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“Maria” is part of a groundbreaking art exhibit currently at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

To Simpson, “craft is how you move through the world.” “And nowadays, we have these cars, and we use them, and it’s still for the same purpose of nourishing our families.” We would use it for the things we needed,” said Simpson, who earned an MFA in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design. “A long time ago, we would actually make a pot, and carry it on our head. That’s when Simpson realized that the car is a kind of pot. Video by PBS NewsHourīut the decision to paint “Maria” in the black-on-black style made famous by Martinez? That came one day when Simpson and her mother used the car to harvest corn, beans and squash from their garden. Simpson shows us “Maria,” a 1985 Chevrolet El Camino that’s named after famed Pueblo potter Maria Martinez, whose black-on-black ceramics are legendary. Simpson said it was her dream to have one of her very own.Īrtist Rose B. Simpson, who comes from a long line of Pueblo potters, is putting a contemporary spin on the traditional art of her ancestors.Įspanola has come to be known as the “Lowrider Capital of the World,” and growing up Simpson was surrounded by flashy, beautiful custom cars and car culture, which she considers a form of performance art. The shop is also where Simpson creates much of her artwork, which fuses ceramic sculpture, metalwork, performance and writing. The car “took up a lot of space, because she’s a queen,” Simpson said as she gave the PBS NewsHour a tour of her studio space on the Santa Clara Pueblo, just outside Espanola, New Mexico. Simpson built a moving piece of art: “Maria,” a black, refurbished 1985 Chevrolet El Camino named for famed Pueblo potter Maria Martinez.

While studying automotive science, Rose B.