Hopi Festival

2018 Festival Information Festival: Saturday & Sunday, June 30 & July 1, 2018, 9 am-5 pm A Fourth of July tradition since the 1930s, the Hopi Festival of Arts & Culture features 90 award-winning artists and presenters from the Hopi villages in northern Arizona. Buy traditional and contemporary art and enjoy Heritage Insights lectures, artist demonstrations, and performances by the Hopi Sinom Dancers, Tyrone & The Ledge, Tha 'Yoties, and flutist Fredrick Andrews. With support from: Arizona Commission on the Arts, AZ Humanities, City of Flagstaff/BBB Revenues and Flagstaff Arts, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery and Tsakurshovi Hopi Arts & Crafts. Weekend Pass: $18 adult, $12 youth/student/American Indian Daily Admission: $12 adult; $8 youth (10-17), student (with ID) & American Indian (with tribal affiliation) Free for MNA members & Children under 10 Exclusive Member Preview: Friday, June 29, 2018, 6-8 pm Free with Membership Member Guests $5, Plateau Society Guests free Mainstage Performances 10 am Ed Kabotie 11:30 am Hopi Dance Group from Second Mesa 1 pm Ryon Polyqueptewa 2:30 pm Hopi Dance Group from Second Mesa 4 pm Tha' Yoties (Sunday Only) Heritage Insights Lecture Series Supported by Arizona Humanities Saturday 10:45 am Art Rehabilitation with Duane Koyawena Join Hopi fine artist Duane Koyawena for a discussion of the importance art as a form of rehabilitation and learn how Koyawena’s chosen medium has helped him and other on their journey to rehabilitation. 12:15 pm The Hopi Harvey Project I with Colleen Lucero In this two-part series, project manager and curator of the Hopi Harvey Project, Colleen Lucero, will discuss the history between the Fred Harvey Company and Hopi, and highlight the women who made the courageous decision to leave their homes and work as waitresses for the Fred Harvey Company. 1:45 pm Extraordinary Women with Iva Honyestewa Master basket weaver, Iva Honestewa will relate the historical role of women in Hopi culture and celebrates the extraordinary women all over the world. 3:15 pm Sunflower Girl with Ed Kabotie Museum artist-in-residence, Ed Kabotie, will present three spoken word and musical performances for the Heritage Insights series. On the mainstage and lecture hall, Ed will relate the importance of matrilineal identity among Puebloan people by sharing personal memories of the influential matriarchs of his family. Using music of both traditional and contemporary inspirations, this presentation will highlight the Hopi’s deep reverence for their mothers. Sunday 10:45 am Relay Recap Join Hopi fine artist Duane Koyawena for a discussion of the importance art as a form of rehabilitation and learn how Koyawena’s chosen medium has helped him and other on their journey to rehabilitation. 12:15 pm The Hopi Harvey Project I with Colleen Lucero In this two-part series, project manager and curator of the Hopi Harvey Project, Colleen Lucero, will discuss the history between the Fred Harvey Company and Hopi, and highlight the women who made the courageous decision to leave their homes and work as waitresses for the Fred Harvey Company. 1:45 pm Pioneering Pootsya with Iva Honyestewa In this exciting presentation, Iva will discuss and demonstrate Pootsaya basketry, an original and unique style of Hopi basketry she developed about while in residency at the School for Advance Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 3:15 pm In Search of a Canvas with Duane Koyawena and Mavasta Honyouti In this exciting presentation, Iva will discuss and demonstrate Pootsaya basketry, an original and unique style of Hopi basketry she developed about while in residency at the School for Advance Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.