Araquin Designs

Hey everyone, Hope all is going well.
What a crazy busy summer. I think I’ve been in 16 different states this summer either at a show or on my way to one. I want to thank all the wonderful people who have helped me out along the way, opened their doors to me, and those who have supported the work. I couldn’t do this without you.
That being said I don’t have any real news. We’re working on some new serigraphs, we have also applied to some holiday art markets but it’s too early to know if we’ve been accepted or not. They are markets we have attended in the past so our chances are pretty good.
Santa Fe was amazing, simply amazing, so many wonderful, talented artists in one location, Indian art simply doesn’t get any better.
I still have some originals available from that show so if you have an interest e-mail me and we’ll work something out.
pete@araquin.com

Take care,

Just got back from the hot and humid tour. It was great. Red Earth was a lot of fun, met some wonderful people and made some new good friends. I’ll be profiling a couple artists on this site soon. Indianapolis was wonderful, the folks at the Eiteljorg are top notch, they really take care of you and are genuinely nice people. It’s a great museum with high quality work, if you ever visit Indy, or live in the area, stop by and check out the museum you’ll love it.
Up next is the Prescott Indian Art market July10th -11th in Prescott Arizona. Here is a link:

http://sharlot.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=65/

I haven’t done this event before and might actually be the first Northwest Coastal artist to have done it, they already told me I am the first Salish Artist they have ever had. I am looking forward to being there, I know several of the artists who are going to be there and they are wonderfully talented folks with top notch art. It should be a good event.
After Prescott I’ll be at Daybreak Star in Seattle for the annual Seafair Pow Wow July 16th-18th followed by the Canoe Journey in Neah Bay for a week.
Here are the links for those events:
http://www.unitedindians.org/events.html
http://tribaljourneys.wordpress.com/

I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself but I will also be at the Washington State History Museum in August for the Annual “In the Spirit” art market, and then off the Santa Fe for Indian Market. I’ll blog more about those events later.
Finally I thought I’d put up two pictures of my booth, one from Red Earth, the from Eiteljorg. Take Care Everyone, have a wonderful summer.

Hi Everyone, it’s a slow time of year for art markets and busy time of year for school so I haven’t blogged in a while. I recently received word about two shows that I have been accepted in. I was accepted into the Red Earth Show in June in Oklahoma City. It will be my first time participating in that event so I am excited about it. I also found out I was accepted into Into the Indian art Market in Santa Fe New Mexico in August. If you are interested in either of these events let me know. There are a few other events that I am waiting on confirmation on whether I was accepted or not, and I’ll post those as they come in.

Join Me at the Heard Museum in Phoenix March 6th and 7th. I’ll be bringing a huge selection of my serigraphs as well as a couple drums. Stop by and say Hi. I love to see each and every one on you.

The Tulsa Indian Art Festival was fun. I love going to new places and seeing new people. One of the things I love about traveling through Indian Country is seeing different Tribal customs and traditions. It was great to experience new things in Tulsa. Up next is the Heard Museum. This year I’ll be in the same spot as the last two years. Area 0 space 9. next to the back entrance way. I have several new works for this year and hope for a couple more before the market starts. It’s going to be a great show they say over 700 artists will be there. These are the best of the best, if you like Indian art you really shouldn’t miss this event. The artists who participate in the Heard are world class regardless of genre. Some of the very best painters, potters, jewelers, and others are there. I haven’t been able to see them all yet, I could easily spend all three days just looking at the wonderful work that is available. Well worth the trip. I hope to see you there. Take Care

Hi everyone,
Hope the new year is treating you well. We have several new serigraphs that we would like to introduce. Here they are. If you have any questions about them such as pricing and how quickly we can ship them to you. Please let me know. We’ll also give 20% off if you buy them from the blog or from facebook before the end of February.

The Hummingbird serigraphs are large about 22 x 22 inches and are a small series of 62 (each color)

The Loon series are 15 x 15 inches and the edition size is 80

The octopus is smaller 11 x 15 and the series size is 99