Red Earth Fine Art Competition Awards
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By Karen Klinka
Published: June 6, 2008
More than $32,000 in cash prizes were awarded Thursday at the 2008 Red Earth Fine Art Competition. The winning artists, tribal affiliation and artwork are as follows:
Grand Award, $2,500: Benson Manygoats, Navajo, for "Shush," a14-carat gold reversible necklace.
President's Award, $1,300: Joel Queen, Eastern Cherokee, for Traditional pit-fired Cherokee clay pot.
Kathleen Everett Upshaw Award, $800: Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa-Apache-Pima, for Kiowa battle dress.
Other awards were presented as follows:
Division I - Cultural Items: Personal Ornamentation, Utilitarian, Basketry, Diversified
Best of Cultural Items Award, $1,000: Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa-Apache-Pima, for Red-styled beaded buckskin cradle board.
Personal Ornamentation
First, $600: Margaret Roach Wheeler, Chickasaw-Choctaw.
Second, $400: Peggy Fontenot, Cherokee Patawomeck Patawatomi.
Third, $200: Junior Weryackwe, Comanche Nation.
Utilitarian
First, $600: Bryan Akipa, Sisseton Dakota.
Second, $400: Daniel Worcester, Chickasaw.
Third, $200: Daniel Howard, Choctaw.
Basketry
First, $600: Ramona Lossie, Eastern Cherokee.
Second, $400: Scarlett Darden, Chitimacha.
Third, $200: John P. Darden, Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana.
Diversified
First, $600: Austin Real Rider, Pawnee.
Second, $400: Alan Yeahquo, Kiowa.
Third, $200: Tahnee M. Ahtone Harjo, Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Division II - Painting, Drawing, Graphics & Photography: Paintings on Canvas, Water-based Paintings, Drawings & Graphics, Photography
Best of Painting, Drawing, Graphics & Photography Division, $1,000: Merlin Little Thunder, Cheyenne, for acrylic painting, "Hoofed, Horned and the Wing, Wind Readers."
Painting on Canvas
First, $600: Gerald Cournoyer, Oglala Sioux.
Second, $400: Matt Bearden, Pottawatomie (Citizen)
Third, $200: Gary Yazzie, Navajo.
Water-Based Painting
First, $600: Norma Howard, Choctaw.
Second, $400: R.W. Geionety, Kiowa.
Third, $200: Amado Pena, Pascua Yaqui.
Drawings & Graphics
First, $600: Jon Tiger, Creek.
Second, $400: Gwen Coleman Lester, Choctaw.
Third, $200: Gordon Yellowman, Cheyenne-Arapaho.
Photography
First, $600: Alan Ball, Choctaw.
Second, $400: Peggy Fontenot, Cherokee Patawomeck Patawatomi.
Third, $200: Gordon Yellowman, Cheyenne-Arapaho.
Division III - Jewelry: Traditional, Contemporary
Best of Traditional or Contemporary Jewelry Division, $1,000: Kenneth Johnson, Muscogee/Seminole, for Woodpecker cuff bracelet in 18-carat gold with diamonds.
Traditional (Jewelry)
First, $600: Nelson Garcia, Santo Domingo Pueblo.
Second, $400: Veronica Benally, Navajo.
Third, $200: George Begay, Navajo.
Contemporary (Jewelry)
First, $600: Charley Johnson, Flandreau Santee Sioux-Cherokee-Creek-Seminole-Chickasaw.
Second, $400: George Willis, Choctaw.
Third, $200: Nelda Schrupp, Pheasant Rump "Nakota First Nation."
Division IV - Pottery: Traditional, Contemporary
Best of Traditional or Contemporary Pottery Division, $1,000: Joel Queen, Eastern Band Cherokee, for Green Corn Stomp Dance depicted on hand-incised blackware clay pot.
Traditional Pottery
First, $600: Jereldine Redcorn, Caddo.
Second, $400: Lisa Rutherford, Cherokee Nation.
Third, $200: Scott Roberts, Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Contemporary Pottery
First, $600: Judy & Lincoln Tafoya, Santa Clara (Tewa)-Comanche.
Second, $400: Jereldine Redcorn, Caddo.
Third, $200: Victoria McKinney, Echota Cherokee.
Division V - Sculpture: Metal, Wood, Stone
Best of Sculpture in Metal, Wood or Stone Division, $1,000: Jerry Haney, Seminole, for wood sculpture of a stickball player.
Metal (Sculpture)
First, $600: Troy Anderson, Cherokee Tribe Northeast Alabama.
Second, $400: Joel Queen, Eastern Band Cherokee.
Third, $200: George Willis, Choctaw.
Wood (Sculpture)
First, $600: Jerry Haney, Seminole.
Second, $400: Debbe Edwards, Cherokee.
Stone (Sculpture)
First, $600: Kelly "Natushi" Byars, Cherokee.
Second, $400: Debbe Edwards, Cherokee.
Third, $200: Will Wilson, Delaware.
Division VI -- Clothing, Textiles & Weaving: Clothing, Textiles, Weaving
Best of Clothing, Textiles & Weaving Division, $1,000: Margaret Roach Wheeler, Chickasaw-Choctaw, for woman's wool Chickasaw jacket.
Clothing
First, $600: J. Sue Wise /Robertson, Seminole.
Second, $400: Karen Yeahquo, Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma-Cheyenne.
Third, $200: Tahnee Ahtone Harjo, Muscogee-Seminole.
Textiles
First, $600: Cathy Moomaw, Cherokee.
Second, $400: Isaac Plumb, Cherokee.
Third, $200: Cathy Moomaw, Cherokee.
Weaving
First, $600: Frances Begay, Navajo.
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