Rose Chino Garcia, Acoma Pueblo Potter

Award-winning Acoma Pueblo pottery artist Rose Chino Garcia is collectible. Her pottery is in the collections of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, Heard Museum in Phoenix, Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, and numerous private collections. She has won awards at Santa Fe Indian Market since 1975—one award was for "most creative design."

Rose Chino Garcia (1928-2000) and her sisters, Carrie Chino Charlie, Vera Chino Ely and Grace Chino, are daughters of Marie Z. Chino and all of them were exceptional potters, as was their mother.

Reference: Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf.

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