Clinton Polacca Nampeyo (1958- )

Clinton Polacca Nampeyo, Hopi/Tewa, Kachina Clan, active 1975-present: Black and red on yellow jars. Clinton is the Great-grandson of Nampeyo; grandson of Fannie Polacca Nampeyo, and the son of Harold Polacca and his wife Alice, who was from the Akimel O'odham (Pima) tribe of Arizona.  Clinton started potting around 1975 and had been taught by his grandmother, Fannie Nampeyo.

 "I learned from watching my grandmother, Fannie. I just starting doing pots by myself four years ago. I used to just make them, and she'd paint them. I have a respect for the designs. I usually just sell to people who really want them and connect with the design and respect it." - Clinton Polacca (Dillingham 1994)

"I am not familiar with his pottery as this is the only one of his we have ever had in the gallery. If this jar is any indication of his workmanship, then I must say he is a very accomplished potter." -Al Anthony Jr.

Credits:

Photo of Clinton Nampeyo courtesy of Rick Dillingham. (Fourteen Families In Pueblo Pottery).
Text Reference: Hopi-Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf.

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