History Culture Design & Technique How To Artists Convocation Glossary         Home	When I looked at the kiva paintings and the ruins and the books, I was real interested in bringing it back into that fullness, with new colors and new designs. I wanted to bring back something that was being lost. —Shawn Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo   Embroidery Artists Lydia Chinana Mabel Fragua Isabel Gonzales Evelyn Bird Quintana Romancita Sandoval Shawn Tafoya   Because Pueblo embroidered textiles have such important ceremonial purposes, historically artists have produced them for the internal market. They remained largely unknown to the general non-Pueblo public and rarely became the focus of art collectors. At the 1996 Pueblo Embroidery Artist Convocation held at the Indian Arts Research Center, eleven contemporary embroiderers discussed the issues involved in balancing respect for the tradition’s ritual significance with a desire on the part of some textile artists to broaden their own creative expression as well as the medium’s appeal to the art market. The Embroiderers In 2002-03, School for Advanced Research staff members Dolly Naranjo Neikrug and Jeanne Fitzsimmons interviewed and videotaped six of the Pueblo embroiderers who participated in the 1996 convocation in their homes. Lydia Chinana, Jemez Pueblo Mabel Fragua, Jemez Pueblo Isabel Gonzales, Jemez Pueblo Ramoncita Sandoval, San Juan Pueblo Evelyn Bird Quintana, San Juan Pueblo Shawn Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo
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