Shonto Begay: Navajo Artist, Educator, and Author - Epi. 148, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I had Navajo artist Shonto Begay on for his second episode of Art
Dealer Diaries.

I love Shonto because he's not only a wonderful artist that I've
collected for a long time in my own home, but also because he's a
truly mystical individual. Shonto has this innate ability to
channel the earth and his heritage into his work, and then infuse
his own creative sensibilities, producing these elaborate,
colorful scenes and stories.

This is the first interview I've actually had in person in over a
year. We're both vaccinated so it was really wonderful and
different when compared to the last 50 episodes, almost spiritual
in some ways... 

We've got a show coming up for Shonto in late April 2021 with a
group of new paintings and we're also celebrating his major
retrospective at the Wheelwright Museum which opens April 24 and
runs through the remainder of 2021 into 2022. I've loaned
paintings out of my own personal collection and Shonto sent
paintings he had hanging in his studio. I highly recommend going
and seeing the Wheelwright show if you get the
opportunity. 

This is Shonto Begay on episode 148 of Art Dealer Diaries
Podcast.