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Albuquerque residents and long-time Oasis members, Ruth and Sid Schultz, were movers and shakers in the world of Native American art. They built strong relationships with artists, making careful purchases from a variety of jewelers such as Yazzie Johnson, Gail Bird, Kenneth Begay, Norbert Peshlakai, and Liz Wallace. Deb Slaney describes pieces from the Schultz collection, recently donated to the Wheelwright and Albuquerque Museums.
Deb Slaney is an independent curator, currently serving as collections data manager at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe. She was formerly curator of history at the Albuquerque Museum and registrar at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. Slaney holds a bachelor’s from the University of Arizona and a master’s from the University of Oklahoma.