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Born 1969 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Known for: Santa Clara Pueblo pottery.
Tammy Garcia is known for her large and elaborate pots carved with complex, extensive and original decoration. A member of the well-known Tafoya family of potters from Santa Clara Pueblo, she... Read full biography
Tammy Garcia is known for her large and elaborate pots carved with complex, extensive and original decoration. A member of the well-known Tafoya family of potters from Santa Clara Pueblo, she continues her family's tradition of pottery. Though Garcia grew up working with clay she left home to... Read full biography
Tammy Garcia is known for her large and elaborate pots carved with complex, extensive and original decoration. A member of the well-known Tafoya family of potters from Santa Clara Pueblo, she continues her family's tradition of pottery. Though Garcia grew up working with clay she left home to attend cosmetology school using the money she made selling pots to pay her way. When her money ran out she took a job in an art gallery in Taos and it was there that she decided to return to her artwork.... Read full biography
Tammy Garcia is known for her large and elaborate pots carved with complex, extensive and original decoration. A member of the well-known Tafoya family of potters from Santa Clara Pueblo, she continues her family's tradition of pottery. Though Garcia grew up working with clay she left home to attend cosmetology school using the money she made selling pots to pay her way. When her money ran out she took a job in an art gallery in Taos and it was there that she decided to return to her artwork. She is one of the contemporary Native Americans changing perception of pottery from craft to fine art. She has expanded the traditional Santa Clara style from a band of designs around the middle of the pot to covering entire surfaces with elaborately... Read full biography
Tammy Garcia is known for her large and elaborate pots carved with complex, extensive and original decoration. A member of the well-known Tafoya family of potters from Santa Clara Pueblo, she continues her family's tradition of pottery. Though Garcia grew up working with clay she left home to attend cosmetology school using the money she made selling pots to pay her way. When her money ran out she took a job in an art gallery in Taos and it was there that she decided to return to her artwork. She is one of the contemporary Native Americans changing perception of pottery from craft to fine art. She has expanded the traditional Santa Clara style from a band of designs around the middle of the pot to covering entire surfaces with elaborately carved images. She gathers the clay and volcanic ash from the hills around Santa Clara Pueblo and mixes them together with her bare feet.... Read full biography
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- Teaming UpApril 2005Southwest Art EditorsSouthwest Art
- Native PassionAugust 2004Ellis, NancySouthwest Art
- Art Events-New MexicoJune 2004Schneider, WolfSouthwest Art
- Recent BooksJanuary 2004Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Art Events - ArizonaSeptember 2003Herrin, AliceSouthwest Art
- Art Events- New MexicoAugust 2003Schneider, WolfSouthwest Art
- Perspectives from TaosMarch 2003Russell, SallyArt-Talk
- Art Events- Coast to CoastJanuary 2003Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Realism TodayJuly 2001Editor, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Reinventing TraditionAugust 1998Van Cleve, EmilySouthwest Art
- The ExplorerJanuary 1989Campbell, VirginiaSouthwest Art