StrawAppliquébyDellaVigilGonzalesABOUTTHEARTISTDellaVigilGonzaleswasbornandraisedinTruchas,NM.ShemovedtoSantaFe,NM,in1985andhasworkedfull-timeattheSantaFeInstitute(SFI)since1988. SFI isaprivate, independent, transdisciplinaryresearchandeducationcenterlocatedinthefoothillsoftheSangredeCristoMountains.Dellaworksclosely with foreign and domestic Nobel Laureates, Fellows, and Jr. and Sr.Scientists.Della was accepted to participate in the summer and winter TraditionalSpanishMarketssponsoredbytheSpanishColonialArtsSocietyin2008.Heraward-winningArthasbeenonexhibitattheMuseumofSpanishColonialArt,Santuario de Chimayo Gift Shop, Gerald Peters Gallery, Collected WorksBookstore, The Shops at Sanbusco, The Cathedral Church of St. John, theDesignStudiointheAlbuquerquePlazaHyattRegencyHotel,andpublishedinavarietyofmedia.DellahasmentoredadultandyouthSpanishMarketartistsand taught workshops at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts and St.Michael’sHighSchool.Della is theownerofFinally InPrint, abook formattingandgraphicdesignhomebusiness. Her clientshavepublishedwithAddison-Wesley,OxfordUniversityPress,Elsevier,andKnopf.SheworkscloselywithauthorandPulitzer prize winner, Cormac McCarthy, formatting his books, movie scripts, and screenplays including TheCounselor,TheRoad,NoCountryforOldMen,andTheSunsetLimited.DellanowlivesinLosLunas,NM,withherhusbandJohn.Awards2014 InnovationWithinTraditionAward,SpanishMarket,SpanishColonialArtsSociety,SantaFe,NM.2012 Holy Family of the Year Award (together with her parents and sisters), Holy Family Parish,

Chimayo,NM.2008-2009 MiguelChavezAward,fordedicationandservice,St.Michael’sHighSchool,SantaFe,NM.2008 BestofShow,TraditionalArtcategory,SantaFeCountyFair,SantaFe,NM.2008 Firstplace,TraditionalArtcategory,SantaFeCountyFair,SantaFe,NM.1999-2000 CharacterCounts,forTrustworthiness,Respect,Responsibility,Fairness,Caring,andCitizenship,

ArchdioceseofSantaFe,SantaFe,NM.MediaCoverageDeWalt,Rob.“WrappedinTradition.”NewMexicoMagazine,pp.21-25.November2013.Stanzione, Nikki. New Mexico Style, KASA Fox 2 — http://www.kasa.com/subindex/nm_style February 16,

2012.Trujillo,AnaMaria.“AppliquéTherapy.TheNewMexican,January25,2011.Olmstead, Donna. “Winter Spanish Market Explores Artistic Boundaries: Participants Can Depart from

Tradition.”WinterGuide,AlbuquerqueJournal,p.36,November14,2010.Roberts,Kathaleen.“MarketNiche:Appliqué'Weavings'aUniqueAdditiontoSpanishMarket.”Venue,Santa

Fe/North,AlbuquerqueJournal,July23,2010.Ortega,Art. “WeekendEdition: 59thAnnualTraditionalSpanishMarket.”CitadelRadio interview,KKOB,770

FM.July17-18,2010.

StrawArt@hotmail.com • (505) 660-8151 • Santa Fe, NM 87505

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Miller,Rachel.“DellaUlibarri:WeavingSunshine.”SantaFeInstitute2009AnnualReport,p.16.SantaFe,NM,April2010.

German,John.“DellaUlibarriAmong2008SpanishMarketArtisans.”SantaFeInstituteUpdate,p.4.SantaFe,NM,September2008.

June, Ana. “Painstaking Alchemy: Centuries-Old Tradition Lives on Through Local Artist.” NewMexico FreePress,July23,2008.

Memberships2013—2015 Co-Chair,ArtistLiaisonCommittee,SpanishColonialArtsSociety2010—2015 Member,ArtistLiaisonCommittee,SpanishColonialArtsSociety2010—2013 Member,LaSociedadFolkloricadeSantaFe2008—present SpanishMarketArtistandMember,SpanishColonialArtsSociety2008—present Member,SantaFeInstituteFoundersSociety2003—2010 Chair,StaffAppreciationCommittee,St.Michael’sHighSchool2001—2010 Member,Parents’Club,St.Michael’sHighSchool2006—2008 Member,BoosterClub,St.Michael’sHighSchool1999—2000 President,CristoReyCatholicSchoolBoard1998—1999 VicePresident,CristoReyCatholicSchoolBoard1996—1998 Chair,Ways&MeansCommittee,CristoReyCatholicSchool1994—1998 Member,CristoReyCatholicSchoolBoardABOUTSTRAWAPPLIQUÉStrawAppliquéisstraw(hay,corn,wheat)splitandflattened;thesoftinnerpithisscrapedoff,resultinginverythinpiecesofgoldenstraw.Strawiscut,onepieceatatime,andgluedtowoodandsprayedwithvarnish.Duringthe1700sinmanyofthenorthernNewMexicovillages,goldwasapreciouscommodityanditsuseoncrossesforworshipwasimpractical.ThenecessitytohavecrossesandotherdecorateditemsthathadthelookofgoldcausedtheearlyHispanicsto“invent”aprocessthatadheredstrawtowood.Onetechniquewasstrawinlayorappliquéandanotherwasencrustedstraw[1].Ithasbeenreferredtoaspoorman’sgold.Some pieces are devotional and others have impressions of Rio Grande / Chimayo-style Textiles. The eight-pointedstarpatternbegantoappearinRioGrandeweavingsinthemidtolate1800s.Thefivestarplacementfeaturesonestarineachcornerandonelargestarinthecenter.IntheHispanicweavingtradition,theseuniqueandvibrantweavingsbecameknownasthe"ValleroStar”or"Trampas-Vallero”blankets[2].Della’sgreat-greatgrandmotherMartinaMontoya,fromElValle,NM(hence,thename“Vallero”)andhersisterswereallinvolvedintheweavingtrade.[1] “ATraditionofMakingStrawintoGold.”TheCollector’sGuide.June5,2006.

http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa034.shtml[2] “ValleroStarBlankets.”TheCollector'sGuide.November7,2006.

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