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Southwest Indian Art Fair 2009
Tucson, AZ I spent yesterday (2/21/2009) at the Southwest Indian Art Fair, held on the grounds of the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The fair draws a large group of artists from the Southwest and beyond but is smaller and more accessible than the much larger Heard Museum Indian Market…
Read MoreMark Winter at the Southwest Traders Rendezvous
I hope you’ll enjoy hearing Mark Winter talk about a recent trading experience that he had with 94 year old weaver Clara Sherman. Mark was at the the recent Southwest Traders Rendezvous in Cortez, Colorado and was participating in the show and tell portion of the program when he told this story on September 27,…
Read MoreBack to the City: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Like a lot of people in Diné Bikeyah (the Navajo homeland), I have a job back in a city. I do my rug repairs and appraisals in the Phoenix area. I’m not Navajo, but I feel the pull of both cultures as I get ready to leave Window Rock and return to Phoenix. I…
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