Exhibits and Shows
Time changes life for everyone, and that’s especially true for the Navajo. During the last part of 19th century, trading posts opened up and traditional life for the Navajo began to evolve rapidly; especially when it came to Navajo weavers. It was with the changes to wool, newly available dyes, and the transition from wearing blankets to floor rugs; that gave way to this “transitional” period and thus, Transitional Rugs were born.
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The Heard Museum exhibit COLOR RIOT !, How color Changed Navajo Textiles (April - September 2019)
We are proud to participate in this exhibit! Some of our most visually interesting weavings are featured in this excellent show - 14 to be exact. We hope everyone interested in Navajo weavings has an opportunity to see this exciting event!
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MASTER WEAVINGS OF THE NAVAJO CHURRO COLLECTION (March 2019-August 2019 Sonoita AZ NRG)
Steve and Gail's love of Navajo weaving started as a passion for collecting, that morphed into a business and then into a gallery. In the 1990's they started the Navajo Churro Collection - providing the weavers with Navajo Churro Wool that was custom spun and hand dyed with the finest natural and aniline dyes available. The real artistry comes from the weavers magically putting the wefts into a spacial design - that is at times beyond belief.
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TIMELESS TREASURE OF TWO GREY HILLS (2017-2018 Sonoita AZ NRG)
Historically traders encouraged unique and signature designs for Navajo rugs in their particular area. In the case of Toadlena and Two Grey Hills they worked to enhance marketability and cultivate regional styles.
This exhibit highlights differing phases of influence on the Navajo weaver. Showcasing historic textiles we have collected over the years, as well as those commissioned from weavers we have worked with over the last 45 years.
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One Trader’s Legacy: Steve Getzwiller Collects the West (2017- ) Wickenburg AZ DCWM
Steve Getzwiller, cowboy, collector, and Indian trader-started his lifelong passion for collecting the west and Native American artifacts nearly 50 years ago, beginning as a teenager with his exposure to the Amerind Museum and mentor Charles C. Di Peso. A natural trader, he has become known for his work with weavers from the Navajo Nation. While Getzwiller has collaborated with multiple museums to present exhibitions of historic and contemporary Navajo Textiles, One Trader’s Legacy marks the first time that Getzwiller’s personal collection of rugs, paintings, pottery, baskets, Apache Material, saddles, guns and more will be on public view.
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NAVAJO TEXTILES AS MODERN ART (2017 Sonoita AZ NRG)
Our goal for this exhibition is to present a wide variety of Navajo textiles which represent many facets of Modern Art, from minimalism to multi-dimensional design concepts. There is always the question of what came first? Whatever the theory - The Navajo Weaver is part of the mix and was generally far ahead of their time. Read here the article Encore! Encore! Encore! by Susan Sorg about this great show.
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THE DAZZLED EYE EXHIBITION (2017 Tucson Desert Art Museum)
Featuring selections from world-renowned collectors Steve and Gail Getzwiller, The Dazzled Eye contrasts these works of woven art with American Op Art by exploring the popularity and history of Navajo Eyedazzlers and optical weavings. This exhibition will also show how these works by Navajo weavers epitomize Navajo aesthetics and a mindfulness of movement.
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PAINTING WITH WOOL EXHIBITION (2016 Sonoita AZ NRG)
PAINTING WITH WOOL, is an historic event for Steve and Gail Getzwiller, as it is the second exhibit and sale at their own gallery. A large turn out made it a great success and the gracious presence of Elsie Bia, Master Weaver, again demonstrating at her loom, was the frosting on the cake.
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EXHIBIT: WOVEN HOLY PEOPLE (2016 Sonoita AZ: NRG)
Woven Holy People was an historic event for Steve and Gail Getzwiller, as it was the first exhibit and sale at their own gallery. It turned out to be a great success and so, more exhibits are planned.
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EXHIBIT: WOVEN NATION (2014 Tubac AZ)
Paying homage to the Navajo Nation's greatest weavers and the art from their historic past. This exhibit celebrates the Navajo Nation's Weaving Art, like no other! Historic Blankets Child's Blankets, and Serapes, early regional styles of the Navajo Nation showing the various Trading Post Regions of the Navajo Reservation.
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EXHIBIT: NAVAJO WEAVING IN THE PRESENT TENSE (2010 San Jose CA)
Navajo Weaving in the Present Tense: The Art of Lucy and Ellen Begay is the first retrospective exhibition by Navajo weavers Lucy Begay and her only daughter Ellen Begay. Drawn primarily from the private collection of Gary Beaudoin, the exhibit features eighteen, one-of-a-kind artworks woven by Lucy and Ellen over the past twenty years.
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Southwest Design Conference (2007 Santa Fe NM)
The Southwestern Design Conference was a special event held in 2007 in Santa Fe New Mexico - a Showcase for the best Southwestern Interior Design Ideas. It was also an offshoot of the Western Design Conference in Cody Wyoming.
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EXHIBIT: THE NEXT PHASE (2006 Wickenburg AZ)
This exhibit was truly history in the making! The Next Phase offered a revival of woven Navajo blankets "actually Navajo Blankets"!!! for the first time, in well over 100 years!!! The entire exhibit featured Navajo Blankets woven in the style of the Classic Blankets, an accomplishment never achieved before.
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Cody Wyoming Western Design Conference (2006)
The road to fine wearable Navajo Shawls was a slow process. Steve Getzwiller in the 1990s began working with the Marianito family and coaxed them along the path to weave finer and finer blankets. He would bring historic textiles from before the turn of the century for them to examine. Kathy Marianito and her sister-in-laws would study them and figure out how the wool was warped and the weft was laid into the weaving to build a supple blanket.
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EXHIBIT: TREASURES OF THE NAVAJO HORSEMEN (2003 Wickenburg AZ)
Steve and Gail Getzwiller were very enamored with Navajo Saddle Blankets and very anxious to share their collection at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum.Following the saddle blankets through the timeline of the Navajo people reveals where some rugs were woven, what time period, and sometimes the purpose of the weaving. Saddle blankets were the last blankets the Navajo wove for themselves. Early designs reflected the simple wearing blanket elements and later designs were traceable to regions of the reservation.
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EXHIBIT: 2001 - THE GETZWILLER COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY NAVAJO WEAVINGS 1975-2000
“The Navajo Churro Collection” was part of a major exhibition at the DESERT CABAKKEROS WESTERN MUSEUM in Wickenburg Arizona. The exhibition represented Steve’s accomplishments and contributions to Navajo Weaving from 1975-2000, featuring the best weaving examples resulting from the collaborative work between Steve and some of the finest Navajo weavers of our time.
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EXHIBIT: ART & HISTORY WOVEN TOGETHER (1999 Wickenburg AZ)
'The Steve and Gail Getzwiller Historic Navajo Textile Exhibition at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg Arizona' 1999. Art, Artists, Dyes, Design, Earth, Energy, History, Landscape, Life, Loom, Medline, Native People, Pride, Sacred, Sheep........ NAVAJO Art & History Woven Together.... ambled from one area to the next - weaving a story of Navajo History.
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