Reviews
Critical reception for Steve Elmore’s award-winning book In Search of Nampeyo: The Early Years, 1875-1892.
As Reviewed In ATADA News
Steve Elmore’s In Search of Nampeyo, The Early Years, 1875-1892 is an eye opener. Elmore spent twenty years researching and visiting permanent collections around the country looking for and discovering the work of Nampeyo.
As Reviewed in Indian Trader Magazine
Nampeyo, a Hopi-Tewa from First Mesa born in 1856, began as a traditional potter and extended her craft into an art form of pottery identified by her name.
As Reviewed in First American Art Magazine
A keen interest in Hopi pottery led collector and gallery owner Steve Elmore to spend the past quarter of a century researching the life and work of the Hopi-Tewa artist Nampeyo.
As Reviewed in THE Magazine
In Search of Nampeyo: The Early Years, 1875-1892 has been awarded the silver medal for non-fiction by the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
As Reviewed in Santa Fean Magazine
What do the early works of a master artist look like? That’s what Steve Elmore—himself an artist—wanted to know about Hopi potter Nampeyo.
As Reviewed in Maine Antique Digest
For 25 years, Steve Elmore has researched the life and work of Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo. He has closely examined the Keam collection at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum.
As Reviewed in High Country News
Nampeyo was one of the first Native American artists to be recognized and honored by Euro-Americans. The elegant abstractions of this traditional Hopi potter brought her fame.