CLASSES AND LECTURES
The Museum of Indigenous People has a long history of providing educational lectures, classes, and workshops. Below are some of the past offerings. For future opportunities, please see our events page.
2025 LECTURES
JUNE 7, 2025 at 1PM
"Our Life With Clay" By Dot and Emerson Ami June 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM in the Pueblo Building.
These award-winning master potters and authors will share elements of their Tewa/Hopi heritage in their discussion of history, pottery revival, materials, and methods. The presentation will include a demonstration and they will have examples of their work for sale.
Please join us for this important presentation!
All lectures in the Indian Education Series are presented FREE of charge.
Donations are gratefully accepted to support our educational programs.
Regular museum admission rates apply.
JULY 19, 2025 at 1PM
JJ Otero (Navajo/Hopi) has been a creative since he can remember as a child singing along to
AM radio on the Navajo reservation. This early love for singing carried him through life and
eventually into a 20+ career in Information Technology.
Life events and changes eventually made it possible for him to resume artistic endeavors. This
pivot lead him into metalsmithing where his intense drive to be the best he's capable of despite such a late start in the arts can be seen in his rise. His journey has trekked through a successful, award winning music career, a prolific two year excursion into painting, an intro to the Native American markets world through his beautifully crafted cradleboards, and his current obsession with jewelry making - a true artist that never understood it until the last six years!
JJ’s outlook guides all things in his life: This moment is perfect and nothing is lacking. With this
intense passion and commitment, JJ’s stamping and texturing styles coupled with a relentless
drive to be a well known metalsmith is making his metalwork and personality stand out while
he navigates an unexpected passion discovered in his ever-growing art career!
