Virginia Ebelacker

Santa Clara Pueblo

Virginia Ebelacker (1925-2001) was a daughter of Margaret Tafoya and granddaughter of Serafina Tafoya. She grew up in the heart of a pottery-making family, learning by watching, then working with her mother and grandmother.

However, when she finished school, she went to work at Los Alamos National Lab as a scientist, forming and refining metals and plastics. She was honored for her contributions to both mediums but during all those years, she only made pottery in the evening, to relax before going to bed. Once she retired from LANL, she got more into making pottery.

LuAnn Tafoya and Toni Roller were her sisters, James and Richard Ebelacker her sons.