Native American Art Magazine - April - May 2020

In this issue

:::The Textiles Issue::: Yeibichai Weavings Featuring Women Dancers: A look at the origins and early historical development of these secular Navajo weavingsand their ceremonial themes. • It’s A Mystery: A 140- to 150-year-old Navajo transitional blanket may have been intentionally woven to formsacred symbols when folded in certain ways. Or perhaps it’s simply a nice weaving. • The Finer Things: Crafted for special ceremonies among the Diné people, dress panels are more than works of art, they’re a lasting part of material culture. • Tradition and Trade: An exhibition at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum showcases the evolution of Navajo pictorial blankets. • Regional Authenticity: Trading posts across the Southwest preserve the history and regional traditions of Native textile art. • Still Standing Strong: A major project by Apsáalooke photographer Adam Sings In The Timber honors the strength and beauty of Apsáalooke women. • Weaving A Story: A buyer’s guide for textiles with advice from experts. • Stewardship: Don and Liza Siegel, who have donated many works in their collection to the new Field Museum exhibition, celebrate Indigenous American culture through the connections shared with their Native friends. • Native America Art Magazine, helping you find your way around upcoming historic and contemporary Native American art shows, auctions and events

YEIBICHAI WEAVINGS: FEATURING WOMEN DANCERS

A look at the origins and early historical development of these secular Navajo weavings and their ceremonial themes.

7 mins

IT'S A MYSTERY

A 140- to 150-year-old Navajo transitional blanket may have been intentionally woven to form sacred symbols when folded in certain ways. Or perhaps it’s simply a nice weaving.

9 mins

THE FINER THINGS

Crafted for special ceremonies among the Diné people, dress panels are more than works of art, they’re a lasting part of material culture.

5 mins

TRADITION AND TRADE

An exhibition at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum showcases the evolution of Navajo pictorial blankets.

2 mins

REGIONAL AUTHENTICITY

Trading posts across the Southwest preserve the history and regional traditions of Native textile art.

9 mins

Stewardship

Don and Liza Siegel, who have donated many works in their collection to the new Field Museum exhibition, celebrate Indigenous American culture through the connections shared with their Native friends.

4 mins

Home on the Range

Steeped in history and culture, Exhibit C Native Gallery & Gifts continues to examine the narrative between artist and land. More specifically, 20 Native American artists have been asked by the gallery to “create their own rendition of what the buffalo means to their Native tribe.”

2 mins

Pop Forms: Jason Garcia / Okuu Pín (Santa Clara/Tewa)

Now open at Hecho a Mano in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is Songs For My Muse, a new solo show for Santa Clara/Tewa artist Jason Garcia (Okuu Pín).

2 mins

Bold Views

Artists Nocona Burgess and Greyshoes (Upton S. Ethelbah Jr.) have been friends for more than two decades, but have never exhibited in a two-man show before.

3 mins

Singing the Praise

A new exhibition at Chicago’s Field Museum presents works by contemporary artists who were inspired by the museum’s historic collection.

8 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.