WELCOME FROM CHIEF - AWARDS CEREMONY

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”

 

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