Folwell, Polly Rose

Polly Rose Folwell was born into Santa Clara Pueblo in December 1962. Her mother is Jody Folwell, her grandmother Rose Naranjo. She grew up in a household that produced a lot of pottery, and a lot of innovation with that pottery. Like her siblings, Susan Folwell and Paul Folwell, Polly Rose learned to make pottery almost through osmosis. Her daughter, Jody Sue Folwell Lazaro (Kaa) grew up in a very similar atmosphere and now paints and makes pottery.

Polly Rose was a participant in the Santa Fe Indian Market as a teenager and has earned numerous awards there and at the Heard Museum since.

Some Exhibits featuring Polly Rose

• Mothers & Daughters: Stories in Clay. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. January 10, 2009 – January 10, 2010
• Gifts from the Community. Heard Museum West. Surprise, AZ. April 2008 to October 2008
• Choices and Change: American Indian Artists in the Southwest. Heard Museum North. Scottsdale, AZ. June 2007
• Breaking the Mold: The Virginia Vogel Mattern Collection of Contemporary Native American Art. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. October 2006 to July 2007
• Breaking the Surface: Carved Pottery Techniques and Designs. Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ. October 2004 to October 2005
• Decidedly Diva: Part One, Jody Folwell, Polly Rose Folwell, Susan Folwell. Modo Gallery. Hudson, NY. October 2003
• Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation: Contemporary Native American Art from the Southwest. 2002-2003 Traveling exhibition planned for the following venues: American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 5/9/2002-9/15/2002; Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 10/13/2002-1/5/2003; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1/19/2003-3/16/2003
• Hold Everything! Masterworks of Basketry and Pottery from the Heard Museum. Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ. November 2001 to March 2002
• Polly Rose Folwell: Pottery. Prairie Lee Gallery. Chicago, IL. November 1989 to December 1989
• Annual Pottery Show. Squash Blossom Gallery. Denver, CO. June 1989
• New Works by Dora, Russell, Rosemary, Polly Rose & Jacquie. Gallery 10. Scottsdale, AZ. March 1989
• Clay and Steel. Gallery 10. Scottsdale, AZ. March 1988
• Richard Zane Smith, Dorothy Torivio, Polly Folwell, Fred Myers. Gallery 10. Scottsdale, AZ. February 1987
• Group Show. Gallery 10. Santa Fe, NM. August 1986