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1904 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2001 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Known for: Polished blackware Indian pottery-bearpaw design.
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Susan Whittington wrote the following about Margaret Tafoya: The beginning has a response to a comment in The New York Times obituary. Whittington is the artist's granddaugher who gave the eulogy at... Read full biography
Susan Whittington wrote the following about Margaret Tafoya: The beginning has a response to a comment in The New York Times obituary. Whittington is the artist's granddaugher who gave the eulogy at the funeral of Margaret Tafoya. Doug Martin's description of my Grandmother's "brief fling with an... Read full biography
Susan Whittington wrote the following about Margaret Tafoya: The beginning has a response to a comment in The New York Times obituary. Whittington is the artist's granddaugher who gave the eulogy at the funeral of Margaret Tafoya. Doug Martin's description of my Grandmother's "brief fling with an Apache" was totally off the mark! In that day and time, she was never allowed what we today would term "a fling." She was engaged to the young Apache man and the traditional buckskin wedding dress was... Read full biography
Susan Whittington wrote the following about Margaret Tafoya: The beginning has a response to a comment in The New York Times obituary. Whittington is the artist's granddaugher who gave the eulogy at the funeral of Margaret Tafoya. Doug Martin's description of my Grandmother's "brief fling with an Apache" was totally off the mark! In that day and time, she was never allowed what we today would term "a fling." She was engaged to the young Apache man and the traditional buckskin wedding dress was made for her by his relatives. She told me that she had to tell him she couldn't marry him because she didn't want to leave Santa Clara Pueblo and her relatives, all to whom she was very attached. BELOW IS THE TEXT OF THE EULOGY GIVEN AT MARGARET'S... Read full biography
Susan Whittington wrote the following about Margaret Tafoya: The beginning has a response to a comment in The New York Times obituary. Whittington is the artist's granddaugher who gave the eulogy at the funeral of Margaret Tafoya. Doug Martin's description of my Grandmother's "brief fling with an Apache" was totally off the mark! In that day and time, she was never allowed what we today would term "a fling." She was engaged to the young Apache man and the traditional buckskin wedding dress was made for her by his relatives. She told me that she had to tell him she couldn't marry him because she didn't want to leave Santa Clara Pueblo and her relatives, all to whom she was very attached. BELOW IS THE TEXT OF THE EULOGY GIVEN AT MARGARET'S FUNERAL MASS IN SANTA CLARA PUEBLO ON 27 FEB 2001:. EULOGY: MARGARET TAFOYA... Read full biography
Margaret Maria (Corn Blossom) Tafoya - Artist Info
About Margaret Maria (Corn Blossom) Tafoya: Keywords
Keywords (13)
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramics
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Awards/Recognition
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Santa Clara Pueblo