Wheelwright Museum
Photos from the 30th anniversary screening on October 1, 2016, of A Weave of Time: The Story of a Navajo Family, a film revealing cultural change and constancy among the Navajo people through the lens of four generations of the Burnside family.
Special guests included director Susan Fanshel, Isabel Deschinny and family members, among others.
For any media inquiries or to request high resolution images, please contact Neebin Southall, PR and Web Coordinator, at nsouthall@wheelwright.org.
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- Director Jonathan Batkin gives an introduction.
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- Director Jonathan Batkin gives an introduction.
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- Susan Fanshel, director of A Weave of Time.
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- Isabel Deschinny, who appears in the film.
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- Isabel talks about her dye charts to attendees.
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- Isabel talks about her dye charts to attendees.
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- Isabel Deschinny with a storytelling rug of her creation.
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- Isabel Deschinny with a storytelling rug of her creation.
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- Isabel explains the designs on her rug.
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- Symbol representing a truck for gathering plant materials for dyeing.
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- This section of the textile represents the effects of global warming and climate change.
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- Isabel explains a storytelling textile she created. Various sections of the design hold great meaning, such as representing her children and grandchildren, gathering plant materials for dyeing, or the four sacred mountains of the Navajo. This particular section speaks to the threat of global warming and climate change — the land has become dry and dusty, leaving trees barren.
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- Isabel and family present Susan with a gift.
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- Isabel and family present Susan with a gift.
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- Isabel and family present Susan with a gift.
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- Isabel and family present Susan with a gift.
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- Isabel and family members, film director Susan Fanshel, museum director Jonathan Batkin, and friends.
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- Isabel and family members, film director Susan Fanshel, museum director Jonathan Batkin, and friends.
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- Isabel and family members, film director Susan Fanshel, museum director Jonathan Batkin, and friends.
