Join us to celebrate the publication of Woven from the Center: Native Basketry in the Southwest, by Associate Curator Diane Dittemore (UA Press, 2023). Bring your copy for the author to sign or buy one onsite ($75).

Basket weavers from around the region, many highlighted in the book, will be showing and selling their wares. Buy directly from these artists (and others):

Annie Antone (Tohono O’odham)
Ruby Chimerica (Hopi)
Rikki Francisco (Akimel O’odham)
Angelina and Elsie Holiday (Diné)
Iva Casuse Honwynum (Hopi/Navajo)
Terrol D. Johnson and Tohono O’odham Basket Weavers
Kathy Kooyahoema (Hopi)
Chris Lewis (Zuni)
Jessica Lomatewama (Hopi)
Shelden Nuñez-Velarde (Jicarilla Apache)
Mary Pablo (Tohono O’odham)
Leona Romero (Tohono O’odham)
Evelyn Rope (Western Apache)
Alberta Selina (Hopi)
Lola Thomas (Tohono O’odham)
August Wood (Salt River Pima-Maricopa)

See the exhibit, Woven Through Time: American Treasures of Native Basketry and Fiber Art.

This event is just one of several occurring on March 23, as part of the University of Arizona’s Museum Day.