UGA, Institute of Native American Studies

The project is a collaborative effort that brings together two eminently qualified Navajo potters and culture bearers to teach the art of Navajo pottery making to Navajo Nation potters in the Four Corners Area of New Mexico. The artists will engage Navajo communities in highlighting the ceramic arts as a portal into both traditional and new expressions, helping to construct individual and group identity, building an environmental ethic, reinforcing indigenous cosmology, and providing a platform where the artform is learned and practiced. Initially the artists will teach 8 learners and the project will culminate with an open house at a Hogback Chapter House in Shiprock, New Mexico, including an installation titled, “Pottery Re/membering,” displaying the products of the pottery workshop.