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1924 Osawatomie, Kansas - 1972 Phoenix, Arizona. Known for: Indian ceremonial genre, figure.
Beverly Petek, known as Poko Petek, became a respected painter of Southwestern Native American sacred tribal ceremonies. Her work has appeared in Arizona Highways Magazine (1972) and on the cover of... Read full biography
Beverly Petek, known as Poko Petek, became a respected painter of Southwestern Native American sacred tribal ceremonies. Her work has appeared in Arizona Highways Magazine (1972) and on the cover of a Grolier publication, The Science Yearbook (1969) and other art publications. Invited to... Read full biography
Beverly Petek, known as Poko Petek, became a respected painter of Southwestern Native American sacred tribal ceremonies. Her work has appeared in Arizona Highways Magazine (1972) and on the cover of a Grolier publication, The Science Yearbook (1969) and other art publications. Invited to Southwestern Indian ceremonial dances, she could not photograph them, so she sketched the "snake dances" and "rain dances" from memory. Petek lived in Phoenix, Arizona and traveled to Hopi and Navajo... Read full biography
Beverly Petek, known as Poko Petek, became a respected painter of Southwestern Native American sacred tribal ceremonies. Her work has appeared in Arizona Highways Magazine (1972) and on the cover of a Grolier publication, The Science Yearbook (1969) and other art publications. Invited to Southwestern Indian ceremonial dances, she could not photograph them, so she sketched the "snake dances" and "rain dances" from memory. Petek lived in Phoenix, Arizona and traveled to Hopi and Navajo reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. Her love and tolerance for all spiritual beliefs inspired the Founder of the PeaceClinic. Written and submitted August 2004 by Fran Elliott, Sedona, Arizona.... Read full biography
Beverly Petek, known as Poko Petek, became a respected painter of Southwestern Native American sacred tribal ceremonies. Her work has appeared in Arizona Highways Magazine (1972) and on the cover of a Grolier publication, The Science Yearbook (1969) and other art publications. Invited to Southwestern Indian ceremonial dances, she could not photograph them, so she sketched the "snake dances" and "rain dances" from memory. Petek lived in Phoenix, Arizona and traveled to Hopi and Navajo reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. Her love and tolerance for all spiritual beliefs inspired the Founder of the PeaceClinic. Written and submitted August 2004 by Fran Elliott, Sedona, Arizona. ----------------------------------------------------------------------. The daughter of Lewis and Effie Fisher, Beverly Jane Petek was born in Osawatomie, Kansas and was ra... Read full biography
Poko Petek - Artist Info
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
- •Tempera
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty