Journal
I am the third daughter to Bill and Pearl Sunrise. My mother is Pearl Sunrise, Weaver, Educator, Diné Historian …my father was Bill Sunrise Architect, Jeweler, Community Organizer in Cultural Arts & Performance from the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. When people ask me where I grew up, it always makes me laugh because all I […]
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Situated twenty-five miles north of Albuquerque is the land of the Kay-tichi-tya. We know them today as San Felipe Pueblo. They are a people who have one foot in tradition and the other in the modern world. Considered one of the most culturally conservative of the pueblos, San Felipe has managed to hold onto their […]
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We recently had the pleasure of interviewing local artist Ryan Singer. Ryan has been painting for most of his life. Watch the video below to see what he is all about. I’m Ryan singer, I’m a Dine artist, Navajo artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. I’m originally from Tuba City, AZ. My clan is Bitter Water […]
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Art and adornment have a long history in the southwest. To understand that, one only has to look at the tradition of “heishi” or shell necklaces. They have been an expression of culture in this area for thousands of years and some believe they are the oldest form of jewelry found in New Mexico. Heishi […]
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They’ve been a part of the landscape for over a thousand years, leaving an indelible mark on the land we call theirs today. It’s an area of roughly 450,000 acres in western New Mexico, the heart of which lies in what is known to the modern world as the Pueblo of Zuni. Coronado christened Zuni […]
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