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Tapestry Art of Dy Begay
$93.48
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2024
Summary
The first book dedicated to the contemporary Dine artist, featuring 80 stunning tapestries and essays exploring her life and legacy.
Discover the unique weaving traditions of the Navajo Nation in this joyous celebration of Indigenous art and history.
A fifth-generation weaver, DY Begay’s transformative tapestries reflect her family tradition, her Dine identity, and the natural beauty of the Navajo Nation reservation where she grew up. The first book devoted to Begay’s career, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588347565 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1588347567 |
| Author: | Cécile R. Ganteaume, America Meredith, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, Dy Begay, Jennifer Mclerran |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 229mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
BOOKLIST, STARRED REVIEW
“Skeins of yarn in lustrous earth and sky colors form a wool rainbow in one of the opening images in this beautifully designed volume celebrating the creations of renowned Diné tapestry artist Begay, a fifth-generation weaver. […] Her influences, process, and art are explored from different perspectives in illuminating essays by art historians and curators, while Begay’s personal commentary accompanies her exquisite, luminous, richly dimensional, and endlessly contemplative tapestries.”
About The Author
Cécile R. Ganteaume
DY BEGAY is a fifth-generation Dine weaver born into the Tłʼtsohnii (Big Water) clan and the Tachii’nii (Red Running into the Water/Earth) clan.
CECILE R. GANTEAUME is a curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
JENNIFER MCLERRAN is the author of A New Deal for Navajo Weaving and A New Deal for Native Art.
JENNIFER NEZ DENETDALE (Dine) is the author of Reclaiming Dine History.
AMERICA MEREDITH (Cherokee Nation) is the publishing editor of First American Art Magazine.
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