Alicia Adams Monroe
Alicia Adams
Tribe: Hopi
Clan: Bearstrap/Spider
Active: ? to present
Type of baskets: Coiled, miniatures, Kachinas
Residence: Second Mesa
Family: Maternal great-granddaughter of Josie Tyma; Maternal granddaughter of Gladys Kagenveama; daughter of Retta Lou Adams; niece of Regina Kagenveama
Teacher: Retta Lou Adams, her mother.
Awards: 1990 2nd Scottsdale National American Cultural Foundation, Scottsdale, Az; 2003 Best in Class Inter Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, N.M.
Forms: Plaques, bowls, coiled basket dolls,
Favorite Designs: Kachinas, Snow Maidens, corn, clouds, butterflies
Alicia Adams, also known as Alicia Monroe, is honored as a top prize winning basket weaver. In August 2003 she won Best of Class at Gallup’s Inter Tribal Indian Ceremonial. Her winning entry was a basketry Kachina doll. The reviewer described the piece “most expertly styled with a contemporary twist.” Alicia is known for producing these complex yucca-coil dolls. They are truly a collector's item!
Alicia comes from a long lineage of weavers. Their family is part of the Bearstrap/Spider Clan, one of the earliest clans to settle at Hopi over a thousand years ago.
Alicia carries on an ancient tradition while advancing her art with innovative forms.
