NPS photo.

Hopi pottery offered at the Friends of Hubbell Native American Art auction.

HUBBELL TRADING POST NATIVE AMERICAN ART AUCTIONS

May 8, 2010

The Friends of Hubbell Trading Post NHS, in partnership with the National Park Service, present two Native American Art Auctions each year. The next auction is set for May 8, 2010. The auction will include contemporary and antique Navajo textiles, Pueblo Katsina dolls, pottery, paintings, carvings and baskets from many tribes. Preview for the auction is from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. with the auction beginning at noon. Auction artwork will be available in everyone's price range from just $20 to well over $4000.

In addition to the auction, arts, crafts and food vendors will be available during the day and the trading post store will be open for your enjoyment.

Each event is held outdoors in a big tent at the National Historic Site in Ganado, Arizona.

Artists must enter their work for the auction, May 3 - May 6. Only authentically handmade Native American art objects will be accepted in the auction and at the vendor tables.

NPS Photo

Park staff harvesting corn.

FARMER'S MARKET

Join Hubbell Trading Post NHS each August through October to participate in the fall Farmer's Market! The market includes produce grown in the Hubbell garden as well as the Ganado community.

NPS photo by Edward Chamberlin.

Luminarias at Hubbell Trading Post.

DECEMBER LUMINARIA NIGHT
AT THE TRADING POST 
December 3, 2009

Over 700 luminarias will be placed on the grounds of the National Historic Site and their candles lit for this annual holiday celebration. The Spanish words luminaria and farrolito mean little lights or flames. This Hispanic tradition is widely practiced in New Mexico and has been presented at Hubbell Trading Post each December since the early 1990s.

NPS PHOTO

Navajo Churro Sheep and Llama.

MINI - "SHEEP IS LIFE" WORKSHOP

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site hosts mini-Sheep is Life workshops each summer. The last workshop was on August 9, 2009. The next workshop has not been announced.  SIL was started in the 1980s with annual conferences beginning in 1996. The mini versions of this event began in 2000 to bring producer/livestock education, fiber arts and animal husbandry experiences to the local Navajo communities and to share the knowledge with other interested visitors.

At the Hubbell workshop you will learn about the role Churro sheep play in Navajo culture and meet the Hubbell Trading Post NHS Navajo Churro sheep. Bring your weaving tools to practice with and your projects to share with others.

There will also be hands-on learning:
> Dyeing
> Spinning
> Weaving

Bring your lunch and enjoy a picnic in the shade of the cottonwood trees.

Jointly sponsored by: Dine Be Iina, Inc.
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
WARP-Ganado Spin-Off Weaving Group

Click the titles above to learn more about Dine' be Iina, Inc. and the "Sheep Is Life" conferences.