The Weaving News
Farmington, NM Jennie Slick and I are on our way to do a Navajo Weaving Boot Camp at Bear Lake in Utah and we had a chance to stop by the Sheep is Life Celebration today. The event is being held on the campus of Navajo Preparatory Academy in Farmington, New Mexico and celebrates the…
The travel section of today’s New York Times has an article by Keith Mulvihill which features travel on the Navajo Nation and focuses on weaving, the Crownpoint Rug Auction and interviews with master weaver and Weaving in Beauty instructor Jennie Slick and the Toadlena Trading Post’s Mark Winter. Keith even tried his hand at weaving,…
I have just posted our class schedule for next year. Once again, we will have three sessions of our popular weaving class and tour. The dates for those classes are May 2-9, 2010 July 26-August 1, 2010 October 2-9, 2010 You can find more information and a link to enroll on the class page.…
Diné be’ iiná, Inc. The Navajo Lifeway For Immediate Release: June 2009 Contact: Shanna Downey, 505.863.3192 For a complete schedule, visit www.navajolifeway.org 13 Annual Sheep is Life Celebration Free Events & Fun for the Whole Family Friday and Saturday, 19-20 June 2009 Navajo Preparatory School Campus, 1220 West Apache, Farmington, NM Friday, 19 June…
June 13, 2009 (Saturday) Museum of Northern Arizona Rug Auction. Preview from 11 AM to 4 PM, auction at 5 PM, Contact sheri@rbburnhamtrading.com for more information.
At the Adopt a Native Elder October 2008 Food Run at Sanders, one of the elders asked her daughter to see if Linda Myers of ANE could get a “carding machine”. Linda was not sure what the elder wanted and sent weaver Barbara Spelman to ask more questions, and determine what it was the…
Over 300 rugs arranged by weaving family with documentation. Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock AZ. Closed on Sundays and tribal holidays. Confirm hours with the museum before arrival. The Navajo Nation observes daylight saving time.
Two inspiring weaving exhibits are taking place over the next few months and you’ll want to visit them both if you can possibly do it. The Generations exhibit from Toadena Trading Post runs through January 23, 2010 at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, AZ, and the Diamonds, Dreams and Landscapes exhibit at the…
On May 29, 2009 the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibition, Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes. The textiles included are from the Museum’s Joe Ben Wheat Southwestern Textile Collection, considered to be one of the world’s best collections of Navajo textiles. Most of these textiles have never been exhibited. This…
Window Rock, AZ I know it’s late, but I had to share pictures of three rugs that were finished today by our students (the class picture is above). Sisters Mary Mathiowetz and Deb Fjetland finished their pieces earlier this evening and you can see them below with Jennie Slick. Deb is a first time…