Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2025-January 2026/No. 60 i Native American Art Magazine

Welcome to the December/January issue of Native American Art magazine. This issue has a foot in two years. We can reflect on 2025 and what a great year of art it was, and also look forward to 2026 and what appears to be an epic year for artists coming up. This is our annual jewelry issue and it does not disappoint. We have 30 pages of jewelry this year and it all starts on Page 37. We have a feature on famed jeweler Arland Ben, as well as a special piece by renowned expert and author on Native American jewelry, Paula Baxter. What we love the most are the stories behind the jewelry, and you’ll see that here in these pages. Native American jewelry is not only beautiful, it inspires.…

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has recently added a diverse group of artworks to its permanent collection. Among the new works now housed at the Richmond-based institution is a 1979 painting by Fritz Scholder (La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians) titled Indian Cowboy and Horse, an important addition to the museum’s Indigenous American art holdings. The acrylic on canvas features a cowboy standing next to a bright blue horse against a saturated pink backdrop, rendered in the artist’s signature style. “While Scholder’s Indigenous cowboy bears such archetypal markings—Western wear, a horse companion, a sense of stoicism and a holstered gun—he is rendered in bubblegum pink and vibrant blue to sardonically undercut assumptive boundaries between American cowboys and Indigenous people as they are seen in…

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SANTA FE, NM Now on view at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the exhibition The Stories We Carry, featuring contemporary jewelry created by Indigenous artists across many decades. The exhibit specifically explores 60 years of Indigenous jewelry and its enduring relationship with the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). Curated by Brian Fleetwood (Mvskoke), The Stories We Carry examines jewelry as a storytelling medium. “The unique format of jewelry has played a large role in storytelling, as it is a deeply human practice that gives people the tools to carry their histories and identities—a powerful reminder to ourselves and to others who we are,” Fleetwood says. Inside the exhibition there are around 200 objects, including 100 that have not been attributed to…

Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market One-of-a-kind outdoor art market on the campus of the Heard Museum, where more than 600 artists bring their artwork to compete in a juried competition and sell to collectors. The next market will be held March 7-8, 2026.  www.heard.org Arizona Indigenous Culinary Experience A culinary showcase that highlights both traditional and contemporary Native cuisine through diverse tasting stations, live cooking demonstrations and interactive conversations with Indigenous chefs from Arizona’s tribal nations. Held every November. www.arizonanativeculinary.org Arizona Indian Festival 2026 Hosted by the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association (AAITA), this event promotes the development of Indian tourism in Arizona while respecting the cultural integrity of the tribes. The next festival will be held January 31-February 1, 2026. arizonaindiantourism.org/azindianfestival World Championship Hoop Dance Contest This…

SANTA FE, NM This holiday season Blue Rain Gallery will present its popularand collector-friendly Annual Miniature Works Show. The event, which takes place at the Santa Fe location from November 28 through December 9, will showcase many gallery artists, among them Hyrum Joe (Navajo (Diné)), Karen Clarkson (Choctaw), Chris Pappan (Osage/Kaw/Cheyenne River Sioux), Helen K. Tindel (Santa Clara Pueblo), Tony Abeyta (Navajo (Diné)), Ugly Pie (Taos Pueblo), Jesse Littlebird (Laguna Pueblo/Kewa Pueblo) and Starr Hardridge (Muscogee Creek). Collectors can expect a diverse selection of Native and non-Native artwork in the show—all 12 by 12 inches or smaller. One special piece in the show is a collaboration between Tony Abeyta and his son Gabriel Mozart Abeyta, who works under the artist name Ugly Pie. A highly contemporary rendering of a box…

ALBUQUERQUE, NM In the Southwest, pictographs are typically painted on ancestral rocks, often as pigment on basalt, recording important moments of Indigenous presence, migration and history in the area. A new mural installation by the Arrowsoul Art Collective, Indigenous Freeways: Southwest Wildstyle from North to South, is made up of four paintings that blend concepts of the past, present and future of Indigenous pictographic arts. “Ancestral pictographs remain vital sources of present-day and future relationships for Indigenous peoples with past generations. They offer sites of ongoing inspiration for Native artists of the Southwest region to make new connections with earlier forms of artistic expression in the land,” says Michelle J. Lanteri, head curator at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, which is hosting the exhibition. “Ancestral pictographic imagery continues to evoke…

We don’t play favorites here at Native American Art magazine, which is to say that all the different categories and classifications of Native American art are all equally beautiful in our eyes. And yet, if you were to poll the general public, there might be a clear frontrunner and it would be Native American jewelry. I don’t think that statement is even that much of a stretch. Just look at the two big art markets: the largest classification, the one with the most artists, at both Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market is jewelry. But why is that? The answer is obvious: the medium is popular and the art market can sustain it due to the number of buyers out there. We’ve talked…

SANTA FE, NM After its successful first year in 2025, Native Elements is returning to Santa Fe, New Mexico, from May 20 to 25, 2026. The show features an array of events and programming, including an artist panel, an opening party and auction, activities around the Santa Fe Plaza and a full market. As the show gears up for a busy spring of planning, organizer David Young has announced the 2026 featured artists: painter Marla Allison (Laguna Pueblo), potter Autumn Borts-Medlock (Santa Clara Pueblo), jewelry artist Veronica Poblano (Zuni Pueblo), and katsina carver Donald Lomawunu Sockyma (Hopi). Young notes that he’s “excited about this very talented group of artists,” and looks forward to seeing them bring their artwork to collectors in Santa Fe. Native Elements will once again benefit the…

Over the course of a 35-year career in the Southwest, jeweler Arland Ben has become a well-liked and inspirational force in the world of jewelry. The 64-year-old artist starts every day with a thought-provoking quote and by offering well wishes to his social media followers. His humbleness and kindness are reflected in how he lives his life and how interacts with people. Those rich qualities spill over into his jewelry. “I grew up on Navajo land in Aneth, Utah, and I was delivered in the church because there wasn’t a hospital on the Northern Navajo Reservation where I was born,” Ben says. “The nuns were the ones that did all the deliveries for the children on the rez.” Today, Ben is father to two sons and a daughter-in-law—he’s proud of…

Faust Gallery 7100 E. Main Street, Suite 4, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 200-4290, www.faustgallery.com Heard Museum 2301 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 252-8840, www.heard.org Huhugam Ki Museum 10005 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85256 (480) 362-6320, srpmic-nsn.gov/government/culturalresources/hhkm John C. Hill Antique Indian Art 6962 E. First Avenue, Suite 104, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 946-2910, www.johnhillgallery.com King Galleries 7077 E. Main Street, Suite 20, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 481-0187, www.kinggalleries.com Legacy Gallery 7178 Main Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 (480) 945-1113, www.legacygallery.com The Marshall Gallery 7106 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 970-3111, www.themarshallgallery.com Native Art Market 7215 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 (707) 733-6443, www.thenativeartmarket.com R.C. Gorman Navajo Gallery 7116 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 www.rcgormannavajogallery.com S’edav Va’aki Museum 4619 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034…

1. Buffalo Barry’s Indian Art These katsinam are by Oswald White Bear Fredericks (1905-1996). On the left is a Ka’e or Corn katsina, and on the right is a Mana or Hopi Maiden. White Bear Fredericks was the son of noted carver Charles Fredericks and nephew of the renowned Wilson Tawaquaptewa. White Bear was a principle source for Frank Waters’ volume Book of the Hopi. While living in Phoenix he became friends with Senator Barry Goldwater, who was an avid collector of katsina carvings. Sen. Goldwater bought scores of katsinam from White Bear. Eventually Goldwater donated his collection to the Heard Museum, including his White Bear dolls. White Bear was a noted contributor to the tradition of Hopi katsina art. (508) 631-2703 • buffalobarry@charter.net www.buffalobarry.com 2. Mark Sublette Medicine Man…

Cherokee artist and designer Lloyd Kiva New was a revolutionary fashion designer whose career is full of superlatives, including the first Native American ever featured in an international fashion show. What’s almost more remarkable about his career, are the dates associated with the milestones. His appearance at that international pivotal runway show, the Atlantic City International Fashion Show, was in 1951. He opened his own design center in 1955. He dressed Miss Arizona in the Miss American Pageant in 1957. He cofounded the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1962. In a decade, New had become a prominent voice in the Southwest, and an icon among Native Americans. Consider one final date. In 1945, the year World War II ended, New started his own gallery…

SCOTTSDALE, AZ A new two-artist show at King Galleries highlights the creative clay works of Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Jeff Suina (Cochiti Pueblo). Garcia’s latest body of works consist of clay tiles with illustrative designs featuring various Native American characters that reflect on the historic events of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, along with contemporary social commentary works, using corn maiden dancers as his theme. Suina’s modernist sculptures are spiraling forms that seem to defy gravity. Their modern, geometric style is tempered by the use of traditional Cochiti designs. The upcoming exhibition, titled Time and Place, examines how each of these works reflect pueblo culture as a continuum of time and place. “Native potters use the clay as a means of not only creating beauty, but also to…

CORNING, NY In celebration of its 50th anniversary, and in recognition of America’s 250th, the Rockwell Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate, is presenting an exhibition that will highlight Indigenous identity, resilience and creativity through 40 works by more than 30 of today’s leading Native artists. Native Now: Contemporary Indigenous Art at The Rockwell Museum runs January 24, 2026, through May 4, 2026, and features artworks by an impressive roster of renowned artists. On view will be pieces by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, 1940-2025), Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke (Crow)), Preston Singletary (Tlingit), Cannupa Hanska Luger (Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation), Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee), Raven Halfmoon (Caddo), Sarah Sense (Chitimacha/Choctaw), Hayden Haynes (Onödowa’ga:’ (Seneca Deer Clan)/Kiowa/Mvskoke), Edgar Heap of…

LAS VEGAS, NV Western art in every variety—fine art, objects, historical material, memorabilia—is the star of Morphy Auctions’ annual Old West & Native American Art Show & Auction taking place January 23 and 24 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show, long championed by respected art dealer Brian Lebel before he sold it to Morphy, is presenting its third edition of the show in Las Vegas, where it will share floor space with the Las Vegas Antiques Arms Show. “Not only will we have all the great Old West material, but the show will include the firearms show, as well as a firearms engraver and a show dedicated to samurai swords,” says Cheryl Goyda, show manager. “We expect anywhere from 75 to 100 vendors, and then around 600 lots in the…