Jennie at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post. Looks like she's dreaming about her next rug.
| Tuition is $550,
which includes the use of a loom and tools for the week and enough yarn
to get you started weaving. Tuition also includes three group
meals (one lunch and two dinners). Housing Cost: $59 per day single occupancy, $62 per day double. Estimated cost of meals is under $20 per day. |
Transportation
from Phoenix, AZ available. Please let us know if you need
transportation. Window Rock is about a five hour drive from Phoenix and a two hour drive from Albuquerque. It is 18 miles from Gallup, New Mexico, which has Amtrak service. Note: the elevation of Window Rock is approximately 6500'. You may need some time to adjust if you live at a lower altitude. |
| May 10-May 17, 2008
(Saturday morning-Saturday morning) -Session full August 17-24 (Sunday morning-Sunday morning) - Session full October 4-October 11, 2008 (Saturday monrning-Saturday morning) - Session full October 9-October 16, 2008 (Friday afternoon-Friday afternoon) - 6 places open This class is strictly limited to10 students and we need to have a minimum of 4 students. |
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| Be sure to check the class list for other great opportunities to study Navajo techniques. | |
| Click here to see pictures of the 2007 October class | |
| Click here to see pictures of the 2007 May class | |
| Click here to see pictures of the 2006 October class | |
This class is a seven day total immersion in Navajo weaving and modern Navajo life in the cultural center of the Navajo Nation. We'll stay in modern accommodations at the Quality Inn Nation Nation Capital (In the Tony Hillerman books, it was the Navajo Nation Inn) in Window Rock, AZ. Each morning and evening will be devoted to learning Navajo weaving. Our afternoons will be spent exploring the weaving related attractions in the area. Our days typically start at 7 AM, and we call it quits at 9 PM. Our field trips include:
We
encourage local weavers to visit us
in class, and we do adapt our itinerary to invitations and
opportunities
which arise during the week.
Spouses,
friends and significant others
are encouraged to
come along and
are very welcome to join us for our field trips. There is a
charge of $25 to cover the cost of group
meals. Since we have enough transportation for the students
and
class staff only, those acommpanying you may need to use a separate
vehicle for field trips.
| Your Instructors Jennie at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post. Looks like she's dreaming about her next rug. |
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Jennie Slick is an accomplished third generation (at least) Navajo weaver who specializes in Burntwater and Germantown designs. She lives in Houck, AZ with her two sons and an adopted son and daughter. In addition to being a full time weaver, Jennie also provides care and support for her mother. She is a patient and encouraging teacher. Jennie is hoping to make enough money teaching to be able to afford to keep something she weaves!
Mary
Walker is an Anglo devotee of
Navajo weaving and has helped Jennie organize classes since
1998. You can see a sample of Mary's weaving at her
web page
. Mary's does the class coordination, but all
instructor
fee's go to Jennie. Mary thinks this is a vacation, so don't
let on that she's working.
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