Native American Art Magazine

Divided into four major categories, each bimonthly issue has its own easy-to-find color-coded section. Quickly turn to the section that interests you the most. Each section lists dates and addresses for upcoming events and activities so you don't miss any important shows or sales.

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Native American Art Magazine

ACQUISITION • The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts secures a 19th-century ledger drawing by Howling Wolf during a Heritage Auctions sale.

The Met appoints first associate curator of Native American art

Smithsonian opens Native veterans memorial

Brian Lebel’s Mesa Old West Show & Auction

Heard Museum show wins Award of Excellence

MARKET REPORT • We ask leading dealers of historic and contemporary Native American art what their thoughts are on the market and where it might be headed.

CURATOR CHAT • We Ask Leading Museum Curators About What’s Going On In Their World

FASHION FORWARD • A look at the latest offerings from Indigenous designers shaping the future of fashion.

Dec/Jan

THE JEWELRY ISSUE • Oval Zuni ring with natural turquoise and framing snakes appliqué, 1930s.

MASTER SILVERSMITH • A journey through the prolific career of Navajo silversmith Kenneth Begay, known as “the Father of Navajo Jewelry.”

EVOLUTION OF STYLE • A look at the designs of Navajo concha belt centers and buckles throughout time.

LASTING APPEAL • Historic and vintage oval rings by Native American jewelers of the Southwest show evolving aesthetics, exploration of techniques and individual artistic visions.

GOOD MEDICINE • Navajo jeweler Boyd Tsosie brings his life and culture into his art.

A LIVING STORY • The Wheelwright Museum’s Jim and Lauris Phillips Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry takes visitors on a journey through the history of Native American jewelry.

WEARABLE CENTERPIECES • Pictured here is a sterling silver cast bracelet with 14k gold accents and Bisbee turquoise by Edison Cummings, a Navajo silver smith who moved to Santa Fe to study at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Initially, he studied painting, but Cummings began to shift his interests toward three-dimensional art, particularly sculpture, and he also took a few jewelry classes.

Charging Ahead

Nacimientos

Through the Kaleidoscope

Storytellers

New Horizons

Expanded Audience • Cherokee Art Market welcomes collectors from all over the globe to its website for a virtual event from December 7 to 21.

Keeping Art Alive • Galleries and dealers come together to bring World Tribal and Native American Art to homes through a virtual event.

Celebrate the Season • Southwestern Association for Indian Arts hosts its annual Winter Market in a virtual format November 27 to December 11.

Virtual Celebrations • SWAIA’s Virtual Indian Market brought hundreds of artists online, many for the first time.

Larger Than Memory • The Heard Museum presents a large collection of contemporary art from Indigenous North America.

Visual Voices • Briscoe Western Art Museum hosts a traveling exhibition dedicated to contemporary Chickasaw artwork through January 18.

Weaving History into Art • The legacy of Cherokee artist Shan Goshorn is honored during an exhibition at the Gilcrease Museum.

Value and Variety • Bonhams’ upcoming Native American art sale takes place this December in Los Angeles, California.

Auction Report: CINCINNATI, LOS ANGELES