Rose Naranjo
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Rose Naranjo (b. 1915) (Santa Clara Pueblo) married in 1954 to Michael Naranjo, a Baptist minister, and moved to Taos Pueblo where she began using the local micaceous clay for her pottery.
Rose is the mother of Dr. Rina Swentzell, Dr. Tessie Naranjo, Professor Tito Naranjo, sculptors Michael Naranjo and Nora Naranjo-Morse and potters Jody Folwell, Dolly Naranjo and Edna Romero. She is the grandmother of sculptor Roxanne Swentzell and potters Jody Naranjo, Susan Folwell, Polly Rose Folwell, Dusty Naranjo and Forrest Naranjo.
[edit] Awards
- 1979 Second Place & Third Place, Micaceous pottery, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 1981 Best of Division, First & Second Place, traditional unslipped pottery, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 1983 First Place, tradition unslipped & unpainted pottery, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 1986 Third Place, undecorated jar, Santa Fe Indian Market
[edit] References
Portrait in Pueblo Artists: Portraits, Toba Pato Tucker, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1998.
