Beverly Miller: Daughter of Trader Clay Lockett - Epi 241, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

One of the great things about this podcast is I get to go down
memory lane with people that have these insane historical
interactions and today that person is Beverly Miller. Her father
was Clay Lockett. Now, Clay is this amazingly complex,
interesting man who was an archeologist, had a doctorate in
anthropology, and was a well-known Indian trader. He ran the
Museum of Northern Arizona's trading post inside the gift shop
from 1965 until his death in 1984.

Lockett also owned Cloud World by Maynard Dixon, one of the most
important works Dixon ever painted. He knew Jimmy K, the Hopi
Carver, and painter Harrison Begay. I mean, it's just a litany of
histories, important individuals that dealt in Native American
art or associated with the Museum of Northern
Arizona. 

Beverly herself has an interesting backstory. In this podcast,
she shares memories of meeting Maynard Dixon and other important
figures in the Western/Native American art scene during her
childhood. Beverly and her late husband also played a big role in
real estate development in Sedona in the early seventies and
eighties. 

I've been wanting to have her on for the longest time because she
has a wealth of knowledge and these things can be fleeting. With
that in mind, I tried to discuss some of the things that could be
important down the line. 

You'll love this podcast. I know had a great time. Beverly Miller
on episode 241 of Art Dealer Diaries Podcast.