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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