Hello fellow Art Fair Insiders! I am humbled to share the news that a piece I submitted was chosen as one of the poster art images to showcase the Hopi Native All Native Festival scheduled for September 27-28, 2014 in Flagstaff, AZ. Tshirts and posters are available for purchase and the proceeds go to a great cause. More information can be found at www.hopiallnativefestival.com. Thanks, Dalton
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Congratulations, Dalton. A very cool poster and no surprise that it was chosen. Thank you for sharing it with us here. I wish others would also share their good fortune. It inspires us all.
Hi Connie, Thanks. That may be why I shared. Inspiration. As artists others tend to look to our creativity for inspiration while at times we as artists get inspired and need to get inspired by the creativity of others from time to time.
Love your work Dalton. It looks great. Congrats on winning the poster contest.
Thanks for sharing this with us. Do you take part in this festival?
Hi Jacki,
Thanks for the support. I do take part in this festival. I've participated since it started five years ago but never got around to submitting anything before. When it first start it was mainly Hopi art and artists but last year the sponsors opened it up to other surrounding tribes (Navajo, Apache, New Mexico pueblos, etc.) which greatly enhanced the festival. There are dance groups throughout the two days and last year a group traveled in from one of the New Mexico pueblos and performed a deer dance. I see you live in Michigan are there any types of these festivals around your area?
Oh, what a wonderful explanation...I like it even more now, knowing the sentiment of the piece. Thanks for that.
I would like to share this with you: my brother has a place out in NM and had given me a special gift of a 15 CD compilation set with music that he curated, downloaded and burned, etc., and each CD is encased in a lovingly drawn and watercolor-painted image of a kachina (see image attached); each CD in the collection is entitled with the name of a kachina...but I don't think I see "Kwasaitaka" in this collection. (We only really got around to talking about the artwork and the music though I know very little about each kachina)...I just loved the fact that he made this for me!
I will look forward to proudly wearing/sharing your art, too.
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Hi Colleen, Those covers are pretty cool. They look like the older style of kachina dolls and no, I don't see the Kwasaitaka either.
Just bought one!! yay.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations! I don't know much about the Hopi culture so I can't say what this image may signify but I know that I like it, as it has an endearing quality about it...I think I will look at those T-shirts!
Hi Colleen,
Thanks for the support. In a nutshell the Hopi culture is one of the oldest in North America with one of the oldest continuous inhabited settlements in North America. The Hopi culture is primarily base on a natural and world view and believe the ceremonies we perform are for the benefit of all living things on planet Earth. The image is a kachina, a spirit being that visit the Hopi villages during parts of the ceremonial cycle. The kachina is a "Kwasaitaka" (kwasa-ee-tahka). During the time when the kivas are opened for a new year cycle of ceremonies the kachinas visit during night dances. This particular kachina carries a bag of seeds (corn, squash, beans, etc.) and gives you a handful. The intent is to plant all the seeds at one time so that the early blooming plants serve to protect the plants that come later. He is shown carrying a planting stick, bag of seeds and a rattle. Hope this helps.
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