Are you think about Christmas shopping? See what people are saying about Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist, and instead of venturing out into the mobs on Black Friday, think about getting copies of this beautiful book for presents. Continue reading 
Another great mention of Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist. New Mexico Magazine, in its September issue had a full page that reproduced a Tahoma painting and the picture of Quincy leaning against the porch column looking quite happy with himself. Continue reading
Welcome to Guidon Books at 7109 E. 2nd Street in Scottsdale, AZ
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Old Town Scottsdale is the epitome of a shopper’s paradise! From beautiful southwestern jewelry and pottery to paintings and sculptures to fantastic food and drink (make mine a caramel macchiato, please), it’s all available within easy walking distance of Guidon Books. Continue reading
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Bill Buckmaster, Tucson radio station KVOI, with Vera and Charnell
Bill Buckmaster of Tucson’s radio station KVOI is one very talented guy! His interview-style broadcast, Buckmaster Show, airs weekdays at noon PST and is enjoyed in more than 80 countries — either live or thorough his podcasts. Over the last two decades, Bill has earned five individual Emmy Award nominations, the coveted Silver Circle Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and a slew of other honors too lengthy to include in this post. Continue reading
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Welcome to The Amerind Foundation
On the road again — this time from the Heard Museum in Phoenix to The Amerind Foundation in Dragoon AZ for a presentation and book signing.
First peek at The Amerind as we drove up the dirt road
Founded in 1937 by William Shirley Fulton, the Amerind Foundation is a private nonprofit anthropological and archaeological museum and research center dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories. The Amerind is located in spectacular Texas Canyon in the Little Dragoon Mountains of southeastern Arizona, and it houses one of the finest private collections of Native American art and artifacts in the country. Continue reading
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A View of the Heard Museum entrance from the Courtyard
I’m back in Virginia after a fantastic week of book signings and presentations with co-author Vera Marie Badertscher in her home state of Arizona. Vera and I live so far apart geographically that getting together to tell folks about Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist is a rare treat indeed! This is only the second time we’ve gotten together since the book was published. (The first was in Santa Fe to kick off the 2011 Indian Market.) Continue reading
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Terrific recommendation from Native Peoples Magazine to choose Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist for holiday gift giving!
Reviewer Debra Utaica Krol says:
“Fans of mid-20th century Native art will want this book on their shelf. The definitive biography of one of Native America’s towering talents, Navajo painter Quincy Tahoma, contains many images of works not seen in public. More important, it sets the record straight about Tahoma, a talented, complex man whose talent warred with a susceptibility to alcohol and his attempt to navigate the treacherous middle way between his beloved Dinétah and the wider world beyond. A rich, textured and honest storyline deftly brings his life and era to life.”
Have you made your holiday gift list yet? If Tahoma’s bio is on your list for your friends and family, you can buy it right on our blog–look over on the right for the Buy Now button.
We also encourage you to support your local independent bookstores,American Indian gift shops and museum gift shops that carry the book. If they don’t have it in stock, ask, and they’ll order it from Schiffer Publishing.
(A reminder–the book will not be sold by Amazon Store or Barnes and Noble because those sellers will not agree to a policy of not advertising at a cut rate. There are copies available through Amazon re-sellers, but they are for sale at full price.)
Charnell and Vera at book signing at Adobe Gallery with book buyers
We have been announcing upcoming events as we schedule them, but wanted to put them all together here for your convenience. If you are reading this in your e-mail or on Facebook and you need a map to the event or more details (like are we just signing books? or are we talking and showing slides?), please go to the Quincy Tahoma blog site and click on the Upcoming Events listed in the right hand column.
October 22: 1-4 pm Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
October 23: 2-4 pm Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, AZ
October 25: 3-5 pm El Charro Cafe, downtown, Tucson, AZ
October 27: 6-8 pm Guidon Books, downtown Scottsdale, AZ
And watch for coming events in December at Collected Works Bookstore and Cafe in Santa Fe, Navajo Nation Museum at Window Rock , Arizona; and Book Fair, Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, AZ.
In March, Vera will be on a panel, along with Navajo Artist Irving Toddy and author Barbara Chana at the Tucson Festival of Books.
