When you grow up in the Southwest, surrounded by Navajo and Pueblo artists, you tend to get a little laser-focused on them. Or I did. I used to work with some modern Plains artists, and they were incredible.

Probably the most famous student of Dorothy Dunn, founder of the Studio School, which began the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, Harrison Begay (Haashké yah Níyá or "Wandering Boy") was born on the Navajo Reservation in 1917 at Whitecone, Arizona.

One of my favorite subjects is the evolution of the Santa Fe Indian School and the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe. It is always interesting to see how different Native artists were associated with the school.