Lorencita Atencio

"Matachines Dance," 1937, depicts an intricate dance popular in Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. Lorencita Atencio Bird (October 22, 1918 – May 4, 1995), also called T'o Pove ("Flowering Piñon"), was a Pueblo-American painter and textile artist from the Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) Pueblo. She studied at the Santa Fe Indian School under Dorothy Dunn and exhibited her artwork across the country and in Europe. In particular, she is known for her embroidery designs, utilizing symbolic colors and motifs such as diamonds, butterflies, and the color gold. the Philbrook Museum of Art, and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. She was an active watercolor painter and embroidery artist through the 1930s and 1940s, selling her work and earning a living.

Atencio died on May 4, 1995.