Editing Taos art colony (section)

===Taos Pueblo artists===

Ancient artistic traditions have been manifested in native craft for generations;<ref name=TaosPuebloArtists/> an important acknowledgement for understanding the inherent aesthetic allure of this area to the [[Anglo-America]]n artists. Making paintings with oil and watercolor was a new form of art to the [[Taos Pueblo]] who traditionally painted objects such as hides or inside buildings, such as on the walls of a [[kiva]], but one embraced by artists such as [[Albert Looking Elk]], [[Albert Lujan]], [[Juan Mirabal]] and Juanito Concha. They provided artwork that was realistic of the Native American lifestyle in contrast to the work of [[Anglo-America]]ns romantic depictions. Traditional design elements were formalized at the [[Santa Fe Indian School]], defining authentic [[Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American art]].<ref name=ThreeTPP>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa495.htm |title=Three Taos Pueblo Painters |author=Witt, D |year=2003 |publisher=Traditional Fine Art Online, Inc |access-date=2011-05-30}}</ref>

[[Juanita Suazo Dubray]], a lifelong resident of Taos Pueblo, is a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] potter. In 1980, at the age of 50, Dubray began making [[micaceous]] pottery, upholding the tradition of her mother and their ancestors. Dubray added an element of sculptural relief with icons of corn, turtles, lizards, and kiva steps in relief; Her original corn design her most recognized symbol.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holmes.anthropology.museum/southwestpottery/taos.html |title=J. Suazo Dubray |work=Through the Eyes of the Pot, Artists |publisher=L. D. Holmes Museum |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-06-01 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721073603/http://www.holmes.anthropology.museum/southwestpottery/taos.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=All That Glitters: The Emergence of Native American Micaceous Art Pottery in Northern New Mexico | author=Anderson, D | publisher=School of American Research Press | year=1999 | page=62 }}</ref> [[Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner]] (died 1966) was also a noted potter from [[Taos Pueblo]].{{sfnp|Lester|1995|p=443}}

[[Pop Chalee]], also known as Merina Lujan and "Blue Flower" (1906–1993), was the daughter of a man from the [[Taos Pueblo]]; her mother was of Swiss descent. In the 1920s she attended the [[Santa Fe Indian School]] and in the 1930s [[Dorothy Dunn]]'s studio of the same school. Multi-talented, Chalee was a [[mural]]ist and art instructor; she also worked in radio and the film industry.{{sfnp|Farris|1999|p=13}}