A new exhibit at Colonial Williamsburg’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum will give visitors a look at blankets and rugs crafted by 19th-century Navajo artisans when it opens later this summer ...

Tom Sharpe On the second Friday of every month, two very different groups of people, most of them New Mexicans, get together at a school on the Navajo reservation for one of the state's most unique ...

“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...

We recently had a project involving Southwest art, in which we fell in love with the items we were appraising. The largest section of this project had to do with Kachina dolls. We knew they were ...

Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 ...

Woven history: During a recent visit to the National Gallery of Art, computer historian Ken Shirriff stumbled across a Navajo weaving with a strangely familiar pattern. Upon closer inspection, he ...