Katsina Carvers Convocation
January 26-30, 2004
Hopi carvers from throughout the Southwest convened at the School for Advanced Research on January 26-30, 2004. Facilitated by
the Indian Arts Research Center, the convocation brought together
ten accomplished
carvers representing a broad range of views, ages, and experience.
Co-chairs Kathy Whitaker, director of the Indian Arts Research Center,
and Armand
Fritz, a Hopi carver and the 2003 Rollin and Mary Ella King Artist
Fellow, asked the participants to explore questions about specific
contemporary
issues in Hopi katsina carving.
This convocation is the second gathering of
carvers at the IARC. The first occurred in November 1999. The 2004
event was held at the
SAR seminar house and in the IARC vaults.
On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 6:30 pm,
a reception to honor the carvers was held in the Dubin Artist Studio.
IARC and SAR patrons
and the general public were invited.
The convocation is part of IARC’s ongoing documentation of its
katsina collection. Hopi carvers and representatives from the Hopi
Cultural Preservation Office have been talking with the IARC staff
about today’s carvers; their identities as individuals, artists,
and members of the Hopi tribe; contemporary technology; current values;
copyright issues; family genealogies; and the appropriation and commodification
of the katsina form by other cultures. IARC director Kathy Whitaker
and collections manager Shannon Parker have been conducting interviews
with many carvers since September 2003 to ensure a broad understanding
of these issues.
The School for Advanced Research thanks the Hopi Tribe for its cooperation
with this continuing project and the publication that will result from
it.
Participants:
Armand Fritz (Keams Canyon; Walpi, First Mesa)
Philip Honanie (Village of Shungopovi)
Philbert Honanie (Village of Hotevilla)
Albert Honie (Village of Hano)
Esther Jackson (Sichomovi, First Mesa)
Brendon Kayquoptewa (Hotevilla, Third Mesa)
Ramson Lomatewama (Flagstaff; Hotevilla, Second Mesa)
Jolynn "Silas" Navajo (Village of Sichomovi)
Bertram Tsavadawa (Village of Old Oraibi)
Ila Lomawaima (Village of Shungopovi; resides in Polacca)
Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Director, Cultural Preservation Office (Village of Hotevilla) Thursday's session
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