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Mata Ortiz Bits
7-31-08

What a pleasure it was to interview young Moroni Quezada in the home of his parents Lydia Quezada and Rito Talavera.  As you will see Moroni had some very interesting comments about art and life.  His extraordinary fine art pottery reflects those comments.

Here is the interview:

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I recently caught up with Lydia Quezada in her home in Nuevo Casas Grandes. She was kind enough to grant an interview which you can view below.

Lydia Quezada Celado has been referred to as "the queen of grace", "Juan's best student", and "world class artist". She is the youngest of Juan's eight brothers and sisters. Her husband is Rito Talavera, equally talented, who, along with their accomplished children Moroni and Pabla, collaborates in the creation of fine art pottery.

If you are interested in Lydia's work, there are, at the time of this writing, a couple of very fine examples are being offered on ebay.

Here is the interview:

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Mata Ortiz Bits
7-11-08

I've recently returned from Mata Ortiz where I had the opportunity to video interview Ivonne Olivas.  Ivonne does some beautiful work.  I just wish our video and interviewing skills matched her artistic talent.  Give it a few hundred years.

In future bits we'll have video interviews with other artists, some well known, and some lesser known (and less expensive).  We will also have an extensive interview with Spencer MacCallum to see what makes him tick.

Here is the short interview with Ivonne, I hope you enjoy it:


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