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Anita Louise Suazo (b. May 13, 1947) is a Native American potter from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, United States. She is the daughter of Jose Nerio Suazo and noted potter Belen Tapia (1914-1999). Anita’s mother Belen was one of the innovators of finely crafted polychrome redwares. She was a first cousin to Margaret Tafoya. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...
An Aani (Atsina) named Assiniboin Boy. ...
Santa Clara Pueblo is a census-designated place located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. ...
Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area Ranked 5th - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²) - Width 342 miles (550 km) - Length 370 miles (595 km) - % water 0. ...
Margaret Tafoya was the matriarch of Santa Clara pueblo potters. ...
Growing up in a family of traditional potters, Anita began learning Santa Clara pottery techniques as a child from her mother. She works with her husband Joseph who helps her dig clay from the soil near Santa Clara. Her pots are made using the traditional, free hand coiling technique, polishing stones and native clays.
Anita makes carved redware and blackware, polychrome redware, black melon pots and carved two-tone black on black pottery. She carves or decorates her pots with water serpents, rain clouds, kiva steps, feathers and other prehistoric stylized designs. Reconstructed kiva at Bandelier National Monument. ...
Anita is recognized as a master potter. Since 1979, she has consistently won awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Eight Northern Pueblos Indian Arts and Crafts Shows. In 1985, she participated in the Sid Deusch Gallery show in New York with Margaret Tafoya and 42 other Santa Clara potters. In 1986 she received the Jack Hoover Memorial Award for excellence in Santa Clara pottery. She has taught workshops and given demonstrations on traditional Native American pottery techniques at the University of New Mexico and the University of California at Davis. Her pottery can be found in collections of the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Smithsonian Institution, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos], the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, and in collections around the world. Santa Fe Indian Market is an annual art market held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA over two days around the third weekend in August and draws an estimated 100,000 people to the city from around the world. ...
Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
Prior to the coming of Europeans, the peoples of both the North and South American continents had a wide variety of pottery traditions. ...
The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ...
The University of California, Davis, popularly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten University of California campuses. ...
The Heard Museum is a museum dedicated to Native American art, located in Phoenix, Arizona. ...
Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area - City 1,230. ...
The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...
Taos (IPA: ) is a city in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico. ...
Nickname: The City Different Location in the State of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Santa Fe Founded 1607 Mayor David Coss Area - City 96. ...
References and Further Readings
- Hayes, Allan and John Blom - Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni. 1996.
- LaFree, Betty - Santa Clara Pottery Today. 1975.
- Schaaf, Gregory - Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies. 2000.
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