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Show update: Opening day of Honoring the Weavers in Canvas and Bronze at the historic Toadlena Trading Post
The Wopila Artist Guild would like to thank everyone who attended the June 18, 2011 festivities at the historic Toadlena Trading Post. Wopila co-founders painter James Ayers and sculptor Craig Bergsgaard enjoyed meeting the hundreds of people who came out to enjoy the day’s events. Toadlena Museum Show In 2010, Ayers and Bergsgaard founded Wopila Artist Guild, resolved to give back to Native American communities that fueled artists’ inspiration. After a trip to the historic Toadlena Trading Post and meeting the post’s proprietors, Mark Winter and Linda Larouche, they developed the idea for Honoring The Weavers in Canvas and Bronze. Honoring the Weavers contains three ...
Artwork for Sale to Benefit Navajo Weavers
All of the artwork on this page will be sold as part of the first Wopila benefit art show. Twenty percent of the proceeds from all six pieces, three paintings and the #1 version of each sculpture will be donated to the Toadlena Young Weaver’s Project, a non-profit fund administered by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. These pieces will be unveiled for the weaving community of Toadlena at trading post's bi-annual fiesta on June 18, 2011 and will be on exhibit through August 21, 2011. Theart work is available for presale, now, before the show begins. Our goal ...
Safekeeping
UPDATE: "Safekeeping" has been sold. 20% of the sale price of "Safekeeping" will benefit a fund for the young weavers of the historic Toadlena Trading Post. Safekeeping features a c. 1880s Navajo woman wearing a traditional woven dress and holding a lamb from her flock. [singlepic id=23 w=600 h=600 float=center] [nggallery id=4] Safekeeping by James Ayers Oil on board 16" x 20" $4,800 Your purchase of Safekeeping helps keep the Navajo weaving tradition of the historic Toadlena Trading Post alive Twenty percent of the proceeds from the sale of this painting will be donated to the Toadlena Young Weaver’s Project, a non-profit fund administered by the Wheelwright Museum ...
The Chaperone
Craig Bergsgaard's sculpture, The Chaperone, features a Navajo woman tending to the young sheep of her flock. The shepherdess is wearing the traditional blanket dress and bun hairstyle of 150 years ago. [singlepic id=58 w=600 h=600 float=center] [nggallery id=6] The Chaperone by Craig Bergsgaard 32"H x 14"W x 14"D Bronze $7,000 Your purchase of The Chaperone helps weaving education at the historic Toadlena Trading Post Twenty percent of the sale of the first piece in this edition will be donated to the the Toadlena Young Weaver’s Project, a non-profit fund administered by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. The #1 version of The Chaperone will have ...
Patterns of Tradition
Patterns of Tradition depicts the traditional family-based Navajo weaving tradition. James got the inspiration for this piece after visiting with one of the Master Weavers at the historic Toadlena Trading Post. The weaver, Pamela Brown, told James that one of her earliest memories was the sound of the loom "clacking" as she was seated next to it as a baby. [singlepic id=9 w=600 h=600 float=center] [nggallery id=2] Patterns of Tradition by James Ayers 30" x 40" oil on linen $14,500 Your purchase of Patterns of Tradition helps the weavers of the historic Toadlena Trading Post Twenty percent of the proceeds from the sale of this painting will go ...
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Show update: Opening day of Honoring the Weavers in Canvas and Bronze at the historic Toadlena Trading Post
The Wopila Artist Guild would like to thank everyone who attended the June 18, 2011 festivities at the historic Toadlena Trading Post. Wopila co-founders painter James Ayers and sculptor Craig Bergsgaard enjoyed...
NOW! See the Complete Wopila Collection to benefit the historic Toadlena Trading Post
We now have the Wopila art collection for our 2011 benefit up for you to view! We have now posted our gallery of painting and sculpture for our first benefit showHonoring the Weavers with Canvas and Bronze. Work...
A visit to historic Toadlena Trading Post:
The weavers give feedback on paintings and sculpture
Getting valuable input on artwork from Navajo weavers At the end of September, sculptor Craig Bergsgaard and painter James Ayers visited historic Toadlena Trading Post to show preliminary versions of the pieces...
Announcing a one-of-a kind art show:
Honoring Weavers with Canvas and Bronze
The story of two Colorado artists, one Navajo trading post, 45 weaving families, and 350 years of history On June 18, 2011, Toadlena Trading Post will host the opening of Wopila Artist Guild’s first benefit...
Wopila Artist Guild: Artists supporting art education for Native American youth
“We want to do our part to make sure the traditions that have inspired our work are kept alive for future generations.”~ Painter and Wopila co-founder, James Ayers Two artists want to give back Wopila Artist...
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