ARIZONA STATE PARKS: For Immediate Release
Managing and conserving Arizona’s natural, cultural and recreational resources for the benefit of the people, both in our Parks and through our Partners. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Bilbrey at (602) 542-1996 or (602) 228-8518. Contact by Email: pio(at)azstateparks.gov

Hopi Artists to Demonstrate Work at Homol'ovi Ruins State Park

(Phoenix, Arizona - October 29, 2008) - Homol'ovi Ruins State Park near Winslow will be hosting Hopi Artists each Saturday from October through December, 2008.

Each Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. a different Hopi will be demonstrating their artwork at the park visitor center. We do recommend that you call the park at (928) 289-4106 to confirm the presentation as artists sometimes cancel due to emergencies. Demonstrations are funded through a grant with the Hopi Tribe and a grant from the Homolovi Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society.

  • Satuday, November 1, 2008 - Hopi painter Doyle "Yahmo" Chapella (Christmas ornaments with Hopi designs)
  • Saturday, November 8, 2008 - Hopi Silversmith Fernando Puhuhesvaya
  • Saturday, November 15, 2008 - Hopi Silversmith/Weaver Austin Coochyamptewa
  • Satuday, November 22, 2008 - Hopi painter Michael P Adams
  • Saturday, November 29, 2008 - Hopi Katsina Carver George Choyou
  • Saturday, December 6, 2008 - Hopi Katsina Carver Larson Harris
  • Saturday, December 13, 2008 - Hopi Katsina Carver Ferris George Satala
  • Saturday, December 20, 2008 - Hopi Katsina Carver Larson Harris

Homol'ovi Ruins, one of a series of many ancient Hopi pueblos found in the Southwest, offers the public the opportunity to begin their journey into Hopi life and culture. Like the modern visitor making their way to Hopi, the Homol'ovi ancestral villages were a stop for the ancestral Hopi people along their migration route, eventually moving on and settling at one of the current Hopi villages. We can share their experience by viewing the village ruins that remain as cultural remnants of Hopi prehistory.

Hopi Tribal leaders and Arizona State Parks staff have been collaborating for five years to create a new model for park management and tourism to traditional Hopi lands which will preserve and protect the sacred culture, while offering special cultural tour opportunities for the public.

For more information call Homol'ovi Ruins State Park at (928) 289-4106. Homol'ovi Ruins State Park is located five miles northeast of the city of Winslow, Navajo County, in northeastern Arizona. The park campground is convenient to Interstate 40 and accommodates large rigs, as well as tent camping.

For information about Arizona State Parks call (602) 542-4174 (long distance 800-285-3703) or see the website at www.azstateparks.com.

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