A Flagstaff Tradition - Navajo Rug Auction

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Navajo Rug Auction

Saturday, October 19, 2013
Preview: 9a-1p
Auction: 2p
at Coconino Center for the Arts

Accepting Consignments:
October 17-18, 2013
11:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
at Coconino Center for the Arts

Our auctions are led by auctioneers from The R. B. Burnham & Co. Trading Post. Bruce Burnham and his family are well known for their work in trading Native art of the four corners area for five generations. Bruce has been a trader to the Navajo for over forty years and is also the auctioneer for The Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona. He and his wife Virginia own and operate The Burnham Trading Post and Collector’s Gallery in Sanders, Arizona, in the Navajo new lands. The Burnham family is known for their encouragement of innovation and quality in Navajo Textiles and his expertise in buying, selling, and trading has earned him the respect of area collectors and peers nationwide.

Specialists and experts in the field of Native American art and Navajo weaving will be on site to identify handspun, hand-carded, and vintage pieces verses acrylic yarns to ensure quality items and prices. Information on how to evaluate and buy Navajo rugs will also be available.

Navajo Rug Auctions are an excellent opportunity to learn about Native American Art. Before the auction you can hold rugs in your hands and appreciate them up close. Detailed information and discussion about a specific piece, artist, and other aspects of the weavings will be available before and after the auction by experts in the field of Navajo weaving and culture. Auctions allow weavers and other artists to obtain an immediate and higher return for their work. The breadth of artists, styles, and bidding opportunities has made rug auctions an affordable way to purchase and collect high quality rugs. Rugs sell from twenty to a couple thousand dollars. Even if you do not buy anything, it is a great learning experience.

For more information, contact us at (928) 779-2300.

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Valentine's Day Concert with Anne & Pete Sibley

Flagstaff Cultural Partners is hopelessly devoted to providing a memorable and fun Valentine’s Day evening. Grab a date and a pair of tickets for the 6th Annual Valentine’s Concert at the Coconino Center for the Arts on Valentine’s Day 2013. Folk duo Anne and Pete Sibling perform in concert at the Coconino Center for the Arts on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 7:30pm. Doors will open at 6:30pm for a wine and chocolate tasting before the concert begins. Fine wines and chocolates created by local chocolatiers will be served in the gallery and are included with the purchase of a ticket for the evening’s concert.

 In doing so their fluid harmonies and songwriting are able to take center stage. Along with an easy going stage presence that leaves space for deep listening, Anne and Pete invite the audience to be part of a music experience. An experience which they hope will call each person to awaken their own simple joyful melody within themselves. They have been humbled by the thousands of people who have supported them on their own journey which started with a simple “Yes” to their heart’s passion of singing.

Less than a decade since they released their first album, the Sibleys’ music hit the national spotlight in 2009 with a blue ribbon finish in the “Great American Duet Sing Off” on National Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. CD releases include: Coming Home(2009)Will You Walk With Me (2005), Winter on the Great Divide (2007) and Think of This River(2004).

Enjoy this special Valentine's Day treat with your special someone or with a good friend! Tickets are $20 and include the wine and chocolate tasting. To avoid an online ticketing fee, tickets can also be purchased on the phone at (928) 779-2300, or in person at the Coconino Center for the Arts (2300 N. Fort Valley Rd.).

To make this year's Flagstaff Valentine's Day more memorable add an over night stay at

Embassy Suites Flagstaff  where all Flagstaff Romantics receive:

• Free Cooked to Order Breakfast
• Early Evening Reception with complimentary drinks
• Two Room Suite
• Fitness Center

Embassy Suites Flagstaff offers a menu of Special Offers.

Choose the Offer right for you and your Flagstaff Valentine here.