Northern fair poster artist opts for new image
Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero Shiprock High School senior Shayleen Tom poses with her artwork that was selected by the 106th annual Northern Navajo Nation Fair to be the main art Sept. 27 in Shiprock.
Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
Shiprock High School senior Shayleen Tom poses with her artwork that was selected by the 106th annual Northern Navajo Nation Fair to be the main art Sept. 27 in Shiprock.
WINDOW ROCK
The 106th Northern Navajo Fair poster will be a bit different compared to those that have come before it.
The depiction of yéii bicheiis, which is usually the popular subject the past poster artists since the Northern Navajo Fair is also seen as the unofficial start of the yéii bicheii ceremonial season, will not be the pivotal image on this year’s poster.
Instead, Shiprock High School junior Shayleen Tom has a different take on what she believed should be illustrated to represent the Northern Navajo Fair.
In her drawing, Tom drew a young girl dressed in traditional wear, sitting in a Navajo basket, surrounded by vegetables and corn stalks.
The northern fair is also when the first yéii bicheii ceremony is held in conjunction with the fair itself. Tom didn’t stray too far from the theme – a yéii bicheii image is included in the background of the poster.
“I noticed in the old posters it was always the same thing, with the yéii bicheiis, so I decided to do something different,” said Tom in a phone interview.
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