Join us for an opening reception featuring art by Shawn Ahkeah and live music by the Batucada Pan Handlers!

Artist Bio:
Shawn Ahkeah is a full-blood Dine' (Navajo) artist based out of the Four Corners area of Cortez, Colorado & Shiprock, New Mexico. His interest in creating art began in early childhood with his mother always supplying him with art supplies (crayons). He attended all of his years of education in Cortez taking every art class there was to offer and absorbing all he could from his instructors. Although he has no formal art training, Shawn is a self-taught artist. His main mediums are acrylics, charcoal, and graphite although he is also interested in exploring and utilizing other media in his works.

Mr. Ahkeah’s work depicts the beauty of the Dine’ people and their culture. He strikingly conveys that beauty by using his visual vocabulary and the rich colors of the american southwest to paint an image that enables the viewer to see the allure of his culture through his eyes.