Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona: Continuing Traditions

by Rory O'Neill Schmitt PhD

Overview

Arizona's Navajo and Hopi cultures span multiple generations, and their descendants continue to honor customs from thousands of years ago. Contemporary artists like Hopi katsina doll carver Manuel Chavarria and Navajo weaver Barbara Teller Ornelas use traditional crafts and techniques to preserve the stories of their ancestors. Meanwhile, emerging mixed-media artists like Melanie Yazzie expand the boundaries of tradition by combining Navajo influences with contemporary culture and styles. Local author Rory Schmitt presents the region's outstanding native artists and their work, studios and inspirations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467117890
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/01/2016
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,161,316
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rory O'Neill Schmitt, PhD, MPS, ATR-BC, is a writer, art therapist, professor and photographer. She serves as a faculty member of the University College at ASU. While a doctoral student, she worked in the curatorial and education departments at the ASU Art Museum. Since then, she has worked at museums and galleries in New York and California, while exhibiting her own fine art photography. As a board-certified art therapist, she has also worked with youths and adults in rehabilitation programs.

Table of Contents

Foreword Lee Peterson 9

Preface 13

Acknowledgements 21

Part I Native Peoples of Arizona

1 An Introduction 25

Part II Contemporary Navajo Artists

2 The Navajo Nation 33

3 Melanie Yazzie 47

4 Jesse Monongya 59

5 Ric Charlie 71

6 Edward Charlie 79

7 Barbara Teller Ornelas 89

8 Marlowe Katoney 103

9 Margaret Wood 111

Part III Contemporary Hopi Artists

10 The Hopi Tribe 123

11 Verma Nequatewa 139

12 Piki Wadsworth 147

13 Ramson Lomatewama 155

14 Manuel Chavarria Jr. 163

Part IV Closing Remarks

15 Closing Remarks 175

Bibliography 179

Index 183

About the Author 187