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Exhibition

Pottery from the Southwest

Pottery from the Southwest

Kate Meyer, curator
Angela Watts, curator

https://spencerartapps.ku.edu/spencer-projects/3338

This grouping highlights pottery created by Pueblo makers from the Southwestern United States. These examples from the Spencer’s collection were selected for their artists’ use of high-contrast painting techniques that translate particularly well as a digital projection.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Diego Romero (born 1964, active circa 1986–present), When Titans Collide

William Andrew Pacheco (born 1975, active circa 1985–present), Dinosaur storage jar

Diego Romero (born 1964, active circa 1986–present), Plugged In

unrecorded Acoma artist, jar

Sadie Adams (1905–1995, active 1930–1981), bowl

unrecorded Acoma artist, bowl

unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, bowl with spout and handle

unrecorded Acoma artist, pitcher

Nampeyo of Hano (1859–1942, active 1880–1940), square jar

unrecorded Acoma artist, jar

unrecorded Acoma artist, jar

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, horned lizard figure

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, figure

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bird-shaped pitcher

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, figural vase

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, figural vase

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, figural pitcher

unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist, figural vase

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bank

unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist, rain god figure

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, standing human figure

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), small jar

unrecorded Acoma artist, small tray

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bird shaped pitcher

unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist, pot

Damacia Cordero (1905–1989), owl figure

Damacia Cordero (1905–1989), singing mother figure

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bowl with handle and spout

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bird shaped pitcher

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bowl

Eusebia T. Shije (born circa 1930, active circa 1950s–present), bowl

unrecorded Acoma artist, owl figure

Marie Chino (1907–1982, active 1920s–1982), wedding vase

Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985, active 1940–1985), bowl

Petra Lucero (active circa 1950s–?), pot

unrecorded Tue-I (Isleta) artist, bowl

Elvira Chavez, wedding vase

Pablita Concho (1901–1993), jar

Helen Naha (1922–1993, active 1940–1993), bowl

Mary Histia (1881–1973, active 1890s–1973), jar

Marie Chino (1907–1982, active 1920s–1982), bowl

Fannie Nampeyo (1900 or 1904–1987, active 1920–1987), small jar with migration pattern

unrecorded Zia artist, jar

unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist, jar

unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist, small bowl

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

unrecorded Zia artist, bowl

Alice Adams (active 1950–1985), bowl

Lucy R. Jojola (active 1960s–present), jar

unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist, jar

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), jar

Emma Lewis (born 1931–2013, active circa 1952–2013), small bowl

Dolores Lewis Garcia (born 1938 or 1939, active circa 1953–1998), seed pot

Sadie Adams (1905–1995, active 1930–1981), jar

Sadie Adams (1905–1995, active 1930–1981), bowl

unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, bowl with handle

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

unrecorded Acoma artist, small bowl

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

unrecorded Acoma artist, pitcher

unrecorded Acoma artist, small pot

unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist, owl figure

unrecorded Acoma artist, jar

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), jar

unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, olla

unrecorded Acoma artist, jar

Fannie Nampeyo (1900 or 1904–1987, active 1920–1987), bowl

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), jar

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, human figure

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bird figure

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, wedding vase

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, wedding vase

unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, small pitcher

unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, vase

unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, jar

unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, bowl with handle

unrecorded Laguna artist, small jar

unrecorded Laguna artist, shallow bowl

unrecorded Acoma artist, bowl with handle and two birds

unrecorded Acoma artist, globular bowl

unrecorded Tue-I (Isleta) artist, shallow bowl

unrecorded Tue-I (Isleta) artist, vase with handles

unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist, jar

Teresita Romero (1894–1991, active 1910s–1960s), mother and child figure

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

unrecorded Acoma artist, bowl

unrecorded Hopi artist, bowl

Emma Lewis (born 1931–2013, active circa 1952–2013), small bowl

Gregorita Trujillo (born 1932), small pot

Rebecca Lucario (born 1951, active circa 1965–present), bowl

Seferina Ortiz (1931–2007, active circa 1950s–2007), frog figure

Margaret Trujillo (born 1932), storyteller figure

Eusebia T. Shije (born circa 1930, active circa 1950s–present), bowl

unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist, owl figure

unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist, bowl

Wanda Aragon (born 1948, active circa 1965–present), miniature jar

unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist, small jar

unrecorded Acoma artist, small bowl

Eva Histia (1914–2005), jar

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, bowl

Leona Navasie (born 1939, active 1960–present), vase

Anita Garcia Lowden (1930s–1970s, active 1950s–1970s), jar

Lucy M. Lewis (circa 1898–1992, active circa 1920–1990), bowl

Fannie Nampeyo (1900 or 1904–1987, active 1920–1987), pot

Joy Navasie (1919–2012), large vase

Lilly Salvador (born 1944, active circa 1975–present), Midsummer jar

Vangie Tafoya (born 1944, active circa 1982–present), small bowl

Brenda Garcia (born 1959, active 1976–present), seed pot with insect and animal motif

Felicia Fragua Curley (born 1964, active 1978–present), coyote storyteller figure

Diane Monica Lewis (born 1959, active 1986–present), seed pot with parrot design

Delores Aragon (born circa 1969), seed pot with Kokopelli and geometric designs

Emily Tafoya (born 1959), egg-shaped seed pot with rabbits

June Pino Cheromiah (born 1963, active 1985–present), olla with flute player designs

Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985, active 1940–1985), bowl with double bird design

N. Lucero, large vase

Emma Lewis (born 1931–2013, active circa 1952–2013), ram shaped pitcher

Hu'-u-ca, Mickey Mouse figure

Marvis Aragon, black-on-white fineline human figure

Juanita Inez Ortiz (1960–2008, active 1984–2008), mermaid figure

Kuutimaits'a (born 1951), bear figure with geometric designs and heartline

Frances Suina (1902–1992, active 1930–1980s), male storyteller figure

Hu'-u-ca, Minnie Mouse figure

Nampeyo of Hano (1859–1942, active 1880–1940), bowl

Delores Aragon (born circa 1969), fineline bottle with stopper

Hisi Quotskuyva Nampeyo (born 1964), bowl

Events

August 3, 2020

Activity

Pottery from the Southwest

9:00–10:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art