MIAC Sunday Lecture Series TEWA TALES OF SUSPENSE

Comic Art Indigene artist Jason Garcia speaks on "TEWA TALES OF SUSPENSE". Jason will speak about his latest handmade and painted tile series 'Tewa Tales', as well as the his process, artistic inspiration and future work.

Jason  Garcia is a son of noted potters Gloria Garcia (Goldenrod) and John Garcia.  In 2003, Jason won his first major award, with a "Best of Division" at Santa Fe Indian Market for a set of his tiles depicting the Franciscan Saints.  In 2004, he won the prestigious "Artist's Choice Award" for a large tile depicting the Pueblo Revolt.  He was also commissioned by the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, to make a "Pueblo Revolt" tile for their permanent collection. His new works are all painted with native clays slips on a native clay tile.  The themes range from a series of the Archangels, and the traditional to the contemporary.