The Weaving News
Location: Central Courtyard, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ Description: The Heard Museum Shop has scheduled its third Gathering of Weavers Marketplace for November 6, 2010. The event will be held at the Heard Museum’s Central Courtyard. Weavers may sell their work without any booth or participation fees, with 20% of the purchase price going to the…
Dates: August 9-14 Location: Window Rock, AZ Cost: $225 Spend three full days collecting dye plants and dye wool the Navajo way under the direction of Rose Dedman. Tentatively, you will collect cliff rose, sage, rabbitbrush, Navajo tea and wild carrot. Dyeing is done outdoors using a wood fire. More information and registration
Title: Weaving in Beauty Advanced Weaving Seminar Location: Window Rock, AZ Description: Six days of uninterrupted exploration of weaving techniques in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Explore advanced techniques with master weaver Jennie Slick. Research resouces are available. Please contact coordinator Mary Walker before you enroll in this class to get details on requirements…
Phoenix, AZ 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…
After 10 years with the same format, I’ve changed the web site design to integrate the Weaving News blog with the home page and I’ve streamlined the navigation links. Everything is still here, but the blog should be easier to access and comment on, and things should be easier to find. Please let me know…
D.Y. Begay has been busy designing a mural for the wall of the Heard Museum. You can see a picture of it at the lower left of the photograph above. The prize winning piece that she’s standing next to goes back to some of her earlier work in dimension and combines an a spare…
After I’d seen Marilou and Martha Schultz, I quickly checked my program and found that Roy Kady, D.Y. Begay and TahNiiBaa Naataanii were where they usually are, which is behind the museum. While I was chatting with Roy, Brenda Spencer came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder. That’s Brenda at the right…
I’m trying out a new picture processing plug-in called PicLens. Once I have things working correctly, you’ll be able to see a full screen slide show of any post with pictures. Since I have some great ones from the Heard Museum Indian Market, I thought that this would be a good time to try it.…
Isabel Deschinny’s mother, Mabel Burnside Meyers, developed the dye charts that depict native plants and the colors that are derived from them. Isabel and her family continue the tradition of producing them in a wide variety of sizes. Other people produce the charts, but Isabel’s have the advantage that she actually dyes all of the…
Southern Arizona is blessed with glorious weather right now; the days are in the low 80’s and the nights are cool. It’s perfect weather for outdoor art markets (and spring training too, I guess). The Southwest Indian Art Fair was held last Saturday and Sunday on the grounds of the Arizona State Museum in Tucson.…