Reception Giclee On Watercolor Paper 12"x32" $750
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Waylon, Willie and Me
28"w x 18"h 2002/Giclee
The guys contributing to my soundtrack of the '70s seemed to always accompany me in times of roadside trials, if only on my 8-track deck. The muses of my changing highway numbers.
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Print 19"x26" $75
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Shonto Begay
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Listen to Shonto on NPR Radio. http://www.knau.org/edgerez4.html
Shonto's Current Events :
See Shonto at the Heard Museum in Phoenix
The 50th Annual Indian Fair &
Market
Help us Restore Hozho (Beauty) February 1st 2008 6pm-8pm Visit Foot of the Sacred Mountain Studio for Flagstaff’s 1st Friday artwalk. Ÿ 7 East Aspen Avenue/Suite #4 (Above the downtown Diner)in the heart of Flagstaff. Howard Shanker at Shonto’s Studio during 1st Friday artwalk! Come and meet Howard Shanker and see why we are inspired for him as a congressman. Howard Shanker will help us Restore Hozho (beauty way) in northern Arizona. He will help create a healthier culture of sustainability and respect for all. Please come and join us!! Learn more at www.shanker2008.com
Also found at these fine galleries : and
Shonto Begay - Diné artist Maternal Clan: Bitter Water Paternal Clan: Salt Clan In Navajo, the word Shonto refers to light reflecting off water. A similar glint is in Shonto Begay’s eyes when his paintbrush meets canvas. Shonto’s writings and paintings capture a moment of Diné, the people. Born on a Navajo reservation sheep camp to a weaver of Tonalea storm patterns and a respected medicine man, as a boy Shonto was removed from his Hogan home and forced to attend a government boarding school away from his family and culture. Now he reclaims his identity through his art, balancing the harsh realities of reservation life with the amazing beauty found among its canyons and mesas. “I am very mindful that painting has saved my life many times over,” says Shonto. “It is how I’ve been able to dilute and even heal my own personal tragedies.” Shonto’s images include truck beds full of families, hitchhikers and mesas that seem to go on forever. From first light upon the red earth to images of Manhattan, his impressionistic brushstrokes depict moments in time that pay homage to his memories or state his concerns about the environment and encroaching development. Shonto is a volunteer with Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Black Mesa Trust and the Save the Peaks efforts. For more information about Native people, land and resources, visit : www.nativemovement.org www.swfa.org www.blackmesawatercoalition.org and www.blackfire.net
“From Beneath The Blanket” acrylic on canvas, 2005 Shonto's multi-award winning work has been featured at the Museum of Northern Arizona, Heard Museum in Phoenix, The Smithsonian Institute, the American Indian Contemporary Arts Museum in San Francisco, Arizona State Museum the American Indian Community House Gallery in New York City. His mural work and pen and ink drawings of the Navajo Legend of the Hero Twins are on display at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe.
"Flagstaff Bound," acrylic on canvas, 2003 Navajo folksinger Clarence Clearwater www.cclearwater.com. Click here
to hear Clarence while you browse this site.
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