Indian Basketry Artists of the Southwest: Deep Roots, New Growth

by Susan Brown McGreevy, Kevin Navasie (Foreword)

Exploring the history and the current renaissance of basket making in the Native American Southwest, this lavishly illustrated volume features the work and words of the contemporary basket makers that participated in a Convocation at the School of American Research. The basket makers range in age from twenty-one to eighty-two and represent the Akimel O'odham, Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Tohono O'odham tribes.

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Peter Tillman]

Very nice little book on contemporary Indian baskets and their makers

In 1997 the School of American Research organized a meeting in Santa Fe of ten currently-active basketmakers (8 women and 2 men), each of whom were also commissioned to make a basket for SAR's permanent collection. This little book was the result, and it's a winner. One of SAR's Contemporary Indian Artists series, the book includes a nice capsule biography of each artist and photos of their work, including the commissioned basket. There's also a bit of historical background, and some nice photos from the meeting, with comments by the participants. All in all, a very attractive and successful package, well-worth checking out.

You might also find Indian Painters of the Southwest: The Deep Remembering (Contemporary Indian Artists), in the same series, to be of interest. It's of comparable high quality.