| Details | The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian hosts its annual Native Art Market in Washington, D.C., featuring works by more than 35 Native artists. The weekend event offers visitors a unique opportunity to purchase traditional and contemporary handcrafted artworks—including silver and jewelry, fine apparel, beadwork, dolls, pottery, dolls, prints and sculpture—by some of the finest Native artists from across the Western Hemisphere. Now in its 14th year, the museum’s Native Art Market invites lovers of art and craftsmanship to meet Native artists and learn about traditional Native arts and contemporary Native creativity. Bendrew Atokuku (Hopi), sculpture and carvings; Virginia Ballenger (Navajo), textiles and attire; Philbert Begay (Navajo) , jewelry; Jolene Bird (Santo Domingo Pueblo), jewelry; Amy Blumel (Chickasaw), mixed media; Nocona Burgess (Comanche/Kiowa), painting; Calandra Cook (Navajo), textiles and attire; Deborah Desjarlais (Chippewa/Assiniboine), mixed media; Sam Dimmick (Alaskan Eskimo), sculpture and carvings; Frieda Drymon (Navajo), beadwork; Kelii Eli (Zuni Pueblo), sculpture and carvings; Jose Gonzalez (Zapotec), fiber; Porfirio Gutierrez (Zapotec), textiles; Susan Hudson (Navajo), textiles and attire; Georgia Kieyoomia (Navajo/Hopi), jewelry; George Levi (Cheyenne/Arapaho), mixed media; Amanda Lucario (Pueblo of Acoma), pottery; Angelo McHorse (Taos Pueblo), hand crafted soaps/lotions; Jonathan McKinney (Pueblo of Acoma), jewelry; Katrina Mitten (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma), beadwork; Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet), mixed media; Madeline Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), pottery; Lester Ortiz (Navajo), jewelry; Fidel Palomino (Quechua), mixed media; Tonya Rafael (Navajo), jewelry; Michael Slim (Navajo), jewelry; Natasha Smoke Santiago (Akwesasne Mohawk Nation), pottery; Sarah Sockbeson (Penobscot), basketry; Matagi Sorensen (Yavapai Apache Nation), jewelry; Mark Stevens (Laguna Pueblo), jewelry; Eugene Tapahe (Navajo), photography; Everett and Mary Teller (Navajo), jewelry; Eric Tippeconnic (Comanche Nation), painting; Regina Waters (Otoe-Missouria/Kiowa), jewelry; Kathy Whiteman-Elk Woman (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara), jewelry. Generous support provided by The Walt Disney Company. |
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