GC Archaeological Society fundraiser

Category: Local Events Local Events
Published: 16 February 2024 16 February 2024

ButterflyMaidenWednesday, March 20, 2024, 5:00PM (Mountain Daylight Saving Time, 4:00PM Arizona Time): the Grant County Archaeological Society (GCAS) transforms our regular monthly meeting into a special hybrid in-person and online Zoom event to be held at the Western New Mexico University Museum at Fleming Hall in support of their curation of the Museum's historic documents and photo archives.

Our Featured Speaker is historian, award-winning author, and GCAS member Carolyn O’Bagy Davis. Carolyn, a fourth-generation descendant of Utah pioneers, has written 16 books on topics ranging from the history of archaeology to Southwestern history to quilting. Her book Hopi Summer was selected as OneBookArizona for 2011, and Desert Trader: The Life and Quilts of Goldie Tracy Richmond, was named one of the Best Books of the Southwest 2012.

Carolyn is an inducted member of the Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame and the Society of Women Geographers; she was the founding president of the Tucson Quilters Guild and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. An accomplished public speaker, she has appeared on HGTV, PBS, and Lifetime programs, and has curated many traveling museum exhibits including the current show: Willard Page: Artist on the Southwest Road, at the Fred Harvey Museum in Belen, New Mexico. Please join us as Carolyn introduces us to Hopi Quilts and Textiles as Cultural Artforms:

The ancient communities of Hopi have a rich textile tradition. Their daily tools, made by hand, have both beauty and utility. For centuries Hopi men have woven blankets and ceremonial garments. The craft of quilting was introduced to the Hopi in the latter half of the nineteenth century. From its initial adoption by the Hopi, quilting became an important craft, providing warmth and comfort. Today kachina and clan designs are painted and stitched into Hopi quilts, and as generations have passed, quilts have been incorporated into Hopi ceremony and important life passages. Quilts have become an indispensable part of Hopi life.

Our event begins at 5:00 PM with a minimum $5 donation payable to the Museum at their front desk. Online participants will also register with a $5 minimum donation to the Museum payable via the GCAS's secure Paypal portal. The Museum welcomes and appreciates additional donations in any other amounts to support their curation project. All such proceeds go to the WNMU Museum.

The GCAS will provide light refreshments and bottled water. Carolyn will immediately follow her presentation with a classic quilter's trunk show offering several original quilted wall hangings designed and created by Hopi artist Bonnie Nampeyo Chapella. Each of Bonnie's original designs measures about 25" x 30" and will be sold on her behalf at our event for $150 each. The proceeds from one quilt - the Butterfly Maiden shown here on the right and signed by Bonnie Nampeyo Chapella - will be donated to the WNMU Museum.


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