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1999 Logo Art by Zuni Artist Marcus Peyketewa, displayed on this page Courtesy
of the ZUNI CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL
- Drawer F, ZUNI, New Mexico 87327 -
Contacts: Carlton JAMON (505.782.2869 -
silverbearstudio@hotmail.com)
or Tony ERIACHO (505.782.2122).
As in previous EXPOS,
T-Shirts continues to be available for sale, bearing the colorful 1999 ($16.00): contact
above listed Zuni Cultural Arts Council members.
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Last
year's ZUNI ARTS & CULTURAL EXPO was held August 14th & 15th, 1999 in
Zuni at the ZUNI HIGH SCHOOL. Since 1993, the EXPO, sponsored and
organized by artists of the ZUNI CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL and
supported by local businesses, has offered visitors and community people alike an
opportunity to "BUY DIRECTLY FROM AWARD-WINNING NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS".
The Council and the annual Expo are especially stressing authenticity in regard to origin
and materials employed in the production of Native American Crafts. Food booths and daily
traditional Zuni social dances enhance the quality of the experience of buying directly
from and meeting with Native American Artists. According to the Arts Council, the 1999
Expo's attendance was somewhat lower that in previous years, but sales were up! Possible
changes in attendance and visitor's satisfaction allegedly experienced by the Annual Inter-Tribal Indian
Ceremonial - held at the same time as the Expo - may have
affected the Zuni artists' event. Expo organizers plan to capitalize on this circumstance
in future events and advertise more aggressively. STAY TUNED to this site for Expo and
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The ZUNI CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL,
organizer of the annual Expo, strives to educate the Zuni artisans' community and its
various customers, while recruiting additional membership: it currently focuses on such
vital topics as the often problematic authenticity of arts & crafts items labeled as
"Zuni Made", as well as the very definition of the appellation "Zuni
Made". At this time, it appears that a number of serious incidents reported in the media regarding fraudulent
uses of the label "Zuni Made" (or other similarly meaningful designations) are
indicative of a much larger problem. Public exhibition institutions (For example: the Museum of New Mexico - whose "Rules Governing Materials
& Techniques" are quite exhaustive), political personalities (NM
Senator Pete DOMENICI ), Native American artists nationwide, as well as locally established
ones (Carlton & Julie Jamon, Tony Eriacho) and regional organizations representative of
Native American interests, have reported and addressed this issue.
The ZUNI
CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL's numerous members have been working towards
proposing some "trademark" or "certification" system to the community
of Zuni craftspeople. They are currently consulting with the University of New Mexico Law
School, as well as with a private law firm in order to define legal options best suitable
to our community of artisans in protecting "Zuni Made" crafts (jewelry in
particular) from comparable items often deceptively labeled in similar ways & offered
for sale to an unsuspecting public as if they were genuine "Zuni" products!
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