Type
Individual
Role
Artist
Identifier
AlaridFrank
Alternate names
Frank Pancho Alarid
Lifespan
after 1950
Functions, Occupations, and Activities
>Wood carver, painter, santero
Heritage
Hispanic
Medium
Wood, paint
Statement
My daughter asked if I would take her to Spanish Market and she went wild...We came back and she asked if I would do a carving for her. I did one and I got hooked again...Dad worked for Randall Davey...He saw some of my carvings and asked if I ever thought about painting them. He taught me about color...[E. Boyd] showed me some of the old santos and that sparked everything. She really pushed me. [From article in the Frank Alarid vertical file at Bartlett Library]
Biography
With mentors like Randall Davey and E. Boyd, it's not surprising that Santa Fe woodcarver Frank Alarid should finally achieve his own artistic recognition...Alarid's "Our Lady of Guadalupe" was chosen for the 1989 Spanish Market poster. [From article in vertical file at Bartlett Library]
Geographic names
Santa Fe