Linda and Merton Sisneros
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Linda Sisneros and Merton Sisneros are Native American
potters from Santa Clara Pueblo
, New Mexico
, United States
.
They are a married couple, each with a long heritage of pottery in the family. Together they carry on family traditions, and include the family crest (a triangle to symbolize three generations of potting) on their pottery. The couple does a few of the traditional carved pots, but mostly makes painted black on black and red on red. They are one of only a few potters in Santa Clara who continue to make the black on black pottery in the traditional manner.
Merton Sisneros has won many awards for workmanship and is well known throughout New Mexico.
In 2006, Merton Sisneros was removed from his elected position as Vice Chairman on the Santa Fe Palace of the Governors portal committee after a petition was signed by 200 fellow artists claiming he (and committee chairman Glenn Paquin, and Allen Bruce Paquin, the chairman’s son) were not living up to their responsibilities and other accusations.
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
potters from Santa Clara Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
Santa Clara Pueblo is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 980 at the 2000 census. Santa Clara Pueblo was established about 1550....
, New Mexico
New Mexico
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, United States
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They are a married couple, each with a long heritage of pottery in the family. Together they carry on family traditions, and include the family crest (a triangle to symbolize three generations of potting) on their pottery. The couple does a few of the traditional carved pots, but mostly makes painted black on black and red on red. They are one of only a few potters in Santa Clara who continue to make the black on black pottery in the traditional manner.
Merton Sisneros has won many awards for workmanship and is well known throughout New Mexico.
In 2006, Merton Sisneros was removed from his elected position as Vice Chairman on the Santa Fe Palace of the Governors portal committee after a petition was signed by 200 fellow artists claiming he (and committee chairman Glenn Paquin, and Allen Bruce Paquin, the chairman’s son) were not living up to their responsibilities and other accusations.
External links
- Award winning "Winter and Summer Owls" at the Southwest Indian Art Fair
- Battle on the Portal from Santa Fe New Mexican News.