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Name

Cavan Gonzales

Alternate name:

Cavan B. Gonzales

Eagle Tail

Tse-Whang

Heritage

San Ildefonso

Tewa

Gender

male

Dates

Lifespan

1970-

Date Note

birth date February 24, 1970

Specialty / Medium

pottery

redware

blackware

polychrome

painting

acrylic painting

etching

woodcut print

intaglio

External Remarks

Artist’s work represented in the online Masterworks Arts and Artists Series of the Heard Museum.

Artist's file in Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum.

Artist represented in the Native American Artists Collection (RC62) of the Heard Museum Archives.

Artist’s physical folder is filed alphabetically in the Native American Artists Resource Collection under the following name:

Gonzales, Cavan

Artist's work is represented in the object collection of the Heard Museum

Exhibits

Something Old, Something New, Nothing Borrowed: New Acquisitions from the Heard Museum Collection. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. April 2, 2011 - March 18, 2012.
Gifts from the Community. Heard Museum West. Surprise, Arizona. April 12 - October 12, 2008.
Home: Native People in the Southwest. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. May 22, 2005 - .
A Revolution in the Making: the Pottery of Maria and Julian Martinez. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. May 10, 2003 - September 14, 2003.
More Than Art. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 1999 – October 2004.
Recent Acquisitions. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. July 12, 1997 - January 1998.

Heard Markets

2023 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 4-5, 2023.
2022 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 5-6, 2022.
2020 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 7-8, 2020.
2019 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 2-3, 2019.
2018 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 3-4, 2018.
2017 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 4-5, 2017.
2016 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 5-6, 2016.
2015 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 7-8, 2015.
2014 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 1-2, 2014.
2013 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 2-3, 2013.
2012 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 3-4, 2012.
2011 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 5-6, 2011.
2010 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 6-7, 2010.
2009 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 7-8, 2009.
2008 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 1-2, 2008.
2007 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 3-4, 2007.
2006 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 4-5. 2006.
2005 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 5-6, 2005.
2004 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 6-7, 2004.
2003 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 1-2, 2003.
2002 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 2-3, 2002.
2001 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 3-4, 2001.
2000 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 4-5, 2000.
1999 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 6-7, 1999.
1998 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 7-8, 1998.
1996 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 2-3, 1996.
1990 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 3-4, 1990.

Fairs and Markets

2004 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 2004.
2000 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 2000.
1997 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1997.
1996 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1996.
1995 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1995.
1994 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 20-21, 1994.
1992 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 22-23, 1992.
1990 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1990.
1983 Santa Fe Indian Market. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1983.

Awards

2022 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market: Honorable Mention for Classification II - Pottery. Awarded for artwork: "Ananya Vase". Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. March 4, 2022.
2005 Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA). Fellowship Award. May 2005.
2004 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division D - Traditional pottery, painted designs on burnished black or red surface, Category 1102 - Bowls: Second Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 2004.
2004 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division E - Traditional pottery, jars, including wedding jars, Category 1206 - Jars, other Pueblos or tribes: Second Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 2004.
2000 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division E - Traditional pottery, jars, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, Category 1209 - Jars, other Pueblos or tribes: First Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 2000.
1997 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division E - Traditional pottery, jars, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, Category 1209 - Jars, other Pueblos or tribes: Second Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1997.
1996 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division F - Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars, Category 1306 - Other vases: Second Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1996.
1996 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division F - Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars, Category 1308 - Plates: Second Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1996.
1995 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division G - Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms but jars, Category 1408 - Plates: Third Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1995.
1994 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division E - Traditional pottery, painted designs on burnished black or red surface: Best of Division. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1994.
1994 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division E - Traditional pottery, painted designs on burnished black or red surface, Category 1201 - Jars: First Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1994.
1992 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division F - Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, Category 1305 - Jars, other pueblos: Second Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1992.
1992 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification III - Paintings, drawings and graphics, Division E - Graphics, Category 2201 - Etchings: First Place. Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1992.
1990 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division J - Non-traditional, any forms using non-traditional materials or techniques, Category 1401 - Stoneware, slabware, etc.: First Place. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1990.
1990 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification III - Paintings, drawings and graphics, Division D - Graphics: Best of Division. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1990.
1990 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification III - Paintings, drawings and graphics, Division D - Graphics, Category 1901 - Etchings: Third Place. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1990.
1990 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification III - Paintings, drawings and graphics, Division D - Graphics, Category 1903 - Woodcuts: First Place. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1990.
1983 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification VI - Student (18 years and under), Division A - Ages 13 through 18: Third Place. Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 1983.

Publications

Found 13 record(s)

Citation	Pages	Publication Date	Artist Citation Notes
. "Commemorating the Anniversary: It's All Relative". v. 13, September, 1998. The Indian Craft Shop.	2-3
. "Fiddling Around to Benefit the Santa Fe Symphony". This Week from Indian Country, vol. 2, no. 25 (July 4-11, 2012). 2012.	48	2012
Bernstein, Bruce. "Connoisseur's Guide to Indian Market". Santa Fean, vol. 23, no. 7 (August 1995). 1995.	75	1995
Dillingham, Rick. Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 1994.	282	1994
Heard Museum. Interviews for the National Endowment for the Humanities Planning Grant Reinstallation of Native Peoples in the Southwest, Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 2002.	v. 1 (not paginated)	2002	Cavan Gonzales interviewed by Gloria Lomahaftewa on January 9, 2003. \| Transcipts of interviews conducted during 2002 and 2003 in preparation and as source material for the Heard Museum exhibition "Home: Native People in the Southwest". Interviewers include Tessie Naranjo and Gloria Lomahaftewa.
Hice, Michael. "Clay". Santa Fean, vol. 26, no. 7 (August 1998). 1998.	46-47	1998
Lester, Patrick D. ~The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Tulsa, Oklahoma: SIR Publications. 1995.	201	1995	Includes tribal index and bibliographical references.
Lieu, Jocelyn and Louis Weisberg. "Pueblo Potters Finding Prosperity, Peace". August 15, 1989. Albuquerque: Journal North Indian Market.	6-7, 38		Newspaper article
Marshall, Ann (editor). Home: Native People in the Southwest. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 2005.	16, 26, 36, 55, 57	2005	Catalog of an exhibition curated by Ann Marshall. Includes index.
Peterson, Susan. ~Pottery by American Indian Women: the Legacy of Generations. New York, New York: Abbeville Press. 1997.	126	1997	Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., October 9, 1997-January 11, 1998, and at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, February 18, 1998-April 18, 1998.
Spivey, Richard L. The Legacy of Maria Poveka Martinez. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Museum of New Mexico Press. 2003.	77-82	2003
Walker, Hollis. "From Arizona to the Arctic: the Collection of Dan and Martha Albrecht". Native Peoples, vol. 15, no. 5 (July/August, 2002). 2002.	80-82	2002
Weaver, Debra. "Maria's Descendants Among Artists at New Gallery". June 4-10, 1999. Farmington, N.M.: The Daily Times.	13		Newspaper article

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