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BOCES ARTS-IN-EDUCATION / EXPLORATORY ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM DETAILS
Program Title
Weaving History of Native American Craft
Provider Name
Oksana Fiber Studio
Oksana Danziger
Huntington Station
,
NY
11746
Phone:
631-988-7849
Email:
danzigeroksana@gmail.com
Website:
www.oksanafiberstudio.com
Program Description
Navajo textiles were originally utilitarian blankets for use as cloaks, dresses, saddle blankets, and similar purposes. Toward the end of the 19th century, weavers began to make rugs for tourism and export. Typical Navajo textiles have strong geometric patterns. They are a flat tapestry-woven textile produced in a fashion similar to kilims of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, but with some notable differences. In Navajo weaving, the slit weave technique common in kilims is not used, and the warp is one continuous length of yarn, not extending beyond the weaving as a fringe. Traders from the late 19th and early 20th century encouraged adoption of some kilim motifs into Navajo designs For the traditional Navajo family, the Holy People who created the Navajo were very powerful deities. they traveled on “sun Rays” and descended into the world on “lightning bolts”.It was Changing Woman who taught the Navajo how to live in harmony, but it was a Spider Woman who gave them secrets to find their way in this world. To the traditional Navajo weaver,Spider Woman provided the framers to live and weave beautiful things -the essence of being Navajo. Women are the weavers in tractional Navajo society. The designs in Navajo weaving have always been a personal expression of the weaver. We are going to make a small tapestry and learn the basic skills of weaving.
Categories
Visual Arts (VA), Social Studies ,
Additional Resources
There are no evaluations available for this program.
Program Recommendations
Grades
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,Professional Development
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Arts Standards
1,2,3,4
Other Standards
Curriculum Connections
Arts: Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts , Social Studies , ,
Culturally Responsive
1,3,4
Cost
Cost Single:
$200 per class
Cost Multiple:
$500 half day
Duration
30 minutes