Above: Painting by Heather Johnston. Courtesy of SWAIA.
EVERY AUGUST, THE SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET draws the best Indigenous artists in America and hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Plaza for a weekend of dancing, fashion shows, and incomparable art. This year, while all that changes, the art survives as Indian Market moves online for the first time in its 98-year history. Starting August 1, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts website serves as a hub for more than 440 juried artists to sell directly to visitors. Livestreamed fashion shows, artist interviews, and other daily programs run all month, including a Zoom sale August 15–16 where you can meet the artists.
Courtesy of SWAIA.
A Portrait of Erin Lewis Johnson, oil-on-canvas painting by Karen Clarkson (Choctaw/Cherokee) - pictured above on the left.
Pia and Me, acrylic-on-canvas painting by J. NiCole Hatfield (Comanche/Kiowa) - pictured above on the right.
Courtesy of SWAIA.
Morenci pendant by New Mexico’s Mark D. Stevens (Laguna Pueblo) - pictured above on the left.
Traditional Santa Clara pottery by New Mexico’s Madeline Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo) - pictured above on the right.
Above left: courtesy of Charles King of King Galleries. Above right: courtesy of SWAIA
Water Drinking Maiden, red mica vase with silver inlay by New Mexico’s Preston Duwyenie (Hopi) - pictured above on the left.
Spirit World Army, pottery by New Mexico’s Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo) - pictured above on the right.
Courtesy of SWAIA
She Knew She Could Grow Wherever She Was Planted, bronze-and-patina sculpture by Holly Wilson (Delaware/Cherokee) - pictured above.
Courtesy of SWAIA
Sunflower, bronze sculpture by Kim Obrzut (Hopi) - pictured above on the left.
Black jet necklace with embellishments by New Mexico’s Ca’Win Jimmy Fred Calabaza (Kewa Pueblo) - pictured above on the right.