Brown, Debbie
Debbie (Garcia) Brown was born in Albuquerque, NM in December, 1962. Her mother was Sarah Garcia and her grandmother Jessie Garcia, both of Acoma Pueblo. Goldie Hayah and Donna Chino are among her siblings. Like her sisters, Debbie learned how to make pottery through watching and working with their mother and grandmother as she was growing up.
In her early 20s, Debbie started exhibiting at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show and won many ribbons over the years. She was a participant at Santa Fe Indian Market from about 1980 to 2010. Her repertoire of styles and shapes includes plates, seed pots, jars, bowls and wedding vases. She works in polychrome and black-on-white.
Debbie’s favorite designs to paint are deer, parrots, bears, turtles, flowers, bees and traditional geometrics.
Some Awards won by Debbie
- 2000 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II, Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars, Category 1314 – Miscellaneous: Second Place
- 2000 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II, Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars, Category 805 – Other plain ware: First Place
- 2000 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II, Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, all forms except jars, Category 805 – Other plain ware: Second Place
- 1999 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division E – Traditional pottery, jars, painted designs on matte or semi-matte surface, jars in the style of Hopi, Acoma, Laguna, Zia, Santa Ana, San Ildefonso, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Zuni & related styles, Category 1204, Jars, Acoma (over 7″ tall): First Place
- 1999 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division A -Traditional unpainted pottery, Category 805 – Other Plain ware (including corrugated, incised, impressed or relief work); Third Place
- 1998 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division E – Traditional pottery, jars, Category 1204 – jars up to 6″ tall: Honorable Mention
- 1997 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division E – Traditional pottery, Category 1204, Jars: Third Place
- 1996 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, Category 1308, Plate: First Place
- 1994 Santa Fe Indian Market, Classification II – Pottery, Division F – Traditional pottery, Painted design on matte or semi-matte surface jars, Category – 1304 Jars, Acoma or Laguna (over 7″ tall): Second Place