New Mexico's Pastel Master

Thursday, February 15, 2024 5:38 PM

New Mexico's Pastel Master

Albert Handell was born 85 years ago in Brooklyn, New York. His first memory of creating art was using chalk to draw on the sidewalks. It ingrained in him a love for painting and drawing what was close up.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Paintings

New Katsinas by Chester Poleyestewa

Thursday, January 25, 2024 5:51 PM

New Katsinas by Chester Poleyestewa

The Katsina Dances on the Hopi Mesas start in winter and continue into July when the Kachina spirits (Katsinam) go to their home until the following year. At Third Mesa, where Chester Poleyestewa is from, the dances begin when the Katsinam arrive on the Mesa in December. At First and Second Mesas, they arrive in February.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Katsinas

Looking Back; Looking Forward

Sunday, December 31, 2023 6:05 PM

Looking Back; Looking Forward

2023 was the fortieth year Toh-Atin Gallery has been located in our building on Ninth Street in Durango. It seems like it was just a few years ago that we moved into our new space!

Read More

Jeanette Dale Creates a Masterpiece!

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 6:20 PM

Jeanette Dale Creates a Masterpiece!

Over the years, we have become accustomed to Jeanette Dale creating amazing jewelry. She puts her entire soul into crafting beautiful work, small and large.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Jewelry

Tommy Singer Left a Mark on Navajo Jewelry

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 6:30 PM

Tommy Singer Left a Mark on Navajo Jewelry

In May of 2014, right after the Iron Horse Bicycle Race in Durango,  I was in the Gallery when Tommy Singer walked in wearing his motorcycle leathers. I had known Tommy for over thirty years and had sold his jewelry since the 1970s.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Jewelry

Sonoran Gold Turquoise Jewelry by Marie Jackson

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 6:42 PM

Sonoran Gold Turquoise Jewelry by Marie Jackson

Marie Jackson learned to make jewelry from her in-laws, Martha and Gene. When she met her husband, Tommy, he had been silversmith for years.

"I watched Martha and Gene making jewelry, and they helped me to get started. Tommy encouraged me, too!" she says.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Jewelry

Ribbons from the Gallup Ceremonial

Tuesday, August 15, 2023 6:52 PM

Ribbons from the Gallup Ceremonial

The two premier celebrations of Native Americans in the Southwest bring thousands of people to Gallup and Santa Fe during August of every year. The two events run back to back; both are wonderful and entirely different. The Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial ended on Sunday, and I want to share a little about it with you.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Weavings

A Rare Bracelet from a True Legend

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 9:04 AM

A Rare Bracelet from a True Legend

Before we opened our gallery in Durango, we used to buy and sell rugs and jewelry out of my father’s office in his Pepsi Cola.  We were lucky to meet and work with many well-known and accomplished artists. Many of these people became, famous for their work. 

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Jewelry

Navajo Dye Charts

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 10:39 AM

Navajo Dye Charts

Back in the 1930's Sallie Wagner Lippincott and her husband, Bill, purchased the Wide Ruins Trading Post in Arizona. She was a young, dynamic woman who truly loved the Navajo people she worked with. But there was one thing she didn't like about how things were going at the trading post.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Weavings

A Collectible Buckle to Hold Your Pants Up!

Monday, June 12, 2023 9:05 AM

A Collectible Buckle to Hold Your Pants Up!

Mark Chee (1914-1981) was one of the Navajo Nation's most famous silversmiths. His silverware work was precise and clean. He used top-quality turquoise. Toward the end of his career, he always had a line of customers waiting for his work

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Jewelry

Looking Toward the Future

Thursday, June 1, 2023 10:37 AM

Looking Toward the Future

It is with great pride that we share the exciting accomplishments of two members of our extended Toh-Atin Gallery family!

Read More
Sallie Lippincott's Collection of Navajo Weavings

Sallie Lippincott and her husband, Bill Wagner, purchased the Wide Ruins Trading Post in the 1930s when she was only 28. They were the first traders on the reservation who required their weavers to use vegetal dyes.

Read More
0 Comment Posted in Weavings

1 - 12 of 277

Page:
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5