1. Charles Sequevya Loloma was a Hopi Native American artist known for his jewelry.
17 Facts About Charles Loloma
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Charles Loloma was born near Hotevilla, Hopi Third Mesa, to Rex Loloma and Rachel Kuyiyesva Loloma, to the Badger clan.
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Charles Loloma attended Phoenix Indian High School in Arizona where he began his artistic career as a muralist and painter when he was asked by Fred Kabotie to assist in the reproduction of murals from the Awatovi site on the Hopi reservation for New York's Museum of Modern Art.
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Charles Loloma later worked with Kabotie and Rene d'Harnoncourt on murals in the Federal Building on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay for the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939.
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Charles Loloma married Otellie Pasiyava, a Hopi potter from Second Mesa, Arizona.
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Charles Loloma served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 with the 331st Army Engineers.
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In 1947, thanks to the GI Bill, and on the advice of Indian commissioner William H Beatty, Loloma attended Alfred University's School for American Craftsmen in Alfred, New York.
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Charles Loloma's goal was to bring these techniques to the Hopi people to make them more self-sufficient.
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In 1954, Charles Loloma opened a pottery shop in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Charles Loloma used unconventional materials like sugilite, lapis, ivory, gold, pearls, diamonds, and even exotic woods.
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Charles Loloma used turquoise as an accent to his pieces.
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The jewelry of Charles Loloma was featured in the first Heard Museum Fair in 1961 and many more to follow.
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Charles Loloma won first prize in the Scottsdale National Indian Art Exhibition seven years in a row.
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Charles Loloma was featured in NET and PBS in 1972.
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Charles Loloma was commissioned to make a piece for the queen of Denmark.
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Charles Loloma visited many countries including France, Egypt, and Colombia His achievements inspired other Native jewelers such as Jesse Monongye.
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Charles Loloma's work was explored in a series on American Indian artists for the Public Broadcasting System.