Artist Conversation: Melanie Yazzie
Instructor: Melanie Yazzie, Contemporary Diné (Navajo) Artist, Professor of Art Practices and Head of Printmaking at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, June 14 | 2 – 3 p.m. | $25 In-person
Come spend an inspiring hour with artist Melanie Yazzie, as she expands on the inspiration and meaning behind her art and exhibit on display at The Gardens on Spring Creek. Melanie is Professor of Art Practices and Head of Printmaking at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Her works belong to many collections such as: the Denver Art Museum, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, the Art Museum of Missoula, the Institute of American Indian Arts, the Kennedy Museum of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and in countries such as, New Zealand, France, Russia, Canada, Estonia, Northern Ireland, Korea, China, United Kingdom, and Australia. She is known for organizing print exchange projects that connect communities across the world. She makes prints, sculptures, paintings, does surface design and jewelry design. She has been represented by the Glenn Green Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 1994.
Registration will open April 1, at noon.