Jody Naranjo
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Frogs and Butterflies, 2009 |
Jody Naranjo is a contemporary Tewa pottery maker from the Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico in the United States. She comes from a family of traditional Tewa potters.[1] She learned the craft of pottery from her mother and other female relatives.[2] She attended the Institute of American Indian Arts.[3] Naranjo was selling her artwork at age fifteen at the New Mexico History Museum. She uses traditional methods to make her pottery, including digging the clay from pueblo lands and processing the raw clay. She uses the coiling and pit firing to make her pots.[1] Images of women, which she calls "pueblo girls," and animals, are a common themes in her artworks.[3] She participates in the Santa Fe Indian Market.[1] She won first prize in pottery at the Market in 2011.[1][4] She has served as an artist-in-residence at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.[2] In 2007 she won best in show at the Eiteljorg's Indian Market.[3] Her work has been exhibited at the Heard Museum.[5]
See also
- Nora Naranjo-Morse, Jody Naranjo's aunt [6]
- Jody Folwell, her aunt [6]
- Roxanne Swentzell, her cousin [6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Ken Lingad; Suzanne Deats; Kitty Leaken (1 May 2012). Contemporary Native American Artist. Gibbs Smith. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-1-4236-0559-1. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- 1 2 "Jody Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo)". Artists-in-Residence. Eiteljorg Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- 1 2 3 Lloyd, Christopher. "Q&A with potter Jody Naranjo". Story. Metromix. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ "Jody Naranjo Won The Top Prize In The Pottery Classification At Last Year’s Indian Market.". Indian Market. Southwest Art. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ "Pueblo Mothers and Daughters". Exhibits. Heard Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- 1 2 3 Jody Naranjo profile at New Mexico Magazine, August 2013