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Works by, left to right, Pablita Velarde, Helen Hardin, Margarete Bagshaw
3 Writers, 3 Painters, 3 Books
Monday, February 18
2 to 4 p.m.
Encanto Room
Free to the public; museum admission additional
Join painter Margarete Bagshaw and journalist Kate Nelson as they talk about Bagshaw's memoir, Teaching My Spirit to Fly, and Nelson's biography, Helen Hardin: A Straight Line Curved, in a special appearance, discussion and book signing here at the Heard. These and a third book in the three-volume set (images of each of the three above) on this mother-daughter-granddaughter combination, Pablita Velarde: In Her Own Words, by Shelby Tisdale, will be available for purchase at $85 for the set. Bagshaw and Nelson will sign their books.
The Heard Museum Council presents Nights at North
Four Wednesdays,
January 30, February 6, 13, 20
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The Heard Museum North Scottsdale’s winter series returns with
four special evenings of fellowship, food and drink – and art. The topic on February 20 is Contemporary Navajo Weaving in a Historical Context. Ann Lane Hedlund, Ph.D.,
joins us for a conversation on the landscape of Navajo weaving from
the past and current themes of today. Hedlund is the curator of
ethnology at the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
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Hoop Dance Contest Results!
Derrick Suwaima Davis (Hopi/Choctaw) of Hotevilla, Ariz., above, totaled the most points to become the 2013 adult division World Champion Hoop Dancer at the 23rd annual contest held Sunday, February 10, here at the Heard Museum. Judges invoked a rare extra tiebreaker round to determine other winners of the adult division.
Click here for the winners →
Jones Benally (Dine), below right, received the inaugural Heard Museum Hoop  Dance Legacy Award during a break in the action at a special ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Libby Amphitheater.
Special Veterans Tour
now available!
Twice daily
Mondays through Fridays,
until March 30, 2013
Visit group tours page →
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