CATEGORIES

YEIBICHAI WEAVINGS: FEATURING WOMEN DANCERS

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

TRADITION AND TRADE

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

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.

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.

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.

REGIONAL AUTHENTICITY

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

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).

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.

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.”

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.