Name: Terrol Dew Johnson
Uploaded: 2024-03-20
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: A woven basket with coins Description automatically generated.

A woven basket with coins Description automatically generated. 

Scene 2

A woven basket with coins

Description automatically generated

A basket with hair on top Description automatically generated. 

Scene 3

A basket with hair on top

Description automatically generated

A carved pumpkin with a curved design Description automatically generated with medium confidence. 

Scene 4

A carved pumpkin with a curved design

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

A woven basket with spiders on it Description automatically generated. 

Scene 5

A woven basket with spiders on it

Description automatically generated

A close up of a piece of paper Description automatically generated. 

Scene 6

A close up of a piece of paper

Description automatically generated

A group of baskets on a black background Description automatically generated. 

Scene 7

A group of baskets on a black background

Description automatically generated

Terrol Dew Johnson is Tohono O'odham from Sells, Arizona. Johnson began weaving at the age of ten. "It was the only thing I was good at," the artist has been quoted as saying, "I've always been touchy-feely and good with my hands I could do this with my hands, and it was fun His parents, particularly his mother Betty Ann Pancho, actively encouraged his interest in basketry

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

Close up of a woven basket Description automatically generated. 

Scene 8

Close up of a woven basket

Description automatically generated

Born 1973
Sells, Arizona, United States Nationality Tohono O'odham Nation Education Self-taught Known for Basket weaving Movement basket weaving, sculptur

A person holding a needle Description automatically generated. 

Scene 9

A person holding a needle

Description automatically generated

For two years, Terrol Dew Johnson traveled on a "journey of the heart," a 3000-mile walk across the country with his teenage relatives. Stopping at native communities to discuss health and culture, "The Walk Home" has celebrated aboriginal native foods and health. "The Walk Home" arrived home on March 20, 2010.

A child weaving a basket Description automatically generated. 

Scene 10

A child weaving a basket

Description automatically generated

In 2016, Johnson collaborated with the Aranda\Lasch architectural studio on an installation at the Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art entitled "Meeting the Clouds Halfway," which combined traditional designs using natural desert materials with computer-generated patterns.