 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pottery |
|
|
|
»
Feats of Clay: Carved, Etched and Incised Pottery of Santa Clara Pueblo
|
|
 Our overview of this decorative and innovative form of pottery features a brief history of
its development, profiles on five leading artists—Tammy Garcia, Nathan Youngblood, Jennifer Moquino, Grace Medicine Flower and LuAnn Tafoya—and a comprehensive
list of others working in this field. By Gussie Fauntleroy.
|
»
Native Nacimientos: Cross-Cultural Christmas
|
|
 Native Nacimientos
Native artists of the Southwest use traditional pottery and carving
techniques to create charming Indian-style Nativity scenes, as seen in
the work of Mary Trujillo, Troy Sice, Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez, Gerti
Sanchez, Wilson Romero, Mary Ellen Toya, Harry Benally, Mary Lucero,
and Betty and Robert Naranjo.
|
»
2007 September/October Table of Contents
|
|
 ON THE COVER
Ceramic artist Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo) models a Penny Singer
(Dine) vest with turtle and lightning motifs. Photo by Penny Singer
|
»
2005 September/October Collections
|
|
 Dick
Howard was hooked on Indian art in 1954 when he made his first
purchase: a $2.60 San Juan Pueblo pot bought from Charles Eagleplume
near Estes Park, Colorado. Two weeks later, he went back and bought a
second piece, and the next month he sold his stamp collection for $22
to finance a trip to Santa Fe.
|
»
Indian Antique Arts
|
|
 Few objects in the world more clearly proclaim “American Indian” than a weathered leather shield, painted, perhaps, with some jagged streaks of lightning; or a baby’s cradleboard, lovingly adorned with colorful beadwork; or a deerskin dress heavy with fringe and elk-horn buttons.
|
»
2006 July/August
By Site Editor
| Published 07/1/2006
| Antiquities , Painting , Glass , Beadwork , Pottery , Cultural Items , Sculpture , Basketry , 2006 , Seminole , Paiute , Choctaw , Chippewa , Chickasaw , Tlingit , Aleut , Hopi , Pueblo , Navajo , Cherokee
|
|
  ON THE COVER
Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (Shawnee/Seminole) has an infectious sense of mirth
and creative energy, which he pours into his award-winning paintings,
both large and small. Photo courtesy Ackerman McQueen.
Click on "Full Story" to read full Table of Contents
|
»
Oaxaca, Heart of Native Mexico
|
|
 With its moody air of intrigue and large Indian population (Indigenous people comprise 80 percent of the 3,438,765 inhabitants), Oaxaca, Mexico’s southern state, is a microcosm of all of Mexico, old and new. It is home to 16 separate Indian groups, dominated by the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples...
|
»
2006 March/April
By Site Editor
| Published 03/1/2006
| Political Issues , Mexico , Actors/Film , Pottery , Wood Carving , Textiles/Weaving , 2006 , Metis , Mixtec , Zapotec , Tohono O'odham , Paiute
|
|
 ON THE COVER
Rosario Rivera Gutierrez (Zapotec), 14, from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
in the southern portion of the state of Oaxaca, is dressed in her
finest to go to a Vela, a traditional fiesta in honor of a patron saint
or virgin. The Zapotec women of the Isthmus wear elaborately hand
embroidered skirts and huipiles (short tunics) with oversized flowers
that fill every inch of cloth. The women’s heavy gold necklaces and
earrings made of solid gold centenario coins are a show of wealth and
prestige. A faux braid wrapped with brightly colored ribbons crowns her
outfit.
|
»
2004 January/February
|
|
 ON THE COVER
Illustrator/pencil
artist and aspiring fashion designer Michelle Dunn (Tohono
O’odham/Creek) of Glendale, Arizona. She exemplifies the talented ranks
of young Native artists who experience their artistic coming-of-age at
the annual Heard Museum Youth Show.
Click on "Full Story" to view entire Table of Contents.
|
»
Four Women Potters
|
|
 Clay work is among the world\'s oldest forms of creative expression; by the very nature of its substance, it rests among those mediums most profoundly connected to their fundamental sources. Pottery is one of the most studied, analyzed and dissected of all indigenous art forms and, historically speaking, has been and remains a considerable contributor to the annals of North America\'s first societies and Native America\'s contemporary artistic legacy.
|
»
Art from Earth: Four Master Potters
|
|
 Through 3,000 years of artistic development, American Indian pottery has grown from a utilitarian craft into a fine art admired around the world. Major institutions from the Heard Museum in Phoenix to the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., have amassed valuable collections of both old and new pottery. It can be argued that perhaps the finest American Indian pottery ever is being created in our present era, by potters displaying a mastery of both traditional and contemporary techniques, materials and designs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
full story
printer version