Emma Lewis Mitchell
1931 Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico - 2013
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1879 Warsaw, Poland – 1974 Los Angeles, California
1916 El Paso, Texas - 2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico
BiographyEmma Lewis Mitchell is the daughter of noted potter Lucy Lewis and the sister of Ann Lewis Hanse, Mary Lewis Garcia, Dolores Lewis Garcia and Carmel Lewis Haskaya. She learned pottery making from her mother and began making pottery for the market around 1952. She specialized in Mimbres and Ancestral Pueblo revival work, such as black-on white and polychrome ollas, jars, bowls, seed pots, plates and owls. Her work is found in collections across the United States including the Peabody Museum, the Heard Museum and the San Diego Museum of Man.