Evelyn M. Vigil

Evelyn Vigil (Towa: Phan-Un-Pha-Kee) (1921 – 1995), was a Jemez Pueblo ceramic artist.

Evelyn Vigil
Born1921
Died1995 (aged 73–74)
Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forCeramics

Early life and background

Her ancestry is traced back to the last residents of Pecos Pueblo that moved to Jemez Pueblo in 1838 after violence and raids by the Spanish, Apache, and Comanche.[1]

Art career

Together with Juanita Toledo, another Pecos descendant and potter, Vigil helped rediscover and revive the Pecos Pueblo style of glazeware pottery.[2]

For much of the 1970s and 1980s, Vigil and Toledo joined rangers and volunteers at Pecos National Historic Park studying materials and techniques used by the Pecos people in order to recreate historic Pecos Pueblo-style pottery.[3] They worked with a variety of different types of local clays, tempers, natural pigments, kilning temperatures, and firewoods to create pots that matched the thin-walled pottery and glazes originally made by the Pecos Pueblo in 1250 to 1700.[2][4]

Honors

The New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative erected an Official Scenic Historic Markers in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico in the effort to recognize Vigil and Toledo's contributions to New Mexico history.[5]

References
  1. Hayes, Allan; Blom, John; Hayes, Carol (2015-08-03). Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 9781589798625.
  2. Lamb, Susan (1996-01-01). A Guide to Pueblo Pottery. Western National Parks Association. ISBN 9781877856624.
  3. "Evelyn M. Vigil, Phan-Un-Pha-Kee (Young Doe) 1921–1995 Historical Marker". Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. "Evelyn Vigil - Artist - Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe". Adobe Gallery. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  5. Pike, David (2015-08-01). Roadside New Mexico: A Guide to Historic Markers, Revised and Expanded Edition. UNM Press. ISBN 9780826355706.


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