Collection: Faye Quandelacy

Faye Quandelacy was the first Zuni carver that I know of to receive a formal art education. She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe with the great Hopi sculptor, Alan Houser. Upon returning to Zuni she went about teaching her family new skills. Faye's art is a merger of traditional Zuni fetish carving (folk art) with subtle elements of great sophistication. Faye Quandelacy advanced the look and feel of Zuni fetish carving while keeping the accepted Zuni form intact. When you look at the carvings of Andres, Sandra, Stewart, Stuart, Brian, Georgiana... any of the Quandelacy family, you will see Faye's influence. Frankly, that influence has spread beyond her family and is now part of Zuni. Faye is one of Zuni's greatest carvers and among the most important in the history of the Pueblo.