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Indigenous Artist Demonstration Program
Throughout the spring and summer of 2025 the Desert Museum will host Indigenous Artists to display, demonstrate, and sell their work.
Artists and Dates
Activity schedules subject to additions and changes — check back often for the latest updates!
Saturday, March 8 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Quinton Antone
@equintondesigns-
By continuing to practice using Tohono O’odham symbolism and designs in my art I believe I will bring awareness about our culture to the world. Using desert animals like turtles, horned toads, lizards as well as desert landscapes allows the viewer to experience the connectivity of the relationship of our people have with the land and everything that inhabits it. In our cosmology, everything has a spirit- the natural features of our landscape and all the animals that inhabit it have a place in maintaining the balance of the universe.
—Quinton Antone
Elena Mendez
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My daughters and I weave Tohono O’odham horsehair baskets and Jewelry.
—Elena Mendez
Sunday, March 9 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 12 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Pearl Mendez
Thursday, March 13 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Pearl Mendez
Friday, March 14 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Dianne Key
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The work I do are southwest style jewelry combined with local tribe (Navajo) and been in the area for 25 years in Tucson. I’ve been in the business all my life helping my late mom and beadwork is more of what I have been doing.
—Dianne Key
Saturday, March 15 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Dianne Key
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The work I do are southwest style jewelry combined with local tribe (Navajo) and been in the area for 25 years in Tucson. I’ve been in the business all my life helping my late mom and beadwork is more of what I have been doing.
—Dianne Key
Adriana Felix
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Yaqui artist, raised in Tucson who creates detailed clay dolls. I was raised in the community of Old Pascua. Here I learned to cherish and be inspired by my Yaqui culture. Growing up I was surrounded by the colors, music, Pascolas, Matachin, and the Deer Dancers. These experiences help me create my artistic expression.
—Adriana Felix
Maria Arvayo
- @arvayo_maria
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My work consists of plein air work of the Sonoran Desert region.
—Maria Arvayo
Renee Cruz
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I bead Man in the Maze medallions and make traditional baskets. I do a lot of basket design in my beadwork
—Renee Cruz
Sherrie Cruz
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I do beadwork of our Tohono O’odham flag and other Native American designs.
—Sherrie Cruz
JD Aragón
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I do designs of traditional Hopi geometric patterns depicted in pottery, clothing, basketry, and other traditional symbolic references of nature. I do acrylic paint on wood, canvas, and leather.
—JD Aragón
Sunday, March 16 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Dianne Key
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The work I do are southwest style jewelry combined with local tribe (Navajo) and been in the area for 25 years in Tucson. I’ve been in the business all my life helping my late mom and beadwork is more of what I have been doing.
—Dianne Key
More dates coming soon!
Indigenous Artists: Demonstrate and sell your work! Stipend & sales, and many dates available. If interested please fill out this form and email it to dcolodner@ywt99.com or call 520-883-3021.
