Arthur and Hilda Coriz were
Native American husband and wife potters from Santo Domingo Pueblo (now called
Kewa Pueblo
Kewa Pueblo ( Eastern Keres , Keres: ''Díiwʾi'', Navajo: ''Tó Hájiiloh'') is a federally-recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in northern New Mexico, in Sandoval County southwest of Santa Fe. The pueblo is recorded as the Santo ...
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, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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United States
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They signed their pottery as "Arthur and Hilda Coriz."
Early history
Hilda Coriz (née Hilda Tenorio; 1949–2007) was a sister of award-winning potter
Robert Tenorio
Robert Tenorio (born December 29, 1950) is a Kewa (Santo Domingo) potter.
Early life
Robert Tenorio was born on December 29, 1950, on the Kewa Pueblo to parents Andrew and Juanita Tenorio, members of the Fire Clan. His paternal grandmother was ...
, and began making pottery with the encouragement of her brother.
Arthur Coriz (1948–1998) started to learn about pottery in 1975, after watching his wife Hilda and her brother Robert.
Career
When they first started, Arthur and Hilda would make pots while Robert would create decorative designs and do the painting. Within two years time, Arthur was painting pots for himself and his wife Hilda. They eventually became full-time potters, winning numerous awards at the
Santa Fe Indian Market
The Santa Fe Indian Market is an annual art market held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the weekend following the third Thursday in August. The event draws an estimated 150,000 people to the city from around the world. The Southwestern Association for ...
s between 1983-1998. They participated in exhibitions at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the
Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Shows.
The Coriz' couple made pottery using the traditional methods of Santo Domingo potters. They used only natural clays and the
Rocky Mountain bee plant, also known as
wild spinach, and
honey
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for making the black paint. Together they made traditional polychrome jars, bowls, dough bowls, and canteens. Arthur and Hilda’s favorite designs included birds, clouds, flowers and animals like the deer and
bighorn sheep
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. They signed their pottery as "Arthur and Hilda Coriz."
Death and legacy
Arthur died in 1998 and Hilda died in 2007.
Their daughter
Ione Coriz Ione may refer to:
Places
* Ione, California, a city
* Ione, Colorado, an unincorporated community
* Ione, Nevada, an unincorporated community
* Ione, Oregon, a city
* Ione, Washington, a town
* Ionopolis or Ione, an ancient town near Antioch
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(born 1973) also makes traditional Santo Domingo pottery. In 1988, Ione Coriz placed 3rd and in 1989 she won 2nd for her pottery in the ages 18 and under divisions at the
Santa Fe Indian Market
The Santa Fe Indian Market is an annual art market held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the weekend following the third Thursday in August. The event draws an estimated 150,000 people to the city from around the world. The Southwestern Association for ...
.
See also
*
List of Native American artists
This is a list of visual artists who are Native Americans in the United States. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual ...
References and further reading
*Peaster, Lillian - Pueblo Pottery Families. 2nd Edition. 2003.
*Schaaf, Gregory - Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Artist Biographies. 2002.
*Trimble, Stephen - Talking with the Clay: The Art of Pueblo Pottery. 1987.
External links
Arthur and Hilda Coriz pottery at the Holmes Museum of Anthropology
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Artists from New Mexico
Native American potters
American women ceramists
American ceramists
Native American women artists
Women potters
People from Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico