Post by blackcrowheart on Jan 17, 2006 21:38:16 GMT -5
D.C. Museum unveils Navajo weaving exhibit
Navajo weaving as it has never been seen before will be unveiled at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum Friday evening (Jan. 13) as part of the official opening of “The Next Phase: Navajo Weaving in the 21st Century from the Getzwiller Collection.
“For the first time in 150 years, weavers have been able to create a truly successful revival of Classic and Late Classic wearing blankets,” said Steve Getzwiller. “These blankets have been woven with churro wool and hand dyed with natural cochineal and indigo dyes - elements that have not been used in over a century.
“As a special feature, the exhibit also includes blankets woven with other materials such as silk and alpaca which have never before been utilized in Navajo weaving,” he added.
More than 50 of the blankets will be exhibited - including a Navajo poncho serape woven by Kathy Marianito, great-great-granddaughter of Maneulito, one of the Navajo's most distinguished leaders, and his wife Juanita who was considered to be one of the finest blanket weavers of her time.
Rugs and saddle blankets have been the mainstay of Navajo weaving for the past 100 years with blankets such as these or any other rarely, if ever, created once commercially manufactured trade blankets were introduced.
The opening of the exhibition on Friday evening, at which many of the blankets are expected to be worn as “wearable art,” is from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Tickets are $50 for members and $65 for non-members, and reservations can be made by calling museum offices at 684-2272, extension 100.
As part of “The Next Phase,” Getzwiller plans to return to the museum Saturday, Feb. 4 to personally identify weavings and basketry.
The session is free to members and $10 for non-members (one piece per person).
www.wickenburgsun.com/articles/2006/01/11/news/news06.txt
Navajo weaving as it has never been seen before will be unveiled at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum Friday evening (Jan. 13) as part of the official opening of “The Next Phase: Navajo Weaving in the 21st Century from the Getzwiller Collection.
“For the first time in 150 years, weavers have been able to create a truly successful revival of Classic and Late Classic wearing blankets,” said Steve Getzwiller. “These blankets have been woven with churro wool and hand dyed with natural cochineal and indigo dyes - elements that have not been used in over a century.
“As a special feature, the exhibit also includes blankets woven with other materials such as silk and alpaca which have never before been utilized in Navajo weaving,” he added.
More than 50 of the blankets will be exhibited - including a Navajo poncho serape woven by Kathy Marianito, great-great-granddaughter of Maneulito, one of the Navajo's most distinguished leaders, and his wife Juanita who was considered to be one of the finest blanket weavers of her time.
Rugs and saddle blankets have been the mainstay of Navajo weaving for the past 100 years with blankets such as these or any other rarely, if ever, created once commercially manufactured trade blankets were introduced.
The opening of the exhibition on Friday evening, at which many of the blankets are expected to be worn as “wearable art,” is from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Tickets are $50 for members and $65 for non-members, and reservations can be made by calling museum offices at 684-2272, extension 100.
As part of “The Next Phase,” Getzwiller plans to return to the museum Saturday, Feb. 4 to personally identify weavings and basketry.
The session is free to members and $10 for non-members (one piece per person).
www.wickenburgsun.com/articles/2006/01/11/news/news06.txt