Project Antelope Presents Roberta Begaye

Roberta Begaye

 

Roberta is a self-taught artist who hails from the Navajo Nation, born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, and raised in Kayenta, Arizona; with a 26-year career in Fire/EMS. She is a descendant of medicine people and traditional rug weavers, both maternal and paternal grand and great-grandparents. Inspired by her grandmother's Wide Ruins textile patterns, she also creates imagery with that classic geometry to honor her. Woven together, her Diné traditional and cultural upbringing is brought to life with her brushes. Roberta's grandmother continues to weave, as she continues to paint. She has also created an organization, Compassion Uprising, that embodies the spirit of her grandmother’s teachings and love.