Native American Art Magazine - December - January 2021

In this issue

THE JEWELRY ISSUE
Master Silversmith: A journey through the prolific career of Navajo silversmith Kenneth Begay, known as “the Father of Navajo Jewelry.” • Evolution of Style: A look at the designs of Navajo concha belt centers and buckles throughout time. • Lasting Appeal: Historic and vintage oval rings by Native American jewelers of the Southwest show evolving aesthetics, exploration of techniques and individual artistic visions. • Good Medicine: Navajo jeweler Boyd Tsosie brings his life and culture into his art. • A Living Story: The Wheelwright Museum’s Jim and Lauris Phillips Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry takes visitors on a journey through the history of Native American jewelry. • Wearable Centerpieces: A buyer’s guide of modern and historic Native jewelry punctuated by advice from experts in the field. • Also: Gallery Previews, Event/Fairs ad Auctions from across the country

GOOD MEDICINE

Navajo jeweler Boyd Tsosie brings his life and culture into his art.

4 mins

Charging Ahead

On view now at King Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is Charging Forward, a new two-artist show featuring the pottery of Kaa Folwell and the paintings of Derek No-Sun Brown.

2 mins

Nacimientos

Every year near the holiday season, Adobe Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, holds its Native American Nacimientos exhibition.

1 min

Through the Kaleidoscope

The beauty of color and design are on full display in the exhibition Through the Kaleidoscope at Exhibit C Native Gallery & Gifts in Oklahoma City.

2 mins

New Horizons

A new Native American-owned art gallery is set to open near the end of the year in Buffalo, New York, in the middle of the Allentown historic district.

3 mins

Expanded Audience

Cherokee Art Market welcomes collectors from all over the globe to its website for a virtual event from December 7 to 21.

2 mins

Keeping Art Alive

Galleries and dealers come together to bring World Tribal and Native American Art to homes through a virtual event.

2 mins

Larger Than Memory

The Heard Museum presents a large collection of contemporary art from Indigenous North America.

3 mins

Visual Voices

Briscoe Western Art Museum hosts a traveling exhibition dedicated to contemporary Chickasaw artwork through January 18.

3 mins

Weaving History into Art

The legacy of Cherokee artist Shan Goshorn is honored during an exhibition at the Gilcrease Museum.

3 mins

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Native American Art Magazine Description:

Native American Art is the first-ever bimonthly publication offering complete and comprehensive coverage of the market of contemporary and historic Native art. Featured are previews of upcoming shows, auctions, fairs, markets, exhibitions and events.