Artist Media Series
Contemporary
King Galleries - Indian Market 2023
Tammy Garcia
Susan Folwell
Autumn Borts
Les Namingha
Nathan Youngblood
Robert Patricio
Al Qoyawayma
Andrea Vargas
Steve Lucas
Jennifer Tafoya
Arthur Lopez
Historic
$ 900.00
This tile by Jason Garcia is part of his Corn Maiden series which features young women in traditional dress for the Corn Dance and placing them in a modern context. This tile has a young Corn Maiden dancer and a young man, who are from the two major clans at Santa Clara. One is Summer and the other is Winter. This is somewhat of a “Romeo and Juliet” type of story, as Summer and Winter clans aren’t supposed to intermarry. However, he has definitely captured them with a very amorous look! Note as well the TV antennae in the background (a nod to St. Claire, the patron saint of television and Santa Clara Pueblo). There is also a traditional rain cloud up in the sky and the kiva ladder off to the left. Each piece is a hand built clay tile, made from native clay. All of the colors are derived from Native clay.