Aerial view of he Heard Museum campus.
About the Guild
The Heard Museum Guild is the volunteer arm of the Heard Museum. All members of the museum are eligible to join the guild, comprised of a large, dynamic and active group of talented individuals of many different backgrounds who volunteer countless hours annually to support the museum in its mission as a premier, world-class showcase of American Indian art. Visitors to the museum will encounter volunteers leading public, private and school tours, working as sales associates in the museum store and bookstore, greeting them as they enter the museum, and serving in numerous capacities at the annual Indian Fair & Market. Additionally, volunteers work in the library, design educational programs, plan and implement special events, and support Heard Museum internships through the sale of student art merchandise.
The guild provides members with an impressively rich and full calendar of events including lectures, educational opportunities, group tours of galleries and places of interest in the local area, as well as multi-day tours to fascinating, more far-away sites outside the Valley. Guild meetings are held on the third Wednesday of most months and a guild newsletter, Happening Now, is published bi-weekly.
Volunteer roles and schedules are flexible and can meet the demands of busy lives. Visit heardguild.org to join.
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Artist Janet Yazzie, right, in her booth at the 2025 market.
Call to Native American Artists
The Native American Artists Resource Collection has been a cornerstone of the Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives for more than 40 years, and contains files of more than 250,000 Native American artists. The physical and online collections are the largest of their kind anywhere, offering biographical and other information on Native American artists, writers and performers. The material collected includes an extraordinarily wide variety of sources, among them journal and newspaper articles, photographs, gallery and exhibition catalogs, interviews, résumés, correspondence and much more.
The museum wants to gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the many donors and artists, as well as the hard work and dedication of many guild volunteers and Heard Museum staff, without whom this world-renowned premier resource would not be available. The museum welcomes you to search this collection by visiting heard.org.
The Artists Resource Collection is continually expanding with new information and new names. Artists themselves are the best resources for the museum to remain both up-to-date and accurate. To ensure the continued growth and quality of this vital resource, we ask artists and their galleries to include the museum’s library and archives on their distribution and mailing lists. In addition, the museum seeks résumés, photographs of artwork and copies of printed materials concerning artists and their work. Native artists may download a questionnaire at heard.org.
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Market Sponsors
The Best of Show Awards are sponsored by generous individual patrons.
The Indian Fair & Market is made possible thanks to the tireless efforts of the Heard Museum Guild and the dedication of Heard Museum Members.
Presenting Sponsor: Anonymous
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