If it’s Native American pottery you’re looking for, Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery is the finest Native American pottery gallery on Earth. We are located at 100 West San Francisco Street, on the corner of Don Gaspar, in the heart of Santa Fe’s historic Plaza district, just steps from the Plaza itself. Since 1993, the gallery has presented and sold only hand-made, hand-painted Native American pottery from the Southwest and from the village of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico. We also offer a few select pieces of pottery from Native American artisans from other parts of the United States.
The gallery’s pottery, organized and displayed by pueblo, dates from the 1880’s to the present. We strive for depth within this one medium, often representing six generations of potters from one family. Maria Martinez, recognized as the most famous Native American potter, is one of our specialties and we always have a large selection of her pieces.
Our gallery hours during the summer are Monday – Saturday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM & Sunday: 11:30 AM – 5:30 PM. During the winter our hours are Monday – Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM & Sunday: Noon – 5:00 PM. Currently we are in WINTER HOURS.
Part of the Santo Domingo pottery display in the front of the store
We bag, bubble wrap and double box all our packages in-house. We also insure all our packages and ship via UPS.
Our Staff
Derek Fisher was born in Santa Fe and when he was 4 years old began helping his mother, Andrea, dust the pottery collection in their living room. When he was a sophomore in high school, as a computer class project, he and his friend Augustine built the web site we still use today. Every summer while in college at UC Santa Cruz, he worked in the gallery maintaining the web site and doing all of the financials which he continues to do today. He came on board permanently after a 3 year stint at Bonny Doon Winery in California. Derek is an avid outdoors man, and has a medical record of broken bones and serious injuries to prove it. Skiing, mountain biking, hiking, camping would occupy all of his time if we let him. During this virus, he has let his hair and beard grow and now looks like the mountain man he would like to be. As soon as the gallery re-opens, and he is able to get a haircut, he will! He has worked more than full time keeping the gallery alive during the pandemic. He is pictured with his beloved dogs, Stout and Honey.
Stout is a 100% “pure-bred animal shelter” dog. Derek may be the owner but Stout is certainly part of of the Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery family. He is our official greeter…..except when he is sleeping under a desk. He has had his belly scratched by visitors from all over the world. Stout is not picky about treats. When he was a puppy, he swallowed Derek’s 25 foot garden hose. He can often be seen blocking the front door, waiting to be petted and watching the world go by.
Al, for decades, was a frequent visitor to Santa Fe. He finally moved here about ten years ago. Before retiring from teaching art in Wisconsin, for years he “volunteered” to help at the gallery during Indian Market. He describes himself as the “secretary” who jokingly says secretaries get to sit on the bosses lap. Standing at 6’5′ and recently losing over 100 pounds at Weight Watchers, Al has replaced the weight with his jewelry collection. Al is the consummate collector. After donating 550 pieces of American Indian pottery to his partners college museum, one could not tell there was anything removed from his home. During the pandemic, Al was busy taking inventory of his beautiful and unique note cards and gift tags which he sells at some of the finest shops in Santa Fe. Al has more friends and knows more people than any person alive.
Jennifer (Jen) has been in Santa Fe for over thee years, arriving from Asheville, North Carolina. Twenty years ago she created a consulting company that provides public relations advice for national and international businesses and organizations. Seventeen years ago she hired her favorite and only employee, her father. She still consults, but for fun she works at the gallery. Jennifer is a serious collector of masks and pottery of the Americas. During the virus she has been busy spoiling her dog, Tilly, with her 75 dog toys and “supporting her favorite local chefs and missing her local bar stool”.
It took Denece 25 years of visiting New Mexico before moving from northern Michigan by way of the northwest to Santa Fe. Originally, she was a gallery customer and joined the staff a couple years ago. Denece has downsized from luxury yachts and real estate to selling Indian pottery. During the pandemic she spent time hiking but she said her most fun was going online “hunting and gathering”.
For years Scott spent hours in a tiny corner in the gallery photographing every pot received and inputting all of the information onto our web site. Scott is such a computer whiz that for the last six years he took Derek’s original web site design and improved it to be comprehensive and easy to navigate site that it is today. Scott has lived everywhere and has many a tale to tell about each place. He and his wife are raising their youngest grandchild, Ruthie who is in middle school now. Most of the time during the pandemic you could find Scott at home homeschooling her. Sometimes he talks about the first time he walked into Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery. He was coming to apply for the webmaster position we had just created. As he walked across the front of the store, he realized that to do the job well, he’d have to learn everything he could about Native American pottery. Thankfully, that learning became a “labor of love” for him and we have all learned more because of that.