Update on Best Reading of the Southwest

Posted on December 17, 2011 by pen4hire

 

We promised earlier to bring you the entire list of winners in Southwest Books of the Year 2011. We did put a brief list in our newsletter. (Which you can subscribe to on the home page of the Tahoma Blog .)  The Pima County Library’s Southwest Books of the Year Page just went live,so now you can click over to it and read all about the judges, the entrants, book summaries, and all.

You will find Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist in an alphabetical listing of  Top Picks –also known as Best Reading. We like the sound of that! Quincy Tahoma is Best Reading!!

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Free Shipping Day

Posted on December 16, 2011 by pen4hire

Book Cover and Painting
Today, 2500 Internet retailers are offering Free Shipping.

But we’re way ahead of them. We have been offering free domestic shipping on your orders of Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist for months, now.

The free shipping on our books will disappear after January 1, so take advantage of the special December offer and buy this Award-Winning book* for holiday presents.

Our December offer includes a free gift with purchase–a poster-style calendar with a copy of the beautiful Tahoma painting that graces the cover of the book.

Some people have inquired about purchasing extra calendars, and, yes, we will sell them to you for $4.00 each.  Just drop a note to charnell@tahoma.info and tell her what you need. (If you want them shipped express so you can have them for Christmas, we’ll have to ask you to pay the extra postage.)

*In case you missed the news, Quincy Tahoma was named a Top Pick by the esteemed judges of Southwest Books of the Year 2011. They say “It’s a keeper.” Get your signed copy today.

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TOP PICK, Southwest Books of the Year 2011

Posted on December 14, 2011 by pen4hire

The Southwest Books of the Year: Best Reading 2011 brochure says it’s a keeper!

Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist

This is not only a beautiful art book and thoroughly- researched biography of Quincy Tahoma (c. 1920-1956), but is also the complete story, told for the first time, of a gifted artist whose life reflects not only his own personal challenges but the multiple difficulties of being an American Indian trying to thrive in an Anglo American-dominated culture.  The reproductions of Tahoma’s art are stunning, the text clearly organized and presented with easy to follow endnotes, helpful appendices on exhibits, collections, awards and a timeline of his life. This is a keeper.

This is the statement of Margaret Loghry, former teacher, librarian and library-administrator for Tucson Unified Schools and one of the judges for the Southwest Books of the Year. (As I post this, the Pima County library has not yet updated to add their 2011 books, but you can see past years and learn about what it means to be chosen.) Continue reading →

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Quincy’s FIRST girlfriend?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by pen4hire

Post by Vera

Merry KeshMish

Merry KeshMish

Among the many benefits of working on the Quincy Tahoma biography, we have had many opportunities to personally meet people whose lives touched Tahoma’s.  When I went to Window Rock to the Navajo Nation’s Késhmish (Christmas) Festival at the Navajo Nation Museum, I felt certain that I would run into some interesting people. Little did I imagine that I would unearth yet another girlfriend. Continue reading →

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Quincy and Another Girl Friend

Posted on December 9, 2011 by pen4hire

Post by Vera

Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe

Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe

It was a treat to return to Adobe Gallery in Santa Fe last week. We had last been there in August during Indian Market, when the gallery hosted a reception and book signing for us.

 

Al Anthony, Adobe Gallery owner, Santa Fe

Al Anthony

I wanted to see if Al Anthony had any new Tahoma paintings that I had not seen yet–yes, he did. It is called Indian Love Call. The painting, created in 1955, is similar to one painted in 1956 with the same name that is in our book, Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist. The main difference is that it is a mirror image. The painting is done in bright, bold colors and uncharacteristically for Tahoma, shows a scene that is Plains Indians (complete with teepees) rather than his own Navajo people.

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Book Chosen as a TOP PICK

Posted on December 7, 2011 by pen4hire

Post by Vera

Christmas tree at Navajo Nation Quality Inn- Window Rock

Christmas tree at Navajo Nation Quality Inn- Window Rock

What a GIFT!

Whee! Our book is a winner! Please excuse me if I’m a little giddy.

Each year a limited number of books are chosen as Southwest Books of the Year and this year, Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist is a TOP PICK.

We are in very good company and we are thrilled that the prestigious judging panel chose our book. (We will share with you the entire list, once it is available later this week.) Continue reading →

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Quincy in Love

Posted on December 5, 2011 by pen4hire

(post by Vera)

I made a trip last week to Santa Fe and to Window Rock to sign copies of Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist. (And don’t miss our special December deal–a free gift with purchase).

Tahoma leaning against porch

Quincy Tahoma leaning against porch

I did introduce the book to a lot of people, but I also accumulated more Quincy Tahoma stories. Since we completed work on the book a year ago, and it was published in April of 2011, people keep bringing us more information about Tahoma’s life–and new paintings that we have never seen. It would be enough for a volume two if we were going to write a volume two, which we are not. So you’ll just have to read these stories here in the blog. Continue reading →

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A Gift for You on Quincy’s Birthday

Posted on November 25, 2011 by pen4hire
Christmas Card

Christmas card, drawn and hand lettered by Quincy Tahoma, used courtesy of Jean Wallace McSwain

Quincy Tahoma celebrated his birthday on Christmas Day.

We don’t know if that was his real birthday, but he said it was. As Vera is fond of saying, his creativity extended to making up his own life.

We’d like to pay tribute to Quincy this year by giving YOU a present. (And we are not making this up.) Continue reading →

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