Artists Live Series
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SAR’s Artists Live series, in partnership with Native American Art Magazine, takes you behind the scenes and into the studio with ten Native artists featured on the Santa Fe Indian Market’s new ecommerce platform.
Series Schedule:
August 3, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Nanibaa Beck, Navajo jeweler
Nanibaa is SAR’s 2018 Dubin fellow. She says, “For some time now, I’ve been intrigued by…how female metalsmiths’ hands look as they create, why they chose metalsmithing, how they feel they’ve grown, connecting to community, and how their studio life has evolved.” Read more.
August 7, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Gerry Quotskuyva, Hopi katsina carver
Gerry is SAR’s 2018 King fellow. His remarkable style of carving has been nationally recognized on public television, and is represented in several museum collections. Read more.
August 10, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Dawn Dark Mountain, Wisconsin Oneida painter
Dawn is SAR’s 2015 Dobkin fellow. Dawn’s heritage is an integral part of her artwork. She uses controlled, intricate watercolors to create visual narratives of her Iroquois background. Read more.
August 17, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Mateo Romero, Cochiti Pueblo painter
Mateo is SAR’s 2002 Dubin fellow. In speaking about his work, he notes, “These paintings reflect a pattern of evolution and change…Overall, the paintings develop a rhythmic, hypnotic, trancelike feeling which is referential to the metaphysical space of the Pueblo and the dance itself.” Read more.
August 24, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Adrian Wall, Jemez Pueblo glass artist/stone sculptor
Adrian is SAR’s 2009 King fellow and while his primary medium is stone, he also works with clay, glass, and bronze. Stylistically, he is well known for blending figurative detail with abstract forms. Read more.
August 31, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Marlowe Katoney, Navajo weaver
Marlowe is SAR’s 2015 King fellow. Originally trained as a painter, Marlowe incorporates his painterly aesthetics into his weavings. For him, “being an artist is an ongoing pursuit of freedom.” Read more.
September 7, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Jonathan Loretto, Jemez/Cochiti Pueblos clay artist and jeweler
Jonathan is SAR’s 2012 King fellow. He has been creating pottery for over thirty years and his work has been featured at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian; Hui’noeau Visual Arts Center in Makawao, Hawaii; and the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Read more.
September 14, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Franklin Peters, Acoma potter
Franklin is SAR’s 2011 King fellow. He received his pottery training from Phyllis Juanico, Florence Aragon, and his mother, Ella Peters. His work has been shown in several galleries around Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Read more.
September 21, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Randy Chitto, Mississippi Band of Choctaw clay artist
Randy is SAR’s 2006 Dubin fellow. Turtle storytellers are Chitto’s trademark, in which he blends stories from his Choctaw heritage with an art form known to the Southwest. Read more.
September 28, 6:00 p.m. MDT – Jason Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo clay artist and printmaker
Jason is SAR’s 2007 Dubin fellow. In his work, Jason carefully examines and interprets life around him and then shares those uniquely personal observations with the rest of the world. Read more.