Comments for The Dancing Rabbit Gallery

Comment on A MAJOR Change to The Dancing Rabbit Gallery by Karen Sires

Karen Sires — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 01:47:14 +0000

Sorry to hear this. Best of luck to you and Michael. Hope to see you in Santa Fe one of these days.

Comment on A MAJOR Change to The Dancing Rabbit Gallery by Kristie Armstrong

Kristie Armstrong — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 04:20:39 +0000

Good luck to you both as you wind down this chapter in your lives and prepare for your further journey into retirement! Best wishes!

Comment on A MAJOR Change to The Dancing Rabbit Gallery by David Richarme

David Richarme — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:24:50 +0000

Sorry to read this, but at 62 totally understand. I’m trying my best to take retirement in stride, but after working in one capacity or another since I was 13 find it hard to sit still but equally difficult to manage large projects. Best of luck to you both!

Comment on Annie Quam Gasper by Katie Richarme

Katie Richarme — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:05:14 +0000

In reply to John Roseman.

Thank you for contacting The Dancing Rabbit Gallery with your question.
Annie did not always sign her jewelry. It was not the practice in the early days to include a hallmark on pieces of jewelry. Hallmarks became prevalent during the 1960s and after.
Your ring sounds beautiful— enjoy wearing it!

Katie

Comment on Annie Quam Gasper by John Roseman

John Roseman — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:36:40 +0000

Hi, I have a silver sand cast dome ring channel turquoise and red coral. The design is of what Annie Quan Gasper created but there is know mark on it, I was told it was from the 1950s. Do you know if annie always marked her rings. The design is that of the two hummingbirds with the red eye in the middle and yes I love the ring it fits perfectly on my ring finger.

Comment on A Giant Has Fallen by Nikky Finney

Nikky Finney — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:18:38 +0000

Two years ago I found some turquoise jewelry on a website that looked nothing like the rest of the turquoise jewelry there. There happened to be a name and a phone number attached to it. I was shocked to see the phone number and not an email address. So I called — not thinking the human being who made this astounding jewelry would actually say “Hello!” Albert Lee said Hello. We talked for 30 minutes. By the time I hung up the phone we were friends and family. We called and texted each other for the next two years. I bought several pieces from him during that time and he shipped them from his studio in New Mexico — always including a loving handwritten joy-filled Albert note card. I loved Sugilite and Albert had some amazing old fantastic Sugilite that I was always trying to get him to make into something for me. We were designing a new necklace — by text messages! We stopped designing it right before he went to the 2021 Santa Fe Indian Market. He was working around the clock to get all his work ready for it. I was going to attend. My first SFIM –. We talked incessantly about family and art and the world. He always spoke so lovingly of is mother and his father and his oldest brother. I cancelled my trip because of COVID so we never got to meet in person. The last text I received from him was New Years Eve. He was full of hope and joy and new ideas for new jewelry. I never “met” a kinder nor more generous person. I had not heard from Albert and had planned to send him a text just this week and somehow this message from Dancing Rabbit showed up and took my breath away. I had not heard that Albert had passed away in April. Thank you for letting us know. I will forever treasure every alphabet and phone call and handwritten note that I shared with this man who was made of the very best materials that a human being could ever be made of. We miss your kindness, Albert! We miss your artistry. We miss your jubilation at life itself. Oh my. I was not expecting to find this sad heartbreaking news today.

Comment on A Giant Has Fallen by Margie Chan

Margie Chan — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:57:08 +0000

Oh, this is so sad and a loss indeed. Albert was such a highly talented jeweler, but what made his pieces special was his warm personality. I always looked forward to seeing him at the Santa Fe Indian market or the Heard Museum Fair, and stopping in to say hi, sporting my favorite Albert Lee coral necklace. The markets somehow won’t be the same without him. Thank you for letting us know.

Comment on Part 4 Northern Arizona Flagstaff and more artists by Roger Muhlenkamp

Roger Muhlenkamp — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:19:08 +0000

We live in Flagstaff, and could not agree more with your assessment of the town. Always something to do. The MNA festivals of the Zuni, Hopi and Navajo, are the highlights of our summer. Our house and jewelry boxes can attest to that.

Comment on Dancing Rabbit Birthday Celebration Page by Pattie Gipson

Pattie Gipson — Thu, 28 May 2020 15:18:49 +0000

I was so excited when I received the email informing me that I was a winner. I certainly did not expect the lovely piece that was sent to me! Thank You So Much!! It is now a treasured piece on my wall that I can enjoy everyday

Comment on The Year of The Dancing Rabbit by Michael Richarme

Michael Richarme — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:57:59 +0000

In reply to peggy calhoun. Thank you, Peggy!