If a Pot Survives, a People Survive
This essay is one of 70 by mostly Pueblo people—artists, writers, historians, scientists, and political leaders—collected for "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery," an exhibition that runs…
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Category: Pottery
A Pueblo Pottery Exhibit Breaks the Mold
IT'S POSSIBLE—likely, even—that when the workday ends and the lights flick off, whispers rise. Here in the collections vault at the Indian Arts Research Center, in Santa Fe, a centuries-old water jar…
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How to Care for Your Pottery
AS CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, in Santa Fe, Patrick Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh) ensures that every piece of pottery is properly cared for. But you don’t have to live in a…
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Master Potter: Susan Folwell
Above: Master potter Susan Folwell uses Pop Art imagery, humor, and the reimagining fine art masterpieces in her work. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. SUSAN FOLWELL IS A POET of contemporary Pueblo…
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The Pottery of Kathleen Wall
Kathleen Wall uses pottery to tell stories and push boundaries. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. THROUGH CLAY, ARTIST KATHLEEN WALL USES the earth from which her ancestors emerged to document…
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