January 19, 2008

Only jeweler in Congress

Ben Campbell’s jewelry to benefit SmithsonianIgnacio jeweler Ben Nighthorse Campbell has designed a silver and turquoise pendant to benefit the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

In his former career as a U.S. Senator, and the only jeweler ever to have served in Congress, Campbell was instrumental in sponsoring the legislation that established the museum and was invited to stage a solo exhibition of his work when the museum opened in 2004.
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2 comments:

  1. writerfella1:24 AM

    Writerfella here --
    Whatever Ben Nighthorse Campbell might have represented as a a Native American artist, the truth is that Pawnee silversmith Bruce Caesar was selected as the Natrional Endowment of the Arts Fellowship Award winner in 1998, which made him a National Treasure, and not Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
    All Best
    Russ Bates
    'writerfella'

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  2. Rob3:09 AM

    I don't think anyone has said Campbell is an artistic superstar. In fact, they may have said the opposite: that he's gotten some commissions because he was a senator.

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