CORTEZ – The Navajo for generations have created sand paintings for use in sacred ceremonies. Diné artist Bento Yazzie has a unique take on the art form, but he struggles to describe what it’s like to ...

In Mrs. Ullrich and Miss Parlavecchio’s Social Studies class at the Frank K. Hehnly School in Clark , the fifth grade students created their own versions of a Navajo Sand Painting. After having ...

A free public gathering, sponsored by the Lakewood Bahai’s, will feature a presentation by Native American sand painter Mitchell Silas. A Navajo born and raised on ancestral lands, Mitchell has been ...

13" x 11 10 1/8" x 10 1/8" 9 3/8" dia.

15 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (38.4 x 46.4 cm.), frame: 26 x 32 x 1 in. 66 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm.

While most visual artists can saunter over to an arts-supply store to get their materials, Michael Augustin’s situation is a bit different. Through rattlesnake-filled canyons, down cliffs and across ...

Eugene Joe is a Diné sand art painter from Shiprock, New Mexico. Eugene comes from a family of sand painters and has spent 50 years as an artist. His work reflects his Diné culture and includes ...

According to legend, the Navajo Indians learned art from their gods. The gods painted lasting pictures on buckskin, but they told the Navajos to make sand-paintings and destroy them as soon as they ...