Emily Fragua
Tsosie
Jemez Pueblo
Family Choir
7 3/4"
Total Height
Emily Fragua-Tsosie, “Corn
Pollen”, was born in 1951 into the Pueblo of the Jemez.
Emily was inspired by her
mother and grandmother to hand coil and pinch clay sculptures,
at the age of 12. They encouraged and motivated her to learn
the art of working with clay so that she could add to the long
lived tradition of constructing art, using ancient methods.
Emily was taught where to
gather the clay, clean, sift, shape, mold, paint, and fire her
pottery, outdoors. By the late 1960’s she started making
her own corn dolls and other sculptures. People often ask what
her favorite type of art to make is and she replys, “Everything
I create is a favorite piece because I created it.”
Emily specializes in storytellers
and corn maidens.
She signs her pottery as:
E. Fragua Tsosie, Jemez.
Emily is related to the following
artists: Leonard Tsosie (husband), Rose Fragua, Chris Fragua,
and Caroline Gachupin.
Awards:
-Santa Fe Indian Market 2nd place
-Santa Fe Indian Market 3rd place
-Eighth Northern Indian Arts 1st place
-Other awards too numerous to list
Publications:
-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies
-Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery
-Pueblo Family Pottery