EMERGING ARTISTS JOIN NATIVE TREASURES: INDIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
EMERGING ARTISTS JOIN NATIVE TREASURES: INDIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
Santa Fe, New Mexico-The best emerging Native American artists will join Native Treasures, the two-day Indian Arts Festival, this year exhibiting their pottery, jewelry, painting, beadwork, photography, woodwork, and sculpture at the Santa Fe Convention Center, just off the plaza in historic downtown Santa Fe. Native Treasures will take place May 22 and 23 and proceeds benefit the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
"One of the hallmarks of Native Treasures over the years has been our goal to have about one third of the artists at the show be new every year," says Ardith Eicher, Co-Chair of Native Treasures. "That way different artists have the opportunity to participate in the show and collectors have the fun of discovering new artists each year."
Organizers of this year's show took that philosophy to the next level by working with the Poeh Center in Pojoaque and with the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe to identify talented student artists to participate in this year's event.
"We are really happy to give these emerging artists a special platform to showcase their talent," says Eicher. "It will be a wonderful opportunity for them to stand alongside some of the biggest names in the Indian art world and I think the established artists love seeing what these up-and-coming artists are doing."
Twenty two emerging artists will inaugurate the Emerging/Student Artists section of Native Treasures. They are Zelda Abeita (Santo Domingo), Rachele Agoyo (Cochiti/Santo Domingo), Jeanette Arquero (Cochiti), Gomeo Bobelu (Zuni), Mabel Cata (Ohkay Owingeh), Jerry Dunbar (Tigua/Ysleta del Sur), Linda Dunson-Irene (Muscogee Creek), Ray Garcia (San Felipe), Kenna (Yaqui/Tarasca/Huichol), Aaron Lopez (Mixtec), Shirley Mares (Yakama), Michael Martinez (San Ildefonso), Melissa Melero (Paiute), Lena Munoz (Paiute/Ysleta Tigua), Edward Lee Natay (Navajo/Santo Domingo), Ehren K. Natay (Navajo/Santo Domingo), Betty J. Padilla (Navajo), Lindsey Shakespeare (Mescalero Apache), David-Alexander Hubbard Sloan (Navajo), Michele Tapia-Browning (Pojoaque/Santa Clara), Roy Tenorio (San Felipe), and Marcus Wall (Jemez).
Not all of these artists are young kids. In fact, two of the artists are a father and son. Edward Natay, 75, had learned some silversmithing techniques from his own father early in life. But when he had a family of his own, he put his art aside to concentrate on raising his family. Just a few years ago, he decided to take a jewelry-making class at the Poeh Center. His son, Ehren, 25, recently returned to New Mexico after working as a musician in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ehren saw a belt buckle that his father had made and was inspired to give it a try too. Now they sit right across from each other in their class (taught by another Native Treasures artist, Fritz Casuse) and help each other along.
"All of the students at Poeh have formed a great community and help one another progress and Fritz is a wonderful teacher," says Ehren. "We are so lucky to have this great resource."
People who attend the Native Treasures show will have the opportunity to compare and contrast Edward's more traditional style with Ehren's more contemporary aesthetic.
"Emerging artists not only receive the benefit of increased exposure at Native Treasures; they also add immeasurably to the changes we are experiencing in Native American and contemporary art in America," says Museum of Indian Arts Director, Shelby Tisdale. "We're constantly seeing the creation of art that uses unique combinations of modern and traditional methods and very contemporary thematic elements."
"There's a great mix of local, national and international people who attend Native Treasures," adds Karen Freeman, Co-Chair of the show. "We look forward to introducing these talented new artists and their work to everyone at Native Treasures."
http://www.nativetreasuressantafe.org/
NATIVE TREASURES: INDIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
WHAT:
Native Treasures, now in its sixth year, is an invitational art show and sale featuring the best Native art in the U.S. Proceeds benefit the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, NM
Featuring
- Museum-quality art from almost 200 artists from 40 tribes and pueblos
- Best and brightest of the Indian Art world
- Santa Fe's only museum-quality Indian Art show
- Musical entertainment
- Food by Cowgirl BBQ
- Relaxed, intimate event for collectors, dealers and visitors
- 2010 "Living Treasure" award to outstanding Nambe potter Lonnie Vigil
WHEN: Saturday May 22 & Sunday May 23, 2010
Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., $5; Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Free
(Early Bird Market Saturday, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., $15)
Festival tickets available at entrance.
Friday, May 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Benefit Pre-Sale Gala, offering special pieces selected by each artist.
Attendees will meet the artists and mingle with other collectors.
Hors d'oeuvres and wine will be served;
$75. This includes an Early Bird ticket for Saturday.
Tickets: 505-982-6366, ext. 112.
WHERE: Santa Fe Convention Center at the corner of Marcy and Grant Streets; Santa Fe, NM
INFO: 505-476-1250; www.nativetreasuressantafe.org
FOR IMAGES, INTERVIEWS, PRESS PASSES & OTHER INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT Jennifer Marshall, 505-231-1776, jennifer@jmarshallplan.com
NATIVE TREASURES 2010 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS (186 artists <73 new> as of 4/3/10)
Pottery From Tribal Heritage
Allen Aragon * ABQ Navajo
Wanda Aragon * ABQ Acoma
Lawrence Atencio Ohkay Owingeh Ohkay Owingeh
Romaine Begay Silver City Navajo
Camille Bernal SF Taos
Virgie BigBee Tesuque Tesuque
Caroline Carpio Peralta Isleta
Larry Chino Acoma Acoma
Preston & Debra Duwyenie Espanola Hopi/Santa Clara
Glendora Fragua ABQ Jemez
Sharon Naranjo Garcia Ohkay Owingeh Santa Clara
Cavan Gonzales San Ildefonso San Ildefonso
Lisa Holt & Harlan Reano ABQ Cochiti/Santo Domingo
Rondina Huma * Polacca, AZ Tewa/Hopi
Melvin & Marietta Juanico Acoma Acoma
Dina Kabotie * Bernalillo Jicarilla Apache
Alan Lasiloo * Zuni Zuni
Joseph & Nona Latoma San Felipe San Felipe
Gregory Lonewolf * Espanola Santa Clara
Joseph Lonewolf * Espanola Santa Clara
Rosemary Lonewolf Espanola Santa Clara/Tewa
Rebecca Lucario * San Fidel Acoma
Elizabeth Manygoats Tonalea, AZ Navajo
Samuel Manymules Tuba City, AZ Navajo
Dusty & Bernice Naranjo Espanola Santa Clara/Taos
Geri Naranjo Espanola Santa Clara
Jody Naranjo ABQ Santa Clara
Kevin Naranjo Espanola Santa Clara
Joseph & Eunice Naranjo * Espanola Santa Clara
Glen Nipshank * SF Big Stone Cree
Shelden Nunez-Velarde * Dulce Jicarilla Apache
Janice Ortiz ABQ Cochiti
Pahponee Elizabeth, CO Kansas Kickapoo
Robert Patricio * Acoma Acoma
Vernida Polacca * Polacca, AZ Hopi
Marilyn Ray * San Fidel Acoma
Edna Romero * Taos Santa Clara
Monica Romero Espanola Santa Clara
Jean Sahmie Polacca, AZ Hopi
Lilly Salvador * Acoma Acoma
Anita Suazo * Espanola Santa Clara
Judy, Lincoln, & Sarah Tafoya Espanola Santa Clara
LuAnn Tafoya * Espanola Pojoaque/Santa Clara
Stella Teller * Isleta Isleta
Robert Tenorio Santo Domingo Santo Domingo
Camilla Toya * Jemez Jemez
Dominique Toya * Jemez Jemez
Maxine Toya * Jemez Jemez
LaDonna Victoriano Acoma Acoma
Lonnie Vigil * Nambe Nambe
Kathleen Wall Jemez Jemez
Daryl Whitegeese * Espanola Pojoaque/Santa Clara
Jewelry
Andrew Redhorse Alvarez Castaic, CA Colville/Apache
Keri Ataumbi SF Kiowa
Fidel Bahe * Winslow, AZ Navajo
Abraham Begay Flagstaff, AZ Navajo
Darryl & Rebecca Begay Gallup Navajo
Eddie Begay Waterflow Navajo
Leroy Begay Pinon, AZ Navajo
Ernest & Veronica Benally Gallup Navajo
Heidi BigKnife * Tulsa, OK Shawnee
Aaron Brokeshoulder ABQ Choctaw/Shawnee
Althea Cajero Placitas Santo Domingo/Acoma
Fritz Casuse SF Navajo
Frank & Evelyn Chee Vanderwagon Navajo
Jennifer Curtis ABQ Navajo
Marian Denipah Flagstaff, AZ Navajo-Tewa
Terrence & Dorothy Emery Corrales Ojibway/Jemez
Venus Etsitty * Gallup Navajo
Jacqueline Gala Taos Taos
Connie Tsosie Gaussoin SF Navajo/Picuris
David Gaussoin SF Navajo/Picuris
Wayne Nez Gaussoin SF Navajo/Picuris
Robert Gress Espanola Crow
Shane Hendren ABQ Navajo
Tommy Jackson * Ganado, AZ Navajo
Steve LaRance Flagstaff, AZ Hopi
Jake Livingston * Houck, AZ Navajo/Zuni
Glenda Loretto SF Jemez
Anthony Lovato Pena Blanca Santo Domingo
Jennifer Medina Santo Domingo Santo Domingo
Toney Mitchell Flagstaff, AZ Navajo
Isaiah Ortiz * San Felipe San Felipe
Norbert Peshlakai Gallup Navajo
Chris Pruitt * Paguate Laguna
Pat Pruitt Paguate Laguna
Tonya June Rafael * Prewitt Navajo
Michael Roanhorse Rio Rancho Navajo
Ken Romero ABQ Laguna/Taos
Nick Rosetta Santo Domingo Santo Domingo
Maria Samora Taos Taos
Marvin Slim Ganado, AZ Navajo
Mark Stevens Laguna Laguna
Mary Tom * Winslow, AZ Navajo
Olin Tsingine Phoenix, AZ Hopi/Navajo
Liz Wallace SF Navajo
Wilbert Yazzie * Winslow, AZ Navajo
Sculpture
Gregory Analla ABQ Isleta/Laguna
Joe Cajero * Placitas Jemez
Alano Edzerza * Vancouver, BC Tahltan
Upton Ethelbah, Jr. ABQ Santa Clara/White Mountain Apache
Evelyn Fredericks * Kykotsmovi, AZ Hopi
Alvin John Phoenix, AZ Navajo
Melvin John * Tuba City, AZ Navajo
Vincent Kaydahzinne Artesia Mescalero Apache
Carol Lujan Tempe, AZ Navajo
Ed Archie NoiseCat SF Salish
Adrian Wall SF Jemez
Painting/Drawing
Marla Allison Laguna Laguna
Thomas Begay Teec Nos Pos, AZ Navajo
Nocona Burgess Cochiti Lake Comanche
DeHaven Solimon Chaffins* New Laguna Laguna/Zuni
Ronald Chee Costa Mesa, CA Navajo
Dolores Purdy Corcoran Topeka, KS Caddo
Aaron Freeland Farmington Navajo
Terrance Guardipee Issaquah, WA Blackfeet
Benjamin Harjo, Jr. Oklahoma City, OK Absentee Shawnee/Seminole
Ed Kabotie Bernalillo Hopi
Sheridan MacKnight * Palos Verdes, CA Chippewa
Stan Natchez * SF Tataviam/Shoshone
Sallyann Paschall * SF Cherokee
Mateo Romero Pojoaque Cochiti
Michelle Stogie Sinners Espanola Santa Clara/Navajo/Laguna
Peterson Yazoo Ganado, AZ Navajo
Carvers
Delbridge Honanie Flagstaff, AZ Hopi
Spencer Nutima Kykotsmovi, AZ Hopi
Lynn & Jayne Quam * Zuni Zuni/Navajo
Troy Sice * ABQ Zuni
Elmer Yungotsuna * ABQ Tewa/Hopi
Textiles
Catherine BlackHorse Issaquah, WA Seminole
Dorothy Grant Vancouver, BC Haida
Mona Laughing Navajo Navajo
Jhane Myers-NoiseCat SF Comanche/Blackfeet
Penny Singer ABQ Navajo
Toadlena Trading Post Newcomb Navajo
Basketry
Carol Naranjo Espanola Laguna
Everett Pikyavit Sacramento, CA Southern Paiute/Goshute
Beadwork
Orlando Dugi * Navajo
Craig Kelly ABQ Navajo
Dallin Maybee Phoenix, AZ Arapaho/Seneca
Kenneth Williams Taylorsville, UT Arapaho/Seneca
Diverse
Walter BigBee Tesuque Comanche
Black Eagle Mountain Ranch, CA Shoshone - Yokut
Debra Box * Colorado Springs, CO Southern Ute
Dennis Esquivel SF Ottawa/Chippewa
Laura Fragua-Cota Jemez Jemez
Nathan Hart * Oklahoma City, OK Cheyenne
Robert Spooner Marcus Ohkay Owingeh Ohkay Owingeh
Wanesia Misquadace SF Fon da Lac
Therese Tohtsoni-Prudencio* ABQ Picuris/Navajo
Steve Wall Jemez Chippewa/Iroquois
Emerging/Student Artists (New Section This Year!)
Zelda Abeita * Santo Domingo Santo Domingo (Poeh; jewelry)
Rachele Agoyo * San Juan Cochiti/Santo Domingo (Poeh; jewelry)
Jeanette Arquero * SF Cochiti (Poeh; pottery/jewelry)
Gomeo Bobelu * SF Zuni (jewelry)
Mabel Cata * Ohkay Owingeh Ohkay Owingeh (Poeh; jewelry)
Jerry Dunbar * SF Tigua/Ysleta del Sur (Poeh; pottery/beadwork)
Linda Dunson-Irene * Stanley Muscogee Creek (Poeh; jewelry)
Ray Garcia * San Felipe San Felipe (Poeh; pottery/jewelry)
Kenna * SF Yaqui/Tarasca/Huichol (Poeh; jewelry)
Aaron Lopez * SF Mixtec (Poeh; jewelry)
Shirley Mares * Tesuque Yakama (Poeh; pottery/jewelry)
Michael Martinez * SF San Ildefonso (Poeh; jewelry)
Melissa Melero * SF Paiute (IAIA; painting)
Lena Munoz * Los Lunas Paiute/Ysleta Tigua (IAIA; pottery/pastels)
Edward Lee Natay * SF Navajo/Santo Domingo (Poeh; jewelry)
Ehren K. Natay * SF Navajo/Santo Domingo (Poeh; jewelry)
Betty J. Padilla * Espanola Navajo (Poeh; jewelry)
Lindsey Shakespeare * Mescalero Mescalero Apache (IAIA; soft sculpture/photography)
David-Alexander Hubbard Sloan * SF Navajo (Poeh; jewelry/painting)
Michele Tapia-Browning * SF Pojoaque/Santa Clara (Poeh; woodwork/photography/textiles)
Roy Tenorio * Algodones San Felipe (Poeh; jewelry/carving/pottery)
Marcus Wall * Jemez Springs Jemez (IAIA; pottery)
* = New to Native Treasures in 2010
Contact:
Jennifer Marshall
505-231-1776
jennifer@jmarshallplan.com
www.jmarshallplan.com
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