A bad breakup with Clark Gable brought Millicent Rogers to Taos, New Mexico, in 1947. There, the Standard Oil heiress found more than just solace. She discovered a rich Native American culture that ...
Jesse Monongya is a master Navajo/Hopi jeweler Monongya is best known for his night-sky designs inlaid into a bear shape, which symbolizes strength and power, as well as other forms. His bracelets, ...
Denise Wallace, "Origins, Roots, and Sources: Past, Present, and Future " (2021), five piece belt, sterling silver, 14K Gold, fossilized walrus tusk, lapis, petrified ...
A jeweler from North Africa learns traditional methods from a renown Hopi jeweler in this Murrow Award-winning piece from AZPM. Plus, meet a filmmaker and visual artist whose work centers around ...
While the jewelry fad has waned, artisans continue to make designs in silver and turquoise. By Janelle Conaway ALBUQUERQUE — Someday, Andrew Thomas plans to have a silver watch cuff custom-made in ...
Charles Loloma (1921-1992) is considered the father of contemporary Indian jewelry. But when he was first attempting to sell his wares at Indian art markets, curators didn’t consider his work “Indian ...