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Diné artist Zeke Argeanas to demonstrate art work at Great Southwestern Antique Show
Terry Schurmeier turned a lifelong love of collecting into a successful career.
As the owner of Cowboys and Indians Antiques in Albuquerque, she knows how important remembering the past is.
Yet, when she gets to helm the Great Southwestern Antique Show — now in its 24th year — that’s when she’s at her best.
“I put myself through college selling Native art during the 1970s,” Schurmeier says. “I’d buy stuff at flea markets and yard sales. Native art was so popular in the 1970s. In doing so, I would buy it and then immediately resell it. That’s how I paid for my books in college.”
From 1-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, the Great Southwestern Antique Show is a charity event where all the proceeds go to the New Mexico PBS educational and arts programming.
The show will bring 100 exhibitors representing 20 states and Canada, who are all selling unique vintage and antique finds.
The show’s general admission runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, and continues on from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, at Expo New Mexico, Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complex, 300 San Pedro Dr. NE.
“There’s a reason why so many people have told us it’s their favorite show in the United States,” Schurmeier says. “You can shop for unique treasures, as well as beautiful and rare objects from many countries and cultures, with an emphasis on Native American, Western and Southwest objects and art.”
Also featured will be tribal and ethnographic art, vintage jewelry, clothing, accessories, military items, fine art, Mexican art, rare books and ephemera.
“It’s always exciting to see what our exhibitors will bring,” she says. “It’s not just shopping, it’s fun, educational and entertaining.”
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Schurmeier says Diné artist Zeke Argeanas will be demonstrating his art during the show.
He carries on the tradition of Navajo bead craft and hand-forged revival historic coin silver jewelry.
“Zeke began his journey with bead making when he was 12 and uses natural high-grade materials in his work,” she says. “His influence comes from traditional ceremonies, old pictures and hearing oral stories.”
