MELANIE YAZZIE, who has shown with us for over a decade, is talented as a sculptor, painter and printmaker. She is a university professor who teaches two-dimensional art and is much sought after as an informative and insightful lecturer. She often takes part in collaborative art projects with indigenous artists in New Zealand, Siberia, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Japan, and in addition to teaching at the Institute of American Indian Arts, the College of Santa Fe, University of Arizona, and now at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Yazzie has conducted classes at the Pont-Aven School of Art in France. Of her journeys she says: “It’s at these gatherings and traveling from place to place that fuels my work and revitalizes my spirit!”

"My work speaks about travel and transformation. The insects and bugs of the Tucson desert have inspired me within the past two years to make many prints. I also use images or symbols from different places I have been to. For example, I made a series of prints speaking about Hawaii, using images of flowers and seed pods symbolizing growth and coffee beans symbolizing morning beginnings!!!"

"Strength From Within" & "Pollen Keeper"