Join Pearl Sunrise and the Taos Art School in New Mexico for an immersive week of Navajo Weaving and Culture. Please visit the Taos Art School website for detailed information including lodging, meals, and a daily schedule.

About Our Instructor

Pearl Sunrise is a gentle and knowledgeable teacher whose luminous spirit inspires all who meet her. As a 3rd generation Navajo weaver, she learned her craft from her mother and grandmother. She has been the unofficial Navajo ambassador to the world for years, receiving a Fulbright to teach in New Zealand, and a commission by the U.S. State department to visit Lesotho, South Africa, and Toronto, Canada as a Cultural Specialist. She’s on the advisory board of the New Indian Museum, in Wash, D.C., and is currently a professor at the School of American Indian Arts, in Santa Fe. Her work is collected worldwide.

Your Class Experience

This class is as much about Culture as it is about Weaving. Pearl Sunrise is a luminous person whose gentle presence will encourage you while her extensive knowledge of these techniques helps your hands to know what to do.

Each morning starts with a Drumming ceremony & Stories. In this way we become centered and ready to weave. Pearl is a great Storyteller ! and we will hear about Spider Woman and her gift to the Diné People

We’ll meet on Saturday and then class starts on Sunday so we have a full day to focus on the all important warping. Monday morning we start weaving. Pearl demonstrates a technique which the students then try on their own under her encouraging supervision. All levels are welcome, as each participant works at their own pace.

PRICING : $4,000 – $5,000. 7 nights / 6 days. July 19 – 26, 2025

This is an immersion experience, and we take great care to make sure everything is covered so that you may have a Physically Nurturing, Artistically Creative and Spiritually Enlightening experience here at The Taos Art School.

We try to be very clear about what is covered, and we welcome any questions: Ursula (575-758-0350)