Native American Art Trends – 2019 By Doug Thresher Below are some trends and just general observations I’ve been thinking about in regards to the Native Arts Industry. Specifically pottery, since that is what we mostly deal in. Collectors are aging and downsizing: In looking at the demographics of our website visitors, the age group is primarily 55 and up. Baby boomers make up most of Native American Art collectors these days. A lot of them are de-cluttering and downsizing their collections only keeping their most prized pieces. This is helping flood the market with art which is keeping prices flat. Collectors are passing away: Let’s face it, none of us are getting any younger and in keeping...
C & D Gifts have started a Featured Artist Section! Each month we will feature a certain Native American Artist from a different tribe. Starting off in April 2018 is our first featured artist: Kevin Naranjo of Santa Clara Pueblo. There is a link under "Store" on our homepage or you can click the link below to go to the page to see the current featured artist:
Featured Artist
C & D Gifts Native American Art, LLC has been in business since 2003. However, during the recession things came to a stop and we started running the business more like a hobby than a real business. We stopped buying Native American Pottery and just lived off our inventory for quite some time. This caused us to lose touch with many of the Indian artists that we would regularly buy from. After making the decision to get back in the game and ramp the business back up, it's been an interesting journey trying to reconnect with our artists. Last week we went to Santa Clara Pueblo. It was a struggle to remember where everyone lived. We managed to find a...
