoindex.htm|access-date=19 November 2020|website=The Roden Crater}}</ref>

==Art project==
Artist [[James Turrell]] acquired the 400,000-year-old, {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=mid|-wide}} crater's land for a [[land art]] project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasersol.com/art/turrell/roden_crater.html |title=Roden Crater Project – A Perspective |first=Earl |last=Cook |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> Turrell has since been transforming the inner cone of the crater into a massive naked-eye observatory, designed specifically for viewing and experiencing sky-light, solar, and celestial phenomena.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Mick|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/james-turrells-volcanic-masterpiece-trip-inside-crater-kanye/|title=James Turrell's volcanic masterpiece: a trip inside the crater with Kanye West's favourite artist|date=2019-10-24|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-03-27|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The fleeting winter and summer [[solstice]] events will be highlighted.<ref>Brown, Jullia. "Occluded Front, James Turrell". The Lapis Press. 1985. {{ISBN|978-0932499103}} – ''official Turrell-Roden Crater book''</ref> [[Kanye West]] filmed his 2019 movie ''[[Jesus Is King (film)|Jesus Is King]]'' at Roden Crater.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kimmel |first1=Jimmy |title=Kanye West Surprises Kimmel in Brooklyn |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlR3C9sb5Xo  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/FlR3C9sb5Xo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=Youtube |publisher=Jimmy Kimmel Live |access-date=29 October 2019 |date=25 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Arizona State University]] partnered with James Turrell to collaborate on the project with the help of a 1.8 million dollar gift.<ref name="Faller1">{{cite news |last1=Faller |first1=Mary Beth |title=Letting in the light: ASU, artist James Turrell to partner on masterwork in the desert |url=https://news.asu.edu/20190114-creativity-asu-artist-james-turrell-partner-masterwork-roden-crater |access-date=20 August 2023 |agency=ASU News |publisher=Arizona State University |date=14 January 2019}}</ref> The project, referred to as the "ASU-Roden Crater Project" at ASU, is currently centered at the [[Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts]], and hopes to foster interdisciplinary collaboration between the arts and sciences.<ref name="ASU1">{{cite web |title=ASU-Roden Crater Project |url=https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/research-and-initiatives/roden-crater |website=Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts |publisher=Arizona State University |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref> Courses at ASU, including one titled "Indigenous Stories and Sky Science" taught by Professor Dalla Costa have already begun including the Roden Crater into their curriculum.<ref name="Faller1" />

==Future==
The [[Dia Art Foundation]] is continuing to advocate for the development of James Turrell's ''Roden Crater'' project in the [[Painted Desert (Arizona)|Painted Desert]] in Arizona which was begun in the 1970s with Dia's support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diacenter.org/contents/page/101/102 |title=About Dia |access-date=2010-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613070609/http://diacenter.org/contents/page/101/102 |archive-date=2010-06-13 |publisher=[[Dia Art Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.diaart.org/about/about-dia |title=About Dia § Affiliates |publisher=[[Dia Art Foundation]] |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> James Turrell, who purchased the Roden Crater in 1979, had plans to open the crater for public viewing in 2011,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/arts/design/25fink.html |title=Shh! It's a Secret Kind of Outside Art |date=November 25, 2007 |work=[[New York Times]] |first=Jori |last=Finkel}}</ref> but now has tentatively set the opening for 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacKenzie |first1=Chase |title=Roden Crater tentatively set to open in 2024 thanks to ASU and Kanye West |url=https://azdailysun.com/news/local/roden-crater-tentatively-set-to-open-in-thanks-to-asu/article_ce817031-e2a5-5122-8a77-a7625506acb3.html |access-date=27 January 2019 |publisher=Arizona Daily Sun}}</ref>

==2015 fundraising tours==
A one-time fundraising event held from May 14 to 17, 2015, allowed visitors to tour Roden Crater for a cost of $6,500 to Turrell's nonprofit organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artnews.com/2015/02/19/james-turrell-allowing-limited-visitors-to-roden-crater-for-6500-a-person/ |title=James Turrell Allowing Limited Visitors to Roden Crater for $6,500 a Person |publisher=[[ARTnews]] |first=M. H. |last=Miller |date=February 19, 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Land Arts of the American West]]
* [[Environmental art]]
* [[Environmental sculpture]]
* [[Site-specific art]]
* [[List of cinder cones]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080927224947/http://iuav.inet2.it/dpa/video/2007/turrell_animazione/turrell_animazione.html IUAV-College of Architecture: Animation of ''Roden Crater'' project]
* [http://rodencrater.com/ Web site for ''Roden Crater'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130910221149/http://jamesturrell.com/roden-crater/roden-crater/introduction/ JamesTurrell.com Roden Crater section: includes site plan, chamber photos and Celestial Event visualizer]

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[[Category:Extinct volcanoes of the United States]]
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[[Category:Works by James Turrell]]
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