O’ Powa O’ Meng—”I came here, I got here, I’m still going”— is how Jody Folwell describes, in her Tewa language, her personal journey with pottery. A contemporary artist from Kha’p’o Owingeh (also known as Santa Clara Pueblo, in New Mexico), she is among the most significant and influential clay artists of her generation. Across five decades of artistic practice, Folwell has revolutionized contemporary Pueblo pottery with energetic, avant-garde innovations of form, content, and design that have influenced younger generations of Pueblo potters. This exhibition presents iconic works that demonstrate the arc of Folwell’s trailblazing career and place her within the canon of contemporary American art.
O’ Powa O’ Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell is organized by the Fralin Museum of Art and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Major funding for the national tour and exhibition catalogue is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Curator-in-charge at the McNay Art Museum is Lauren Thompson, Curator of Exhibitions.
Major funding is provided by the Flora Crichton Visiting Artist Fund. Additional support is provided by the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992; and the Ewing Halsell Foundation.
September 7, 2025
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