Weaving in Beauty

Annual Santa Fe Indian Market At the Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Indian market is the largest exhibition and sale of American Indian Arts (over 1,200 artists and 600 booths). Highest quality in all areas, including textiles.  You need reservations six to eight months in advance if you plan to attend this event (and sleep within 150 miles of Santa Fe).  Information: SWAIA, Box 969, Santa Fe, NM 87504. (505) 983-5220.

Navajo Nation Fair Window Rock, Arizona. Concerts, Navajo song & dance, powwow, pageants, western dancing,  rodeo, carnival, parade, arts & crafts. Information: Navajo Nation Fair & Rodeo Office, PO Box 2370, Window Rock, AZ 86515. (928) 871-6647.

Friends of Hubbell Native American Arts Auction Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, AZ.   Auction at noon, preview 9-11 AM on day of auction. Baskets, paintings, rugs, katsina dolls, pottery.  Over 400 lots.  Contact (928) 755-3475 for more information

Location: Steele Auditorium, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Description: The Heard Museum Shop has scheduled its first ever Gathering of Weavers Marketplace for November 1, 2008. The event will be held at the Heard Museum’s Steele Auditorium. Weavers may sell their work without any booth or participation fees, with 20% of the purchase price going to the museum to defray the cost of the event. Sales will be rung through the Museum Shop, and each weaver making a sale will receive a check after 3 PM on the day of the sale.

Weavers are encouraged to register for the marketplace in advance by calling Bruce McGee or Lynn Bullock at 800-252-8344.

The Gathering of Weavers will also feature demonstrations and discussions on Navajo textile collecting and promises to be a wonderful day for both weavers and collectors. We’ve already got the date marked on our calendar! See you there.

Above: Weaver Jennie Slick (right) and her mother Anna Ashley show a Third Phase Chief Blanket that Jennie completed last winter.

November 13, 2008 (Saturday) 2nd Annual Maxwell Museum Navajo Rug Auction Albuquerque NM.  Preview from 10 AM to 1 PM, auction at 1 PM,  Contact sheri@rbburnhamtrading.com for more information.

Pueblo Grande Museum Rug Auction Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ.  This event  features both new and vintage  weavings.  Preview and lecture from 7 PM to 9 PM on Friday evening, preview from 10 to 12 noon on Saturday, auction starts at 1 PM .  4619 E. Washington St. in Phoenix, AZ.