Keene, Adrienne Roy

Adrienne Roy Keene was born into Acoma Pueblo in October, 1956. She said her mother, Juanita Keene, taught her everything she knew about making traditional Acoma pottery and today, Adrienne is one of the finest miniature artists from Acoma Pueblo.

She began producing pottery for the marketplace in the early 1970s. Many of her pieces are topped with the triangular imprint she uses for corrugation, which she then surrounds with intricate painted Anasazi– and Mimbres-Revival designs.

She earned the first of many Blue Ribbons for her pottery at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1980. She was just 23 years old. In 1995 she earned the Best of Division ribbon at Santa Fe.

Adrienne likes to make Anasazi and Mimbres Revival ware: black-on-white and polychrome jars, bowls, seed pots, miniatures, corrugated wares and non-traditional new forms. One of those earned her the Collector’s Choice Award at the 1997 Phoenix Indian Center Bolo Tie Dinner and Awards Banquet.