Artist

Alice Cling

born Cow Springs, Navajo Nation, AZ 1946
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Originally photographed by Chuck Rosenak. Image is courtesy of the Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, 1990-1999, in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Also known as
  • Alice Williams
Born
Cow Springs, Navajo Nation, Arizona, United States
Biography

Alice Cling grew up in her mother's hogan (a Navajo dwelling), where she made pottery and helped on the family homestead (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia, 1990). She builds her pots by hand, winding strips of clay into coils to form the body. Cling was the first Navajo potter to polish her pots using a smooth river stone instead of the traditional corncob, and creates the distinctive red color with a special clay slip made by the Walapai tribe (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art, 1994).

Works by this artist (3 items)

Carolee Schneemann, Viet-Flakes, 1962-67, re-edited 2015, 16mm film transferred to digital video, toned black and white, sound; 08:31 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.21, © 2019 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Viet-Flakes
Date1962-67, re-edited 2015
16mm film transferred to digital video, toned black and white, sound; 08:31 minutes
Not on view
Carolee Schneemann, Viet Flakes, 1965, 16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.9, © 1965 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Viet Flakes
Date1965
16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes
Not on view
Carolee Schneemann, Fuses, 1964-1966, 29:51 minutes, color, silent, 16mm film on video, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.8, © 1964-1966 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Fuses
Date1964-1966
29:51 minutes, color, silent, 16mm film on video
Not on view