Betty Keener Archuleta | |
Birth Name: | Betty Lou Keener |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1928 |
Birth Place: | Pawhuska, Oklahoma, US |
Death Place: | Wagoner, Oklahoma, US |
Occupation: | painter |
Spouse: | Marcos Lawrance Archuleta |
Bette Keener Archuleta (May 22, 1928 – October 31, 1998), also called Qued, was a Cherokee-American painter from Pawhuska, Oklahoma.[1] [2] She began painting in her 30s and went on to exhibit across the United States, including at the Museum of New Mexico and at the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials.
Born Betty Lou Keener, she was interested in drawing as a child. She married Marcos Lawrance Archuleta in 1953, and began painting in 1961 with education at the Doris Fitz School of Art in Woodward, Oklahoma.[3] She was active in the local art club. Archuleta's work can be found in a number of private collections.
Archuleta died on October 31, 1998, in Wagoner, Oklahoma.