Tewa Tribe member Nora Naranjo Morse will speak about Pueblo Indian culture with students today at 12:30 p.m. in the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center, according to a press release from the Hutton Honors College.
The event will provide lunch for interested students and is co-sponsored by the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center and the Creative Writing Program.
As a Native American potter, installation artist, poet and filmmaker, Morse will discuss the ways her art explores the social and environmental issues of her culture.
Specifically, the discussion will focus on questions of sustainability and Pueblo values.
According to the release, most of her works are on display around New Mexico, where the Tewa Tribe is based. Morse’s most famous works include large earthworks, towers made of clay and straw and a long clay rope that runs across Santa Fe streets.
She usually works with clay and organic materials, and she has been trained in the Pueblo clay work tradition of the Southwest.
Additionally, her art is featured at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Brielle Saggese
