Painting by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie of Hemis Kachinas and Hemis Mana Kachinas (in background) at the Homegoing (Niman) dance in July. Following this ceremony the kachinas return to their home in the San Francisco Peaks until the following December when they will again appear in the Hopi villages. Fred Kabotie, born about 1900 on Second Mesa, was one of the founders of the school of modern Hopi painting. At age 15 he entered the Sante Fe Indian school where his artistic talent was encouraged. He later worked at the Museum of New Mexico and the School of American Research before returning to the Hopi Mesas in 1937 as an art teacher at the Oraibi High School, where he was a major influence on the development of a  unique Hopi painting tradition. (Brody, J. J. 1980. Modern Hopi painting. Pages 86-95 in Hopi Kachina: Spirit of Life. D. K. Washburn, editor. California Academy of Sciences.)