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Exquisite Excursions ~ A Color Exploration Workshop
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Painting the Rez, Navajo Style
For information on scheduling seminars and excursions please contact Teddy Draper at De Chelly Galleries and print and mail the Exquisite Excursion application.
Ted Draper will be exhibiting his work at the Santa Fe Indian Market, August 23-24, 2008.
A DeChelly Galleries, Inc. Presentation: This Navajo owned and operated enterprise is located at the heart of the Navajo Nation, the gateway to Canyon DeChelly - land of unlimited scenic opportunity.
The workshops are open to anyone interested in the Southwestern landscape, Native American culture and/or art. Our program invites various levels of artistic experience. This is an excellent opportunity for the artist to acquire firsthand experience in the various aspects of "The Draper Technique" - its basic, utilization of light, shadow and color to create paintings of exquisite merit. This program also provides the advanced artist a chance to fine tune their skills and technique in an atmosphere conducive to increased creativity and visual awareness.
NAVAJOLAND is well known for its spectacular scenery. Mother Nature has worked overtime here creating a rich source of subjects for the visual artist. The magical desert light and the phenomenal landscape lures artists of every medium from all corners of the globe. Few get to experience this area like a De Chelly Galleries, Inc. workshop participant.
Workshop days will begin early and end late. We have carefully selected locations that offer a wide variety of subjects within a short distance from our headquarters in Chinle. More time is spent on technique and less on the road. Our objective is to maximize the field time to insure that each participant can experience the landscape and the isolated abstractions to produce images of their preference.
These workshops also provide a unique opportunity to attain a higher degree of understanding of Native Americans, enriching the lives of the participants, while inspiring new reaches in creativity that go far beyond the actual measure of the workshop. Our Navajo guides and staff will provide personal accounts about their many colorful experiences and history of this area that have been passed down for generations. Our chief guide, Teddy Draper, Sr., was born in Canyon Del Muerto and was a Navajo Code Talker with the U.S. Marines during World War II. Mr. Draper's comments and insights are priceless, and his knowledge of this land is second to none.
The cost of the five day workshop is $725.00 per person. This fee includes a $345.00 deposit due with the submission of the application.
The remainder of the fee is due thirty days prior to the scheduled workshop. The workshop fee also includes guide service, transportation during the workshop in "well conditioned" 4WD vehicles, permits, lecture fees, with daily lunch and refreshments served in the field. It does not include lodging, breakfast and evening meals, airline fares or transportation to and from Chinle. Participants will be the guests of the Teddy Draper Family for a day on their land in Canyon Del Muerto (if track conditions permit.)
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Artist, Teddy Draper, Jr., born October 3, 1949, 4/4 Navajo. Material Clan is Naashgahli Dine'e, Paternal Clan is Ashiihi, Material Grandfather's Clan is Todicheeni, Paternal Grandfather's Clan is Thoahelini.
Ted is the son of a WW II Navajo "Code Talker" and is a hold of many prestigious awards for his art. He is considered a master of pastels which form the major body of his work. He also excels in oils, watercolors, sculpture and modern/traditional design Navajo jewelry. His techniques, constantly refined over 30 years, have grown into a personal style and approach to his art, interpreting the vision in an artist's soul of what he calls "them unseen colors".
He has traveled extensively with exhibitions in Germany, Netherlands, London and throughout the continental US and Hawaii. He has served on various boards and committees, devoting a large portion of his time and talent to those organizations which serve to promote, protect and provide education with respect to Native American Arts. Additionally, Mr. Draper works extensively with the Navajo youth, giving them guidance and inspiration for the next generation of Native American artists. He encourages children to excel in academics and athletics while retaining their rich culture and traditional values that have sustained the Navajo in their desert homeland for centuries.
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