Journal
Renata Yazzie has been playing the piano for as long as she can remember. Her mother played, so she would sit by her and watch. As a toddler, she played by ear. When she was around four, her mother began to teach her, then Renata took private lessons with a piano teacher for the next […]
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“Everyone has their own niche. I can do whatever I want because I’m not looking to fill a niche.” That’s the way George Francis describes his journey as a silversmith. It’s a creative path he’s been following since his father and brother taught him the craft they had learned. For George, the beauty of the […]
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For many Native American artists, the art of working with silver and stone to create beautiful jewelry is the extension of a family legacy. This is true for Raymondo Joe. Joe credits his father, Navajo silversmith Kirk Smith, with putting the passion in him for true handcrafted silver jewelry. It is a legacy he continues […]
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For Navajo artist Verna Tahe, meeting her husband Franklin at Tohatchi High School was the beginning of a marriage not only of two people, but also of art. In spite of the fact that some of her family were silversmiths, she says she “didn’t really get into it” until she met Franklin Tahe in 1978. […]
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My name is Lynette Johanna Francisco. I am Navajo and part Comanche. Today I am working on the quills; the quill work and the quill earring’s. That is my passion, and I do all sorts of stuff. Bead work, image work whatever you can think of. I design images in Photoshop, and then I create […]
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