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Annual Santa Fe Indian Market honors Native artistry
SANTA FE, N.M. - Santa Fe's Indian Market is the annual world class, globally renowned American Indian art market that can jump start a new world career of serious art recognition for Native artists who win the coveted Best of Show award.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Native artists highlight Prescott Indian Market
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Zuni Pueblo artist Raylan Edaakie and Shoshone-Yukut artist Black Eagle were two of the top artists at the Prescott Indian Art Market (PIAM) July 13-14 at Sharlot Hall Museum. Edaakie won first place in the jewelry division while Black Eagle won the top prize in the traditional category.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Hopi designer makes high fashion accessible
HOPI RESERVATION, Ariz. - At age 42, Hopi designer Wendell Sakiestewa has made some great strides in blending his Hopi heritage with contemporary design experience and study to the forefront of fashion clothing and an appreciative art world audience.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Hopi kachina doll exhibit opens at Heard Museum
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Hopi kachina dolls have captured the public imagination for more than a century. Now, the Heard Museum has brought out pieces from its collection for the world to see, admire and explore.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Hopi Senom Club takes first at Tohono O'Odham parade
POLACCA, Ariz. - The Hopi Senom Club from Hopi High School took first place in the traditional dance division at the Tohono O'Odham parade. They performed the buffalo dance.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Arts for our Park: The Elements of Home
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Each March, the Grand Canyon National Park community celebrates National Youth Art Month with an exhibition of artworks created by local school children. This year's exhibit theme is "The Elements of Home."
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

HEEF hosts annual silent auction
PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) invites you to join them for their Seventh Annual Silent Auction on March 6. This year's auction features over 20 pieces of art from acclaimed native artists.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Navajo art and rug auction Friday at Pueblo Grande Museum
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Pueblo Grande Museum will be hosting an art auction and rug preview on Friday at 7 p.m. featuring Auctioneers Bruce Burnham, owner of the Burnham Trading Post in Sanders, Ariz. and trader Hank Blair.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Renowned Hopi artist Michael Kabotie passes
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Internationally renowned Hopi painter, lithographer, jeweler and poet Michael Lomawywesa Kabotie died at the Flagstaff Medical Center on Friday, Oct. 23. He was 67.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Navajo flutist performs for UNM art audience
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Renowned Navajo flutist Jerome Jim played to a crowded, mixed age, cross-cultural audience at Kellar Hall on the University of New Mexico (UNM) campus on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

State Museum cancels 2010 Indian Art Fair
TUCSON, Ariz. - As a result of this year's first round of cuts to its annual state budget allotment, the Arizona State Museum (ASM) has canceled what would have been the 17th annual Southwest Indian Art Fair (SWIAF) for 2010.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Peshlakai announces NAMMY nomination
TUSAYAN, Ariz. - James Peshlakai released his first CD, Songs of the Navajo, earlier this year. It has been nominated for a Native American Music Award (NAMMY) for Best Album and Best Spoken Word.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Musical performances play role at Indian Market
SANTA FE, N.M. - Like they say, the "I" is not just for Indian anymore. At Santa Fe's world class Indian Market, the "I" now stands for inspirational, international and innovative.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Hopi artists win at 2009 Santa Fe Indian Market
SANTA FE, N.M. - The exclusive Indian Market preview show held the night before Indian Market was jam-packed. There were a number of serious collectors, patrons, and celebrities who are extremely appreciative of serious Indian art.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Artisans, dancers featured at Prescott Indian Art Market
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Hopi and Navajo artisans were at the forefront of the 12th annual Prescott Indian Art Market July 11-12 at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Noted Holbrook artist sparks artistic interest in youth
LAKESIDE, Ariz. - Award-winning, Holbrook-based Hopi artist Richard Gorman Sr. joined the third annual Junior Leadership Academy (JLA) to inspire youth to embrace art.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

2009 Prescott Indian Art Market
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - A special glass-blowing demonstration by Hopi artist Ramson Lomatewama is lined up for the 12th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market set for July 11-12 at the Sharlot Hall Museum.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Isvaki Gallery owner travels to Croatia
ZAGREB, Croatia - Traveling with renowned Ute-Navajo flutist, R. Carlos Nakai, Hopi tribal member Bob Lomadafkie of Hotevilla Village spent nine days on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Renowned Navajo flutist featured at band fest
CHINLE, Ariz. - It's been a long winding road for award-winning Navajo flutist, Jerome Jim - one that started with undergraduate studies in music at the University of New Mexico ...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Is YOUR kid the next Picasso?
Did you know that 36 billion pounds of toxic acrylic polymer solvents, found in many traditional art supplies, are produced each year? Many standard art supplies emit asthma-inducing chemicals. It is always good to read the labels, especially since art supplies can end up in kid's mouths.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Putavi art committee holds 8th annual Tuhisma Art show
KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. - For the eighth straight year, Roy Talahaftewa and his Putavi art committee have held an exclusive on-reservation art show that features the best of traditional and contemporary Hopi art.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Santa Fe Indian Market yields northern Arizona art winners
SANTA FE, N.M. - It was the first time that an artist won awards in two separate categories including Best of Show at the 87th Annual SWAIA Indian Market in Santa Fe. Sheldon Harvey, a young Navajo from Ft. Defiance, took the top prize for [an] oil painting ... and took the Best in Category for the Sculpture division.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Hopi art students win awards at Santa Fe Indian Market
POLACCA, Ariz. - Three art students from Hopi Jr./Sr High School won awards at the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market. Amber Naha won first place in the pottery division for youth. Cheston Huma took home second place in the miscellaneous division for those 12 and younger. Briar Huma, Cheston's older brother, finished third in the jewelry division ...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Shonto Begay wins at Santa Fe Indian Market
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Shonto Begay's "Reclaimed by Snakeweeds IV" acrylic on canvas painting took first place in the Painting category at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market juried competition, sponsored by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA). "I have revisited this old trailer, an old shell of aluminum that once held warmth, once held stories and someone's refuge," Shonto says.
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Prescott Indian market highlights multi-tribal art
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - The painting of cranes near water could be a real scene that the painter viewed. That would make sense because Michelle Tsosie Sisneros lives by the Rio Grande River. It is a real view; it's just second hand.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008


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