Always Becoming

Grounded in figures from Santa Clara Pueblo oral tradition, the sculptures are named Father, Mother, Little One, Moon Woman, and Mountain Bird.

On May 24, 2006, the National Museum of the American Indian announced that Naranjo-Morse had won its outdoor sculpture design competition.

[2] During the summer of 2007, on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., Naranjo-Morse built a family of clay sculptures.

As the sculptures disintegrate, the films of their lives will form a more permanent record of their existence, and are therefore an essential part of the artistic process and the work itself.

The sculpture's metaphor of home and family not only conveys a universal theme to all peoples, but also enhances the visitors' experience that they have entered a Native place when they step foot [sic] on the museum grounds.38°53′17″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88806°N 77.01639°W / 38.88806; -77.01639