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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.
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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.
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New Work from Favorite
Artists
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.
. 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
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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!
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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
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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Indian Craft Shop
Retail
Hours
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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