Navajo
Rug Weaving, Dying, History and Buying
With Dr. Jen McLerran
June 12, 2010 :: 12 p.m.
Dr. McLerran, former curator at MNA and professor of art history and
museum studies at Northern Arizona University, will share her knowledge of
the tradition and art of Navajo rug weaving. Her most recent publications
include A New Deal for Native Art: Indian Arts and Federal Policy 1933–1943,
a study of Native American arts during the New Deal era, and Weaving Is
Life: Navajo Weavings from the Edwin L. and Ruth E. Kennedy Southwest Native
American Collection.
This Insight Presentation is in conjunction with the 4th Semi-Annual
Navajo Rug Auction.