Return of the Corn Mothers
Indie Book Award Finalist 2021
COFFEE TABLE BOOK/PHOTOGRAPHY and ANTHOLOGY
Return of the Corn Mothers: Inspiring Women of the Southwest, by Renee Fajardo, Todd Pierson, Ed Winograd (JEMS Books)
2021 INDIE BOOK PUBLISHING FINALIST : Coffee Table Book/Photography and Anthology
Return of the Corn Mothers: Inspiring Women of the Southwest, by Renee Fajardo, Todd Pierson, Ed Winograd (JEMS Books)
This is a multi-generational and multi-cultural exhibit/book:
It is a collection of portraits and stories about today’s Corn Mothers.
They are women who live, study, and work in the Southwest:
Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and northern Texas.
Some are native, indigenous to this region.
They all share an ability to pull from the past all that is sacred and holy,
and to create a future that is filled with promise.
Elizabeth Aragon-Blanton
Rye, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
Amy Banker
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Lois Burrell
Brighton, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 13, 2008
Barbara Clark
Cascabel, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology (Tempe, Arizona), on October 7, 2010
Maria de la Cruz
Aguilar, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Dawn DiPrince
Pueblo, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
Amy Duncan
Gila, New mexico
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Kristy L. Duran
Alamosa, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the San Luis Valley Museum in Alamosa, Colorado on March 19, 2016, in conjunction with Adams State University, Alamosa
Claudia Ebel
Alamosa, COlorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the San Luis Valley Museum in Alamosa, Colorado on March 19, 2016, in conjunction with Adams State University, Alamosa
Geneva Escobedo
Tucson, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology (Tempe, Arizona), on October 7, 2010
Nellie Escobedo Plasencio
Safford, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology (Tempe, Arizona), on October 7, 2010
Dora Esquibel
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Ann Esquibel Redman
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
Belinda Garcia
Crestone, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Concepción Garcia Allen
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Peggy Godfrey
Moffat, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the San Luis Valley Museum in Alamosa, Colorado on March 19, 2016, in conjunction with Adams State University, Alamosa
Carol Guerrero-Murphy
Alamosa, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the San Luis Valley Museum in Alamosa, Colorado on March 19, 2016, in conjunction with Adams State University, Alamosa
Ivette Guzman
Denton, Texas
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Lois Harvey
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Carrie Howell
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Sylvia Lee
Tucson, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at Pima Community College (Pima Arizona), on April 24, 2013.
Arlette Lucero
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Lucy Lopez Dussart Lucero
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Oneyda L. Maestas
Alamosa, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the San Luis Valley Museum in Alamosa, Colorado on March 19, 2016, in conjunction with Adams State University, Alamosa
Brenda Kay Manuelito
Phoenix, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology (Tempe, Arizona), on October 7, 2010
Tori Vigil Martinez
Capulin, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the San Luis Valley Museum in Alamosa, Colorado on March 19, 2016, in conjunction with Adams State University, Alamosa
Rita J. Martinez
Pueblo, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
B. Afeni McNeely Cobham
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Carolina “Carrie” Sandoval Mejía
Bernal, New Mexico
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Raven Winston Mercado
Tucson, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology (Tempe, Arizona), on October 7, 2010
Judy Newland
Niwot, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology (Tempe, Arizona), on October 7, 2010
Cynthia Ramu
Pueblo, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
Sara Ransom
Durango, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Ella Maria Ray
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Alfiria Casaus (Alfie) Salazar
Pueblo, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
Lisa Saldaña
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
Cherie Karo Schwartz
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Barbara Shannon-Bannister
Aurora, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Christina Maxine Sigala
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 2012
Patricia Sigala
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Charlene Garcia Simms
Garcia, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Pueblo City-County Library District Central Library, Rawlings Branch, Pueblo, Colorado, on October 4, 2019
Stella Teller
Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Jessica (Jessa) Tumposky
Silver City, New Mexico
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Evelyn Valdez Martinez
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Bertha A. Velarde
Alamosa, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the San Luis Valley Museum in Alamosa, Colorado on March 19, 2016, in conjunction with Adams State University, Alamosa
Aurora Villareal-Aguilera
Phoenix, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology (Tempe, Arizona), on October 7, 2010
Rita Flores deWallace
Denver, Colorado
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
Anne Luise Zapf
Klondyke, Arizona
Inducted as a Corn Mother at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado, on October 30, 2008
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