Noël Bennet  ::  Art

Biographical notes:
Noël’s eight years living and weaving with the Navajo and subsequent 50-year collaboration with Tiana Bighorse culminated in ten books and over 200 presentations to universities, museums, and textile organizations on Navajo history and culture. Noël paints from her home-studio-gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Academics:
Stanford University: BA with Distinction, MA Art
Graduate Studies:  Richard Diebenkorn

Art Faculties:
University of New Mexico; College of Notre Dame, CA.

Grants:
National Endowment for the Arts; L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation; Richard C. and Susan B. Ernst Foundation; Wetherhead Foundation; Tennessee Humanities Council.

Awards: Mortimer C. Leventritt; Communication Arts

Select Exhibition History:
- Denver Museum of Natural History; College of Notre Dame; Stanford University; University of New Mexico; San Diego Museum of Man; Museum of Northern Arizona
- In Santa Fe: NM State Capitol Rotunda; William Siegel Gallery; Bosshard Gallery

Select Collections:
Enterprise Bank and Trust; Sheehan & Sheehan, PA; Stelzner, Winter, Warburton, Flores, Sanchez & Dawes, PA; San Jose University; Bridger and Katherine Mitchell; Doug and Mia Williams