Native American Art Market in NYC This Weekend

The annual Native American Art Market returns this weekend to the Museum of the American Indian in Lower Manhattan, including the opportunity to meet with the Native American artists.

This is your chance to buy museum quality one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry, pottery, baskets, sculptures, paintings, apparel, beadwork and other artwork and crafts at affordable prices for yourself or for gifts, directly from the artists.

This information is from 2017

See 2019 information here

The Native Art Market is being held simultaneously at the Museum of the American Indian in NYC, a branch of the Smithsonian, and at the main museum in Washington, D.C. 

Vendors are selected by the museum, so you can be assured everything is museum quality. Prices range from $50 to $5,000.

The Smithsonian Native Art Market is FREE admission, Saturday/Sunday, Dec. 5/6, 10am  to 5:30pm both days.

Plus, there’s a ticketed preview on Friday, Dec. 1st, 4-7 p.m. to meet with the artists at a wine and cheese event and get early access to the arts sale, plus guided tours of current exhibits.

Tickets are $50, direct from the museum.

Native American artisans at the 2017 Smithsonian Native Art Market  include

Lester Abeyta (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
Jewelry

Allen Aragon (Navajo)
allenaragongallery.com
Mixed media

Abraham Begay (Navajo)
Jewelry

Melesio Benally (Navajo)
Jewelry

Aaron Brokeshoulder (Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma)
doyouhaveabrokeshoulder.com
Jewelry

Jared Chavez (Pueblo of San Felipe)
chavezstudio.com
Jewelry

Makwesa Chimerica (Hopi)
Sculpture, carvings

Kelly Church (Gun Lake Band)
woodlandarts.com
Basketry

Sam Dimmick (Inupiat)
Sculpture, carvings

Glendora Fragua (Jemez Pueblo)
Pottery

Wayne Gaussoin (Navajo/Picuris Pueblo)
Jewelry

Ronni and Stonehorse Goeman (Onondaga and Tonawanda Seneca)
Basketry

Dorothy Grant (Haida)
dorothygrant.com
Textiles, attire

Tahnee Growing Thunder (Kiowa)
Beadwork

Charles (Dukon) Harris (Comanche Nation)
Illustration, drawing

Jimmie Harrison (Navajo)
Jewelry

Jeremy Harrison (Navajo)
Jewelry

J. NiCole Hatfield (Comanche)
jnicolehatfield.com
Painting

Brenda Hill (Six Nations/Tuscarora)
Pottery

KarenLyne Hill (Onondaga Nation)
Beadwork

Grant Jonathan (Tuscarora)
Beadwork

Milton Laughing (Navajo)
Textiles, attire

Ellouise Padilla (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
Jewelry

Veronica Poblano (Pueblo of Zuni)
Jewelry

Harlan Reano and Lisa Holt (Santo Domingo Pueblo and Cochiti Pueblo)
holtreano.com
Pottery

Christy Ruby (Tlingit)
crubydesigns.com
Textiles, attire

Troy Sice and Raymond Tsalate (Pueblo of Zuni)
Sculpture, carving

Charlene Sanchez Reano (Pueblo of San Felipe)
Jewelry

Kateri Sanchez (Pueblo of Zuni)
Sculpture, carvings

Penny Singer (Diné)
pennysinger.com
Textiles, attire

Naomi Smith (Chippewas of Nawash)
Mixed media

Mark Stevens (Laguna Pueblo)
markdstevens.com
Jewelry

Shannon Stevens (Laguna Pueblo/Hopi)
srs.photos
Photography

Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo)
kathleenwall.com
Pottery

Berta Welch (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah)
Jewelry

Black Pinto Horse and Monte Yellow Bird, Sr. (Arikara/Hidatsa)
blackpintohorsefinearts.com
Illustration, drawing

Remember, the Museum of the American Indian is always free to visit.

See the NYCOTC list of free days and times at NYC museums that charge admission.

photo of beadwork by Tahnee Growingthunder courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in NYC.

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