Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Most admirers of Hopi pottery have heard of Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival. Nampeyo and her descendants are not the only Hopi and Hopi-Tewa artists who reinterpret ancient imagery in many media. In this Tea and Archaeology presentation, Kelley Hays-Gilpin explores ancient, historic, and contemporary pottery, basketry, mural painting, and textiles to trace continuities and changes over a millennium of meaningful expression of Hopi values about family, communities, farming, and the natural environment.
Most admirers of Hopi pottery have heard of Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival. Nampeyo and her descendants are not the only Hopi and Hopi-Tewa artists who reinterpret ancient imagery in many media. In this Tea and Archaeology presentation, Kelley Hays-Gilpin explores ancient, historic, and contemporary pottery, basketry, mural painting, and textiles to trace continuities and changes over a millennium of meaningful expression of Hopi values about family, communities, farming, and the natural environment.
