2023 HOMECOMING ART SHOW WINNERS
BEADWORK
1st Place
Carolyn Pallett - “Above, Below, and In This Place”
CONTEMPORARY BASKETRY
1st Place
Hattie Lee Mendoza - “Wistful Quest”
Merit
Rose Drake - “Time to Talk Peace”
Kathy VanBuskirk - “Gathering Time”
Michael Dart - “Burdens Are Lifted Away”
TRADITIONAL BASKETRY
1st Place
Ronda Moss - “Layers of Strength”
Merit
Michael Dart - “Mrs. Noisewater’s Hominy Sifter”
CONTEMPORARY POTTERY
1st Place
Troy Jackson - “ᏣᎳᎽ ᎶᏏ (Cherokee Rose)”
TRADITIONAL POTTERY
1st Place
Richard Graham - “Thirsty Frog”
JEWELRY
1st Place
Tiffany Reiter - “ᎾᏰᎯᏯ ᎠᏢᏉᏛ (Native Pride)”
SCULPTURE
1st Place
Charlie Nichols - “Jistu: Sooo…I Stole a Little Fire”
Merit
Karen Berry - “Uktena Rising #4”
D. Corley - “Dressed for War”
TEXTILES
1st Place
Cathy Abercrombie - “Something to Talk About”
Merit
Karen Berry - “Bejeweled”
Cathy Abercrombie - “I Don’t Do Blue”
TRADITIONAL ARTS
1st Place
Richard Fields - “The Trail on the Crooked Road”
VISUAL ARTS
1st Place
Garry Martin - “My Story”
Merit
Kindra Swafford - “Spring Creek Uktena, Cherokee County”
Mark Wolfe - “Archery Practice”
Robin Stockton - “Talking Foxes”
Mary Lupton - “Woodland Keepers”
Jack Test - “Morning Mist”
Hattie Lee Mendoza - “Daring Freedom”
Jerry Sutton - “Witching the Field”
JUDGES CHOICE
Scott Middleton - “River Crossing”
Steven Morales - “The NDN Gaming Necklace”
Michael Dart - “Honeysuckle Root Runner Gathering Basket”
Ron Mitchell - “Up Down and All Around”
Roy Boney, Jr. - “ᏥᏍᏉᏯ ᎠᎴ ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Sparrow and Sequoyah)”
BILL RABBIT LEGACY AWARD
Makiya Deerinwater
“Foot”
BETTY SCRAPER-GARNER ELDER AWARD
Cathy Abercrombie
“I Don’t Do Blue”
EMERGING ARTIST AWARDS
1st Place
Adrienne Keene
“Galohisdi”
2nd Place
Debra Keazer
“Basket of Past Memories”
3rd Place
Sarah Stewart
“ᏧᎾᎴᏴᏗ - Tsunaleyvdi (The Place Where They Print)”
GRAND PRIZE
Carolyn Pallett
“Connected”