Vintage Basketry & Navajo Weavings with Terry DeWald

 Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings with Terry DeWald

Saturday, February 3, 2024

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Talk: 11:00 am

 Please join us on Saturday, February 3, 2024, when we host Terry DeWald of Terry DeWald American Indian Art for a Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings Show & Sale at the Amerind Museum. The show will feature vintage Navajo weavings, vintage baskets from California, the greater southwest, and contemporary Tohono O’odham baskets.

DeWald has been a prominent dealer, lecturer, appraiser, and author of Native American art for more than 40 years.

DeWald will give a talk on Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings at 11:00 am.

This event is included with regular Museum admission.

Mata Ortiz Show & Sale

Mata Ortiz Pottery Show and Sale Featuring Master Potter Oralia Lopez

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 24, 25 & 26, 2023, 10:00 am-4:00 pm each day

Please join us Thanksgiving weekend for a Show and Sale of Mata Ortiz Pottery featuring Master potter Oralia Lopez who will be demonstrating her work. Oralia is a second-generation potter from Mata Ortiz who learned to make pottery from her mother and older sister.  Oralia is well known for her flawless intricate painted geometric designs and, tall neck jars.  Oralia will also be bringing a collection of ceramics from other select potters living and working in Mata Ortiz.   The pottery of Mata Ortiz is regarded as some of the finest ceramic ware in the world for its precision craftsmanship, thin walled, and finely painted vessels.

Come and meet the artist and see her incredible work along with the beautiful work of other Mata Ortiz artists.

Also, on Friday and Saturday, November 24 & 25, 2023, 11am-3pm we will have a book signing with Award-Winning Author Charmayne Samuelson for her Best Seller biography SPENCER MacCALLUM Memories-Mystique-Mata Ortiz. a biography of the anthropologist who jump-started the Mata Ortiz pottery movement after meeting potter, farmer, and cowboy Juan Quezada.

Looking for unique holiday gifts? What could be more special than an exquisite piece of pottery along with a signed bestseller!

This event is included with regular Museum admission.

 

Amerind’s Seri Art & Culture Weekend Show & Sale

Comcáac (Seri) Art & Culture Weekend Show & Sale
Saturday & Sunday, September 16 & 17, 10am – 4pm
Visit the Amerind and learn about the art and culture of the Comcáac (Seri) people of Sonora, Mexico.
The Seri people of the desert and the sea are known for their beautiful arts and crafts, which include a long history of basket weaving and more recently wood carving and other crafts.Basket weaving is an important tradition in Sonora, Mexico and was one of Mesoamerica’s oldest crafts.  The Comcáac handwoven baskets, woven using the coil method from all natural desert materials are known for being some of the finest in the southwest, incorporating design motifs from the Seri culture.Meet the artists behind these unique creations of Comcáac basketry, sisters Maria Francisca Moreno and Patricia Moreno. You will have the opportunity to watch them weave, learn about these baskets and purchase their beautiful creations.

This event is included with Museum admission.

Mata Ortiz Pottery Show and Sale

Mata Ortiz Pottery Show and Sale

Friday-Sunday, February 17-19, 2023

10:00 am-4:00 pm each day

Visit Amerind and witness the talent of pottery artists Hector Gallegos Jr., Laura Bugarini, and Karla Lopez from Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico. The artists will conduct demonstrations, firings (weather permitting), and offer their exquisite ceramic vessels for sale. This event is included with regular Museum admission.

Mata Ortiz Pottery Show and Sale Featuring Pottery Artist Oralia Lopez

Mata Ortiz Show and Sale with Oralia Lopez

 

Mata Ortiz Pottery Show and Sale Featuring Pottery Artist Oralia Lopez

Friday-Sunday, November 25-27, 2022, 10:00 am-4:00 pm each day

Visit Amerind on Thanksgiving weekend to immerse yourself in Mata Ortiz pottery. Master artist Oralia Lopez will be selling pottery and demonstrating her unique style of geometric painting. Lopez will also have art from other potters she represents available for sale. Do not miss this opportunity to buy exquisite holiday gifts for the special people in your life. Included with regular Museum admission.

Seri Art and Culture Weekend

Close-up view of a Seri Basket

Seri Art and Culture Weekend

Seri Art and Culture Weekend

Saturday-Sunday, November 5-6, 2022

10:00 am-4:00 pm

Learn about the art and culture of the Comcáac (Seri) people of Sonora, Mexico and meet the artists behind these unique creations while visiting Amerind. We will offer a wide selection of Comcáac baskets, wood carvings, necklaces, and other beautifully crafted works of art for sale. Included with Museum Admission.