Dextra Quotskuyva

Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo
Born (1928-09-07) September 7, 1928
Polacca, Arizona
Nationality American, Hopi-Tewa
Education Great-granddaughter of famed Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo
Known for Potter and artist
Awards Proclaimed an “Arizona Living Treasure,” 1994; Arizona State Museum Lifetime Achievement Award, 1998
External images
Dextra with Charles Loloma at Hopi
Dextra Quotskuyva pottery: Seed jar
Moth Maiden jar
Wide mouth jar, eagle tail design
Dextra's signature and logo

Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (born September 7, 1928, Polacca, Arizona) is a Native American potter and artist. She is the great-granddaughter of famed Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo (1860–1942), who revived Sikyátki style pottery at Hopi;[1] and the daughter of Rachel Namingha (1903-1985), another notable Hopi-Tewa potter. There are now five generations of Nampeyo family potters, and Dextra Quotskuyva is arguably the best potter and painter of this extraordinarily talented family.[2][3]

Dextra's students include her daughter Hisi Nampeyo (Camille Quotskuyva, born 1964 ), her nephews Les Namingha (born 1967) and Steve Lucas (Koyemsi, born 1955 ), and Loren Ami (born 1968).[4] Dextra's son Dan Namingha is an internationally acclaimed painter and sculptor.[5]

In 1994 Dextra Quotskuyva was proclaimed an “Arizona Living Treasure,” and in 1998 she received the first Arizona State Museum Lifetime Achievement Award.[1] In 2001, the Wheelwright Museum organized a 30-year retrospective exhibition of Quotskuyva's pottery,[6] and in 2004, she received the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Lifetime Achievement award.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dextra Quotskuyva at Holmes Museum of Anthropology
  2. ↑ Struever, Martha Hopkins, - Painted Perfection: The Pottery of Dextra Quotskuyva, 2001 Wheelwright Museum exhibition catalog, ASIN: B0006RNJ6Y
  3. ↑ Pecina, Ron and Pecina, Bob. Hopi Kachinas: History, Legends, and Art. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013. ISBN 978-0-7643-4429-9.; page 161
  4. ↑ The Nampeyo Legacy: A Family of Hopi-Tewa Potters, Southwest Art, August 2001
  5. ↑ Dan and Arlo Namingha ─ A Fascination with Dualities, Museum of Northern Arizona, 2007
  6. ↑ Painted Perfection: The Pottery of Dextra Quotskuyva
  7. ↑ 2004 SWAIA awards

Pecina, Ron and Pecina, Bob. ‘’Hopi Kachinas: History, Legends, and Art’’. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013. ISBN 978-0-7643-4429-9; page 161

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