Betty Manygoats
Betty Manygoats | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 Shoto/Cow Springs, on the Navajo Nation |
| Nationality | Navajo |
| Known for | pottery, beadwork, weaving |
| Spouse | William Manygoats |
Betty Manygoats(born 1945) is a Navajo artist known for her ceramic work. She lives and works at Cow Springs on theNavajo NationinArizonain theAmerican Southwest.
Biography[edit]
Manygoats was born at Shoto/Cow Springs, on theNavajo Nation.[1]She was born into the Tàchiiʼnii clan.[2]She and her husband William Manygoats, whom she married in 1963, have ten children.[2][3]Many of her grown children are also potters.[3]She is also known asBetty Barlow.[1]
Art work[edit]
Manygoats learned the art ofsilversmithing,weaving andbeadworkwhen she was growing up.[2]When she was in her twenties, she learned to make traditional functional pottery from her grandmother, Grace Barlow.[1]As her work progressed, she developed a style that exaggerated the surface decoration, motifs, and shapes of traditional Navajo pottery.[1]In the 1970s, Manygoats developed a style of working that incorporated the application of hand-built clay horned toads which became her trademark.[3]
Collections[edit]
Manygoats' work is included in the collection of theRenwick Galleryof theSmithsonian American Art Museum.[4]She is also represented in the collections of theNational Museum of the American Indian.[4]and the William C. and Evelyn M. Davies Gallery of Southwest Indian Art at theMuseum of Texas Tech University.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^abcd"Betty Manygoats".Smithsonian American Art Museum: Renwick Gallery.Smithsonian American Art Museum.Retrieved29 September2019.
- ^abcCongdon, Kristin G.; Hallmark, Kara Kelley (2012).American Folk Art: A Regional Reference, Volume 1.ABC-CLIO.ISBN9780313349362.Retrieved29 September2019.
- ^abcRosenak, Chuck and Jan (1990).Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia.
- ^ab"Betty Manygoats".Collections.Smithsonian Institution.Retrieved29 September2019.
- Navajo potters
- 1945 births
- American women potters
- Living people
- American potters
- 20th-century American ceramists
- 21st-century American ceramists
- 20th-century American artists
- 20th-century American women artists
- 21st-century American artists
- 21st-century American women artists
- Native American women potters
- Navajo women artists
- Navajo artists
- 20th-century Native American artists
- 21st-century Native American artists
- 20th-century Native American women
- 21st-century Native American women