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August 17, 2010
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As Summertime Markets are Held Across the Country...
 
..the largest of the year, SWAIA's Annual Indian Market in Santa Fe, is hosted this weekend.  Many of our friends and artists will be there, all hoping for a wonderful show! This is a time for artists to showcase their work, visit with people from across the nation, and enter their best pieces into competition. Many of the artists we work with at the Shop will exhibit and enter their work at Indian Market, so we are all waiting anxiously to see this year's award winners...as well as the up and coming artists who may be entering their work for the very first time.

OPEN THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST - COME SEE WHAT'S NEW!

If you are staying close to home this weekend, and would like a flavor of Indian Market, come on in to visit The Indian Craft Shop, your own local resource for work from across the U.S. right here in Washington, DC.

 
New Work from Favorite Artists
 Ceasar work
We have had recent artist visits by Adam, Krystal and Amy Caesar, who brought their traditional, Southern Plains style metalwork and beadwork (that we have not had for a while). Bruce Caesar (Pawnee) and Arlene Caesar (Kiowa) have raised their children as artists and today they have each become accomplished in their own right. Adam is a fifth generation metalsmith and Krystal and Amy are mastering beadwork and doll making.
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We also had a visit from Mitchell Zephier (Lakota), who continues to design jewelry in the Northern Plains style he began in the late 1970's.  Today, his work is a group effort with help from Belle Star Boy (Lakota) and brother, Rojer Heron (Lakota). Mitchell does inlay-style work with mixed ground materials (red and black pipestone, alabaster and mother of pearl shell), using earthy colors similar to the crushed minerals used in hide paintings.

Since this work is so new, we do not have it posted to our online store yet - if you are interested in a particular piece and cannot make it in to the Shop, please let us know and we can help over the phone, (202)208-4056, or with images through email at The Indian Craft Shop.

 
What's New Online...
 
Recent additions to our online store include new Navajo Folk Art by Matt Yellowman as well as works by Candie John -- roadrunners, chickens and more! You can learn about Navajo Folk Art here

We also have added to our Navajo rug selection, offering many of the classics that will complement just about any décor.  The Shop has hanging and care guidelines for weavings to help you keep your rugs in top condition. Read more about Navajo weavings here.

We also have added more stunning earrings and pendants by Navajo jewelers, Jim Harrison and Jim Poyer.

We wish you a wonderful rest of the summer, and we look forward to seeing you in the Shop!


News from The Interior Museum 
 
Museum Programs and Tours will Continue During Temporary Museum Closure
 
While the Interior Museum is temporarily closed for this next phase of the modernization of the building, there will still be Museum Programs and Building and Mural Tours. At least once a month the Interior Museum will host a speaker or presentation to be held within the Main Interior building.
 
Discover the art and architecture that made the Main Interior Building a "symbol of a new day" during the Great Depression. The Interior Museum Murals Tour lasts an hour and visits photographic murals by Ansel Adams and many of the over fifty murals by artists including Maynard Dixon, Allan Houser, Gifford Beal, and John Steuart Curry. Appointments can be made by calling 202.208.4743.
 
The Interior Museum presents


America's Dangerous Volcanoes
Wednesday, September 1
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Rachel Carson Room, Main Interior Building
 
It has been thirty years since Mount Saint Helens reawakened, but what other volcanoes pose the threat of lava flows, toxic gases, volcanic ash, and mudflows? Bill Burton of the U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program will discuss the efforts being made by the federal government to monitor volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and Yellowstone for eruptive activity.
 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
 - For those in need of special assistance (such as an interpreter for the hearing impaired) or inquiries regarding the handicapped entrance, please notify museum staff at 202-208-4743 in advance programs or tours.   For information on museum programs and mural tours, contact the Interior Museum at 202-208-4743.
 
News from The Department of the Interior Library
 
TOURS AVAILABLE!
The Department of the Interior Library offers public tours of the resources, architecture, and special features of the library. Included in the tours are descriptions of legal and legislative materials on Deck 4 of the library, including the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, and case reporters. Also included will be a look at the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, dating back to 1789, and the library's rare book collection. This tour will be valuable for anyone intending to do research at the DOI Library.
 
To schedule a tour, please contact the DOI Library at 202-208-5815 or e-mail at library@nbc.gov. The DOI Library is located at the C Street entrance in Room 1151 of the Main Interior Building and is open to the public from 7:45 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday (except federal holidays).
 
For special assistance or inquiries, please call the library staff at 202-208-5815.
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Open on Saturday! 

August 21, 2010
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

The Indian Craft Shop is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, and the third Saturday of the month from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm The Shop is closed on federal holidays.

A photo ID is needed for entrance to the building. The visitors' access is at the C Street entrance. Handicap access is available at E Street.

(For weekend handicap access on E Street, contact the Shop at (202) 208-4056 ahead of time, if possible.)

Public Transportation

Farragut West (Blue and Orange Line) and Farragut North (Red Line) are the closest Metro stops. It is a six-block walk, or you can ride an 80 or S1 bus to 18th and C Streets. There is metered parking on the street and several parking lots within a few blocks.

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The Indian Craft Shop
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C.20240
(202) 208-4056
indiancraftshop@guestservices.com