Once upon a Time
April 10th is Stories Day, a time for storytelling and other activities that promote children's literacy.
Native American potter Louis Naranjo made today's feature, Storyteller Bear. It illustrates a popular Pueblo pottery theme, the storyteller, which emphasizes the importance of oral traditions in Native American cultures. Naranjo's work takes the whimsical form of a bear with cubs. Today, Pueblo potters include men, though pottery was once the domain of women.
Pictured: Louis Naranjo, 1932–1997, Storyteller Bear (His first), about 1989, fired clay, slip, and beeweed, 8 1/4 x 9 5/8 x 10 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson.
April 10th is Stories Day, a time for storytelling and other activities that promote children's literacy.
Native American potter Louis Naranjo made today's feature, Storyteller Bear. It illustrates a popular Pueblo pottery theme, the storyteller, which emphasizes the importance of oral traditions in Native American cultures. Naranjo's work takes the whimsical form of a bear with cubs. Today, Pueblo potters include men, though pottery was once the domain of women.