10/14/2026
VISITING ARTISTS: Carliss Sinquah (Hopi) and Thompson Chicharello (Dine') will join us at the museum on Friday and Saturday, Oct 23td, 2026 and Oct 24th, 2026, (10am to 4pm) to demonstrate their techniques and sell their work.
Carliss Sinquah (left) creates natural pigment paintings. He is from the village of Hotevilla, located on Third Mesa on the Hopi Reservation.
He has been an artist and painter for the past thirty plus years. He is a self-taught artist and believes that his creativity grows through trial and error. Carliss says most of his inspiration comes from his Hopi upbringing, culture, and lifeways. He first started creating katsinas for ceremonial purposes, then decided to apply his painting skills to canvas and paper.
He feels that his art serves a purpose, to bring healing. He says, “We all have troubling thoughts and if someone takes and sees joy in my paintings, I believe I helped them ease their troubled thoughts, even for just a moment.”
Donald Thompson Chicharello (right) creates jewelry and weaves rugs, coming from an award-winning artistic family. He is a member of the To’Hajiilee Navajo Chapter, also spelled To’hajiilee, formerly known as the Cañoncito Band of Navajo Indians. They live in a non-contiguous section of the Navajo Nation lying in parts of western Bernalillo, eastern Cibola, and southwestern Sandoval counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico, west of the city of Albuquerque.
For museum visitors, meeting a Native Artist provides important context. The artwork are not anonymous objects from the past. They are part of a living artistic practice carried forward by contemporary artists such as Carliss and Thompson.
To learn more about the museum and events happening there, go to: https://www.museumofindigenouspeople.org/
The Museum of Indigenous People
147 N Arizona Ave, Prescott, AZ 86301
Mon-Sat 10 AM - 4 PM
(Pictured: Painter Carliss Sinquah (Hopi) and Thompson Chicharello (Dine'))
