December 18, 2007 – February 10, 2008
Borderlands Gallery

Alvina Yepa comes from a family of artisans of the Jemez (“Hay-mess”) Pueblo in Northern New Mexico. The native people of Jemez speak Towa, a language spoken nowhere else on Earth. Likewise, artistic traditions are passed-down from parents to their children, just as Alvina learned pottery making from her mother. Her exquisite works demonstrate an integration of traditional nature motifs with her own contemporary innovations.