Adopt a Native Elder Rug Show
| November 6, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
| November 7, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
| November 8, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
This year we are celebrating the 20th Annual Navajo Rug Show. This is a special anniversary because it represents 20 years of bringing Navajo Elders to Park City to share their culture and sell their rugs. The Elders and their families travel from different parts of the Navajo Reservation and while at the Rug show demonstrate skills such as carding wool, spinning yarn, weaving rugs, and singing traditional songs for school children and the public.
The Rug Show helps Adopt-A-Native-Elder create a market for the Elders’ crafts and raise awareness about the Elders’ needs. The Elders bring rugs, jewelry, and baskets to sell. They return home with all the proceeds from their sales. The money enables them to buy food, firewood, and hay during the winter.
From its humble beginnings twenty years ago, with just a few rugs at the Kimball Arts Center, the Annual Rug Show and Sale has evolved into what may be the largest event of its kind in the country. This year’s show will again be held at the Snow Park Lodge at Deer Valley in Park City. Special features of the show include:
Friday, November 6 – Special Event, 6 pm to 10 pm
Admission: Adults: $30 Children (under age 12): $10
- Entertainment, 6 pm – 7:30 pm
- Live auction including rugs from the Program’s private collection, 8 pm – 9 pm
- Private preview and sale of traditional hand-woven Navajo rugs, jewelry, and crafts
- Hors D’oeuvres will be served
Saturday & Sunday, November 7-8, 10 am to 6 pm
Admission: $5 or canned food donation
- Sale of rugs, jewelry, and crafts
- Weaving demonstration, 1 pm (Saturday & Sunday)
- Navajo children’s princess pageant, 10 am (Saturday)
- Veterans Ceremony with Navajo code talker Samuel Tso, 10 am (Sunday)
- Closing Pow Wow, 3 pm (Sunday)
