Contemporary Native American Artists [SOLD]

Contemporary Native American Artists: Pottery, Textiles, Painting, Sculpture, Fine Baskets, and other Authentic Indian Arts and Crafts

Dawn Reno

Alliance Publishing, Inc.

Softcover, first edition, 1995.  230 pages, illustrated with works by listed artists

Disclosure: this copy of the book was endorsed by Alexander E. Anthony, Jr. when it was released.

In this book, the author has included brief biographical sketches of over 1,000 contemporary Native American artists, some of whom you will recognize and some of whom you may not have heard of.  This is an invaluable source for information on contemporary Native artists in every field—pottery, textiles, paintings, sculptures, baskets, and other authentic Indian arts and crafts.

From the Back Cover:

Today's Native American art offers a visual record of traditional cultures, as well as documenting the innovations of contemporary artists as they reinterpret the ancient arts.

Discover artists like Andy Abeita, a Pueblo who carves fetishes from stones that are imbued with the spirit of the animal they represent; Bill Rabbit, an award-winning Cherokee painter; Helen Cordero, a cochiti potter whose storytelling art is making new inroads in southwestern pottery; Gibson Nez, a Navajo jeweler whose reinterpretation of ancient skills results in stunning necklaces and concha belts; Jamie Tawodi Reason, a Cherokee who keeps alive the art of carving designs on cedar boxes; Black Eagle, a Shoshone beadwork artisan; as well as northeast totem pole makers, quitters from the south, midwest basketmakers, painters from the northeast and hundreds more from coast to coast!