A Final Journey: Winter in Chihuahua and the Potters of Mata Ortiz

When: Tuesday, October 16, 2025
(2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m) What: A Tom Lea Month program. Event Location: El Paso Museum of Archaeology 4301 Transmountain Rd, El Paso, TX 79924 Leader: Marilyn Guida, 915-755-4332, guidamr@elpasotexas.gov Reservations required? No Kid friendly? No Pet friendly? No

A Final Journey: Winter in Chihuahua and the Potters of Mata Ortiz
Presentation by Spence MacCallum & Adair Margo

Saturday, October 20th
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Free Admission

Adair Margo speaks about a 1997 road trip to Casas Grandes with Tom and Sarah Lea that resulted in the last work of art Tom Lea made and named “Chihuahua in Winter.” The pastel will be on view during and after the presentation. Anthropologist Spence MacCallum shares the “Miracle of Mata Ortiz” that the Lea’s witnessed: the flourishing of highly skilled potters and the economic development that grew out of the example of master potter Juan Quezada. A Tom Lea Month program sponsored by the Tom Lea Institute and held in collaboration with the Celebration of Our Mountains & Texas Archaeology Month.

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