Clara won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Southwestern Association for Indian Arts in August, 2004 and she won
a New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2006.
Congratulations for a lifetime of masterful weaving!
While the
art of weaving may be diminishing in the Navajo Nation as a
whole, the increasing number of larger, finer work coming into
the Toadlena Trading Post every week demonstrates that when
the lady weaving the rugs can support herself with her craft,
the craft blossoms.
Ninety years old and full of life!
She can keep a melody and bass line
going
at the same time. A good harmonica player 35 years younger admires her
style…but he can't play it.
Clara and that crazy Navajo rug man,
Mark Winter, whose “tongue keeps waggin’.”
Clara addresses a group of people at The MASTER WEAVERS OPENING.
Clara Sherman
SWAIA Lifetime Achievement Award
On May 28th, 2004, 90-year-old Clara
Sherman was honored by SWAIA (Southwest American Indian Artists) with
Lifetime Achievement Awards. Clara has been weaving since she
was a child. She has created some of the most outstanding Navajo textiles in
existence.
The Museum of Northern Arizona houses the piece shown on the
book cover to the left…Our congratulations to Clara. Her
honor is well deserved. Best wishes,
