About the Guild
In 1956 a group of volunteers formed the Heard Museum Auxiliary with the aim of supporting the mission and programs of the museum. Now known as the Heard Museum Guild, the group’s labor of love has always been the Indian Fair & Market, which continues to flourish under the volunteers’ creative inspiration, leadership and hard work.
Guild members also engage in all aspects of museum life—leading tours, promoting sales in the gift shop and bookstore, greeting and assisting visitors and conducting research in the museum library. They also design educational programs and special events, such as the Student Art Show and Sale, with proceeds from the programs supporting educational scholarships and providing art supplies to American Indian youth. A partnership with ASU’s American Indian Student Services provides museum internships.
The guild offers volunteer roles and schedules are flexible to meet the demands of busy lives. For more information and to join the Heard Museum Guild, visit heardguild.org.
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Bruce Timeche is seated and painting the portrait of a middle-age man during the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Photography by Paul Coze; Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard museum; PCD:199A 1276589_0013.
Fair History
May 1959 marked the first Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market as a place where Native Americans could display and sell their work as well as interact with visitors. That first year Bruce Timeche (Hopi) painted at an easel on the lawn, Charles Loloma (Hopi) demonstrated and sold works and Lloyd Kiva New (Cherokee) hosted a fashion show. Other recognized artists participated including potter Ida Redbird (Maricopa Indian), basket weaver Lucy Lewis (Pima) and painter Fred Kabotie (Hopi). Serving as master of ceremonies was Sen. Barry Goldwater, one of the first men to join the Guild volunteers. From 1968 to 1984 was the first All-Indian Arts & Crafts Exhibit, which was restructured in 1991 to become a juried competition that for 2020 will see $74,050 in awards as raised by the Guild. Today the fair is the Guild’s largest fundraiser and the museum’s largest event.
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Native American Artists Resource Collection
The Native American Artists Resource Collection is the cornerstone of the Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives with over 25,000 Native American artist files. The collection and its online version are the largest collection and database of its kind. It offers information on traditional to contemporary Native American artists, performers and writers. It contains select biographical information found in 300 linear feet of physical files. Materials collected are business cards, journal and newspaper articles, photographs, digital files, resumes, exhibition catalogs, correspondence, documented interviews and gallery announcements to name a few. Each file also includes an artist biography report that provides basic biographical information, a list of the artist’s exhibitions, fairs and markets, awards and prizes, and citations to published resources about the artist based upon Library holdings.
The report also indicates if the artist is represented in the object collections of the Heard Museum. With the generosity of artists and donors combined with the hard work and dedication of volunteers and museum staff, this premiere resource has documented the great artistic achievements of Native American artists for over 40 years. Artists are the best source for accurate information.
The library will have a booth at the 2020 Fair next to the artists hospitality tent. Visit heard.org/library/naarc to search the collection and download an artist questionnaire.
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Student Art Show and Sale
The Heard Museum Guild Student Art Note Cards feature selected artwork from American Indian students who participate in the annual Heard Museum Guild American Indian Student Art Show and Sale. Now in its 34th year, the Show and Sale features emerging artists from American Indian communities in grades 7 through 12. Proceeds provide funding for art teachers who service American Indian students.
In 2019, $8,000 was awarded to 10 art teachers in schools from Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico to Northern Cheyenne Tribal School in Montana. Grant money allows teachers to purchase art supplies during a time when art program funding is being cut nationwide. Proceeds also provide funding for paid college internships at the Heard Museum.
The 2020 Student Art Show and Sale will be held March 27 to 30.
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Guided Trips
The Guild arranges guided trips each year for Guild and museum members. Not only will you travel with people who share your interests, but you will also have the finest interpretive guides who are experts in their fields. February 24 to 27, they will journey to Mata Ortiz and Northern Chihuahua, focusing on the Paquimé culture and pottery produced in the region. Meet potter Juan Quezada and his family in their home, visit the world-class Paquimé interpretive museum, explore the archaeological zone representing the peoples and cultures of the Chihuahua Desert and much more. For more information, visit heardguild.org/travel or send inquiries to travel@heardguild.org.
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Announcing the $15,000 Best of Show Award
The Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market announces the $15,000 Best of Show Award co-sponsored by Howard R. and Joy M. Berlin, Kristine and Leland W. Peterson and the Head Family. Howard Berlin and Leland Peterson are Life Trustees of the Heard Museum Board of Trustees and Peterson is also a Guild member. The Heads, whose recent gift added $5,000 to the prize, are museum members from Minneapolis. The Guild thanks the Berlins, Petersons and Heads for their generous support of the Indian Fair & Market and its outstanding artists.
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