The University of New Mexico-Gallup Cultural Arts Council presents Blackhorse Mitchell, artist, musician and storyteller, on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Gurley Hall 1124 at UNM-Gallup.
Photo: Artist, musician and storyteller Blackhorse Mitchell.
Born in Tsezhin Bidaat’i’i' near the Colorado border, Mitchell grew up herding sheep on Palmer Mesa and in Salt Creek Canyon. He left for boarding school in Colorado in 1951, and then went to study art at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe.
In 1963 he wrote a chronicle of his life titled, “Miracle Hill.” The biography is available through the University of Arizona Press.
Mitchell conducts workshops on pottery, basketry and moccasin-making at Diné College.
He is a full-time Navajo language teacher at Shiprock High School. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from UNM.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu