Celebrating the Old and the New — Dawning Pollen Shorty’s Exhibit in E.I. Couse’s Old Studio

Dawning Pollen Shorty with grandma, aunts and brother
Dawn­ing Pollen Shorty with grand­ma, aunts and brother

Four gen­er­a­tions, from great-grand­moth­ers to lit­tle girls, were there to hon­or Dawn­ing Pollen Shorty, Taos Pueblo sculp­tor in mica­ceous clay, at an exhib­it that was held at Starr Inte­ri­ors on Sun­day, August 21st. Many oth­ers were there, includ­ing her father, well known sculp­tor Robert Shorty, and her broth­er, as well as many art enthu­si­asts, per­son­al friends and many oth­er relatives.

Many from the com­mu­ni­ty were in the court­yard vis­it­ing with each oth­er and with Pollen. They were there to see her work, of course, but also there to cel­e­brate with her. Con­tin­u­ing in the tra­di­tion of her moth­er Bernadette Track and aunt Soge Track, both artists as well, Pollen’s love of the clay and the earth of which it is part was reflect­ed in her del­i­cate and lyri­cal figures.

Clay demonstration - Dawning Pollen Shorty with Susanna Starr
Clay demon­stra­tion — Dawn­ing Pollen Shorty with Susan­na Starr watching

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It was a delight­ful time, a beau­ti­ful day and evening, and an oppor­tu­ni­ty to hon­or anoth­er young Taos artist who’s a well known teacher as well. As always, it was also a chance to recon­nect with oth­er peo­ple in the com­mu­ni­ty. This was the sec­ond in the series of Starr Inte­ri­ors Invites Taos Artists. The court­yard at our his­toric build­ing, over a hun­dred years ago home and stu­dio of famed artist, E.I. Couse*, seems to be made for embrac­ing and cel­e­brat­ing Taos’ own art community.

E.I. Couse with Native Model, Taos New Mexico
E.I. Couse with Native Mod­el, Taos New Mex­i­co — pho­to cour­tesy Couse Foundation

Please check in with us to find out more about the next show in this series to be held on Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 25th, fea­tur­ing the work of Richard Haw­ley and Tup­per Heaton Haw­ley, both car­ry­ing on in the tra­di­tion of Taos fam­i­lies of acclaimed artists.

*E.I. Couse (1866–1936), found­ing mem­ber and first pres­i­dent of the Taos Soci­ety of Artists

Pho­tos by © John Lamkin except where oth­er­wise not­ed.