Claudia Mitchell, a potter from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, gathers clay on a mesa between two sandstone rock formations, hammer and pick at the ready.
Through her vessels, “the spirit of all those people is brought back to life,” she said.
“Our past and present become the future in the pottery.”Now she is helping to broaden the understanding of American art.
The objects were all selected by members of the Pueblo Pottery Collective and the labels highlight Pueblo peoples’ voices and perspectives, rather than the traditional museum label style.
(The show, through June 2024, continues by appointment in a more intimate setting at the Vilcek Foundation in Manhattan, before traveling to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Saint Louis Art Museum.)
Persons:
Claudia Mitchell, —, Lucy M, Lewis, Mitchell, ”, “
Organizations:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vilcek Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Saint Louis Art Museum
Locations:
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, Pueblo, Clay, American, Manhattan