Arts of the Southwest Series
Worlds in Harmony: Tewa/Hopi Artist Dan Namingha
DVD: $19.95
Each day, artist Dan Namingha must balance the demands of modern American life with the beliefs and practices of his native pueblo culture.
Drawing on his ancient Tewa-Hopi heritage, Namingha paints haunting images of katsinas, the spirit beings at the center of pueblo sacred ceremonies. His landscapes and village scenes evoke the powerful geography of the Southwest — its mesas, canyons and vast desert skies — an exotic world to most viewers, but one that deeply resonates.
Interviewed while at work in his studio, Namingha takes us on a journey into the world of one artist’s imagination. He reveals how he uses the tensions between his worlds to create a dynamic body of work that speaks a universal language.
- As seen on public television
- Regional Emmy Award winner