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Hey guys if ya'll haven't made it down to El Paso lately you should definately consider taking a road trip. I went into El Paso Saddleblanket Co. this past weekend and they have a great art gallery showcasing local artist. I picked up some souvenir's for the family while I was there too. Anywho, it's a nice place to visit while I was in town.
A handcrafted southwest style basket is a trademark of wonderful craftsmen and a salute to the art of basket weaving. The basket weaving art form is one of the oldest known crafts – dating back 9,000 years.
Basket making is also the most basic of all crafts in its methods and materials. It is a local art, based on materials found in an area and dyes from plants found in an area.
With so many types of plant materials used, so many environments affecting what grew where and how baskets were used, it’s no wonder that there are a lot of differences when looking at the weaving techniques, shapes and patterns.
Woven from a variety of plant materials by three basic techniques - plaiting, twining, and coiling - baskets had many uses .Baskets are perhaps one of the greatest visual expressions of American Indian culture. As native people were displaced from their traditional lands and lifestyles, their traditional tribal basketweaving styles started to change somewhat as they adapted to new materials and absorbed the customs of new neighbors, and in places like Oklahoma where many tribes were interred together, fusion styles of basketweaving arose. However, unlike some traditional native crafts, the original diversity of Native American basket styles is still very much evident today.
Southwest basket makers were masters of coiling techniques, the dominant southwestern type as long ago as 2000 B.C. And, 4,000 years later, the flat circular plaques and trays, shallow ceremonial bowls, and bulging urn-shaped storage jars remain closely identified as Southwest Baskets.
Dear Friends,
We want to update everyone on the coming events and hopefully start getting the word out. Please remember, this schedule is by no means final and certainly subject to changes and corrections. We are still accepting participation request, but most (not all) of the first seven weeks are booked. I think we have a terrific line up with some great talent. We will start scheduling the second seven weeks around the first of February. The participants who bring and/or draw the most traffic will be the first to be invited back. We have a beautiful new runway gallery now setup and invite everyone to visit at anytime. We charge no commission or fees of any kind. The Artist and Book sellers keep ALL the money. We ask the participants to be present from 10am-4pm and sell only their own work.. This is how it looks now .
Leon Metz, writer and historian
Bill Rakocy, artist & writer
Mario Parra, artist painter
Fred Morales, writer historian (pending)
Embree Hale, photographer of petroglyphs
Saturday Jan. 26, 2008
Ken Hudnall, writer
Virginia Maria Romero, artist painter
Bill Vaughn, Cowboy pencil artist
Genny Fishner, landscape photographer
Bill Crawford, writer (pending)
Saturday Feb. 2, 2008
Annie Perez, photographer
Marian Haddad, poet & writer
Daniel Chacon, writer
Bob Adams, artist painter
Susan Perez, artist painter
Carol Ward, weaver
Saturday Feb. 9, 2008
John Middagh, writer westerns
Patsy King, writer & historian
Judith Garcia, potter & jeweler (pending)
Sean Mathis, photographer
Billie Sol Estes, autobiography writer
Saturday Feb. 16, 2008
Donna Munch, writer
Robert Skimin, writer
Phil Yost, artist painter
Narrie Toole, artist painter (pending)
Joanna Bradley, NM gourd artist
Saturday Feb. 23, 2008
Harley Shaw, outdoor nature writer (pending)
Jan Haley, NM photographer (pending)
Sue Bason , artist painter (pending)
Robert “Shoofly” Shufelt, cowboy graphite artist (pending)
Carmen Navar, artist painter (pending)
Saturday Mar. 1, 2008
Lisa Malooly, writer
Mauricio Mora, artist painter
Albert Alvidrez, Tigua Potter (every Saturday0
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
JAY’S PIX… Film Festival - Movie poster, DVD’s, memorabilia EXPO & Sale
Saturday, Oct 4, 2008
Huge 2nd annual Tigua Native American Market & Pow Wow (EPSB back parking lot)
Saturday, Oct 18, 2008
Huge 2nd annual DOG LOVER’S FAIR (EPSB parking lot-west side)
Saturday, Nov 8, 2008
Kinky Friedman Cigar Party and Book signing
p.s. if you have questions, corrections or comments please contact Annie or Melissa theArts@ElPasoSaddleblanket.com All exhibits are subject to change or cancellation at anytime ……
Thank You,
Dusty Henson, owner & founder
El Paso Saddleblanket Co ( 38 years in business)
