The Weaving News
Tempe, AZ Frequent commenter Kathleen Bernett asked me for a better picture of what really does look like a pink rug in this picture (click to enlarge it) from Sunday’s post about the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market. It’s not a rug; it’s a dress, I told Kathleen. As you can see in…
Phoenix, AZ The Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market closed about fifteen minutes ago. The theme chosen this year is “Weaving Worlds with Wool” and coincides with the museums’s current “Picture This!” exhibit of Pictorial weaving. Master Pictorial weaver Florence Riggs of Tuba City is this year’s signature artist and she and her sisters Jane…
Tempe , AZ The Heard Museum Indian Market is coming up this weekend and there are already events going on in the Phoenix area in anticipation. The Old Town Scottsdale Arts Walk, for instance, had a Native American theme last night and Main St. was a fun place to be. When I got home, my…
Tempe, AZ The good thing about a three day workshop is that it’s a short period of time that gives you a chance to really concentrate on the subject matter without any distractions. The bad thing about a three day workshop is that it’s a short period of time that can leave you wanting…
Tempe, AZ If your New Year’s Resolution includes learning to weave the Navajo way or improving as a weaver in Navajo techniques, we have two new Navajo Boot Camp classes for your consideration. The first new boot camp will be held on May 16-18 (Thursday-Saturday) in Gallup, New Mexico. Richardson’s Trading Post is hosting…
Tempe, AZ I need to catch you up on the rest of this summer’s classes! Our second week-long class met in Window Rock, AZ from August 5th through the 12th. Since this class is just before college semesters begin in this part of the country, we had four professors from various disciplines in this group…
Tempe, AZ I have been meaning to introduce you to Flagstaff weaver Amy Begay all summer and as you may have noticed, I’m running out of days quickly. Amy teaches in a bi-cultural school in Flagstaff and is also a prolific weaver. She loves to do tufted pieces and had two of them when I…
Tempe, AZ I’ve had fun this week going over the pictures from the June Weaving in Beauty class in Window Rock. In this group, half of the students had taken a class with us before, so some of us had a chance to learn completely new things and some of us were seeing new things…
Jennie Slick and I managed to hit all the Four Corners states with classes during June and we also had a great drive across Wyoming added to the bargain. We found incredible interest in Navajo weaving techniques and culture where ever we went. Our first stop was at Bear Lake, which is on the Oregon…
The Gathering of Weavers, the Heard Museum’s annual celebration of Navajo weaving and weavers, had been re-scheduled to Saturday, December 1. Originally scheduled for November 3, the Gathering will feature many contemporary weavers showing their work and demonstrating weaving, spinning and dyeing. There are also interesting talks by interesting people and book signings. The Gathering…