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Holidays at the Heard
December 26, 2016 @ 9:30 am - December 30, 2016 @ 5:00 pm UTC-7
A Southwestern tradition, Holidays at the Heard is a must-see for your family, friends and out-of-town guests, starting Monday, Dec. 26, and continuing through Friday, Dec. 30, 2016.
Visitors can experience American Indian music and dance performances including crowd favorites like hoop dancing and fancy dancing. Also, enjoy delicious fry bread and fry bread tacos every day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Music and dance performances are twice daily at 12:30 and 2 p.m. in the Steele Auditorium, and artist demonstrations are each day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the atrium of the HOME: Native People in the Southwest exhibit.
Visitors can also enjoy our exhibit galleries including HOME.
Visitors can also browse items in the Museum Shop and Books & More. Have lunch at the Courtyard Café, open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day during Holidays at the Heard.
AND: Anyone arriving at the museum during Holidays at Heard (plus Dec. 31 and Jan. 1) wearing a jersey (not a T-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie or polo shirt; it has to be a jersey) from one of the four major college football teams playing in the Valley that week gets 2-for-1 adult admission into the museum and 10% off most items in the Museum Shops that day. (Already reduced merchandise is not included. May not be used with any other discount. Offer ends Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.)
This event is free to non-museum members with museum admission. Museum members attend for free.
Performance/artist demonstration schedule
Performances in the Steele Auditorium start at 12:30 and 2 p.m. Artist demonstrations each day are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
PERFORMANCES, STEELE AUDITORIUM
Monday, Dec. 26 — Yellowhouse Dancers (Navajo/Maricopa)
Tuesday, Dec. 27 — Darren Thompson (Ojibwe/Tohono O’odham)
Wednesday, Dec. 28 — Tony Duncan (Apache/Arikara/Hidatsa)
Thursday, Dec. 29 — Derrick Suwaima Davis (Hopi/Choctaw)
Friday, Dec. 30 — Dinetah Dancers (Navajo)
ARTIST DEMONSTRATORS, MUSEUM GALLERIES
Monday, Dec. 26 — LaDawn Yazzie (Navajo)
Tuesday, Dec. 27 — Yolanda Hart Stevens (Pee-Posh/Quechan), pottery
Wednesday, Dec. 28 — Rykelle Kemp (Euchee-Mvskoke Creek/Choctaw/Dinè), jewelry
Thursday, Dec. 29 — Nanibaa Beck (Navajo), jewelry
Friday, Dec. 30 — Jeff Slim (Navajo), painting