Linda Aguilar

Linda Aguilar is a Chumash artist who was born in 1946 in Santa Barbara, California.[1] Linda is known for her horsehair baskets which are "decorated with shells, beads, and other found materials such as vintage bingo tiles, miniature dice, playing cards, abalone buttons, and clam shell disks."[2] She was inspired to make horsehair baskets when she visited a museum in Pasadena, California.[3] She uses "non-traditional" materials in her baskets while still approaches basket making with tradition.[4] She has shown her work at the Smithsonian, the Denver Art Museum, Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, The Stagecoach Museum at Newbury Park, CA, and California Academy of Science. Aguilar was on the California Indian Basketweavers Association founding board.[5]

Education

She went to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara[6] with the plan to become a painter and graduated with a degree in studio art.[3][7]

Awards and Fellowships

Aguilar was the 2011 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellow at the School for Advanced Research.[7] She was also the Native Arts Artist-in Residence and set up her studio at the Denver Art Museum from November 2013 to January 2014.[8]

Collections

Aguilar's work is held in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art,[1] the Autry Museum,[9] and the School for Advanced Research.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Artist: Linda Aguilar". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Art Values: Four Pieces of Native Art to Add to Your Collection". Southwest Art. 38 (3): 68–69. August 2008. ISSN 0192-4214. ProQuest 216341916.
  3. 1 2 Roberts, Kathleen (22 April 2011). "Woven Strands - Horsehair Baskets are Threaded Through Chumash Woman's Spirit". Albuquerque Journal. p. S1.
  4. ↑ Linda Aguilar, 2011 Dobkin Fellow (Video). School for Advanced Research. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-24 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ Ortiz, Beverly R. (2025). "The California Indian Basketweavers Association and Its Organizationally Based Land Stewardship and Management Initiatives". Parks Stewardship Forum. 41 (1): 59. ISSN 2688-187X. JSTOR 48806945.
  6. ↑ Payne, Richard A. (28 March 2022). "Linda Aguilar's Horsehair Baskets". Indian Country Today. Archived from the original on 28 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 "2011 Native Artist Fellows: Linda Aguilar - 2011 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Fellowship". School for Advanced Research. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  8. ↑ Madison, Jenna (28 January 2014). "DAM Artist-in-Residence Linda Aguilar Knows Basket making". Denver Art Museum. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "[Item record for coiled horsehair basket made by Linda Aguilar]". Autry Museum of the American West. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Works of: Linda Aguilar". School for Advanced Research. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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