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AWARD LIST
TURQUOISE
BEST OF SHOW
Dee Dowers
King Galleries
Heard Museum Guild
Heard Museum Shops
Dr. Mari & Frank Koerner
Barbara & Matt Korn
Las Guias Class of 2003-04
and Spouses
Carol & George Gunn
Elinor & David Rothberg
Sidney Wilson
Dorothy Hockenberg
Rex & Ellen Nelsen
Bill & Rachel Bates
Rod & Winona Passmore
Kris and Lee Peterson
PRO EM
Sue & Jim Navran
Scottsdale Native American Art
Galleries
RC Gorman Navajo Gallery
Territorial IndianArts Gallery
Faust Gallery
John C Hill Antique
Indian Art Gallery
Sue Snyder
Waddell Trading Company
CORAL
Leslie Beebe & Bruce Nussbaum
Neil Berman
Mary & Mark Bonsall
Jeanie M Harlan
ABALONE
Delores Bachmann
Emi & Jack Brock
Marilyn Brooks
Carol Cohen
Janet & Jim Darrington
Buck & Barbara Johnson
George & Shirley Karas
JET
Robby & Bob Buchanan
Joe & Theresa Carter
Anonymous
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Judith & Stanley Getch
Marilyn & Glen Holroyd
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CONTRIBUTING
Kay Benedict
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Nils Lindfors
Dr. Don and Judith Miles
Ken Noone
Eric Tack
Claire & Myron Warshaw
Jody Naranjo and Glendora Fragua
Santa Clara Pueblo and Jemez Pueblo
- Walatowa
“Pueblo Luck”
I JEWELRY AND LAPIDARY
Best of Class
Ernest Benally
Navajo
“Squash Blossom Necklace”
Div A - Personal Adornment
(necklaces, bolos, pendants)
JURIED COMPETITION
AWARD LIST
STEELE AUDITORIUM
March 4, 2016
BEST OF CLASSIFICATION
SPONSORED BY
Jewelry and Lapidary
Waddell Trading Company
Pottery
King Gallery
Dick & Carolyn Morgan
Gloria Murison
Elizabeth Raspolic
Franki Sattenspiel
Jill & Warren Schimpff
Reta Severtson
Sandra Straub
Ronnie & Abbott Wainwright
Textiles, Weavings, Clothing
Heard Museum Shops
Diverse Art Forms
Scottsdale Native American Galleries
Territorial Indian Arts Gallery
John C Hill Antique Indian Art Gallery
Faust Gallery
RC Gorman Navajo Gallery
Baskets
Dr. Mari & Frank Koerner
Edna Weinberg
Wooden Carvings
Barbara & Matt Korn
Paintings, Drawings, Graphics,
Photography
Anonymous Donor
Sculpture
PRO EM
Jean Humlicek & Wayne Meier
Sara Rausch
Bill & Barbara Sparman
Judy Wallace
SPECIAL AWARDS
SPONSORED BY
Guild 60th Anniversary Theme
Award - Contemporary Pottery
Sue & Jim Navran
Andy Eisenberg Award for
Contemporary Jewelry
Leslie Beebe & Bruce Nussbaum
Conrad House Award
In memory of Paul E. and A. Caroline Tack
PHILLIPS SCHOLARSHIP
AWARDS FOR JUNIOR ARTISTS
Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association
First Place
Ernest Benally
Navajo
“Squash Blossom Necklace”
Second Place
Benson Manygoats
Navajo (Diné)
“Wagon Wheel Bolo”
Div B - Personal Adornment (rings,
earrings, pins, hair ornaments)
First Place
Charlene Sanchez Reano
San Felipe/Santo Domingo Pueblos
Mosaic Inlay Necklace (Reversible)
Second Place
Olin Tsingine
Hopi/Navajo
“Turquoise Heaven”
Div F - Metal Items (canteens, bowls,
boxes, flatware, plates, purses)
First Place
Norbert Peshlakai
Navajo
“Mr. & Mrs. Slim Cowboy & Nature”
Second Place
Leonard Gene
Navajo
Evening Purse
Div G - Belts
First Place
Veronica Benally
Navajo
Butterfly Concho Belt
First Place
Fritz Casuse
Navajo
“Togetherness”
Second Place
Daniel “Sunshine” Reeves
Navajo
Concho Belt
Second Place
Ken Romero
Taos/Laguna Pueblos
“Maidens Headress Ring”
II POTTERY
Div C - Personal Adornment
(bracelets, buckles)
First Place
Ken Romero
Taos/Laguna Pueblos
“Sidewinder Bracelet”
Second Place
Ric Charlie
Navajo
“Mid Night Bracelet”
Honorable Mention
Vernon Haskie
Navajo
“Beauty All Around”
Honorable Mention
Earl Plummer
Navajo
Web Bracelet
Div D - Matching sets
First Place
Carl Clark
Navajo
Irene Clark
Navajo
“Mother Earth/Father Sky”
Second Place
Julius Keyonnie
Navajo
“Circle of Life at the Cornfield”
Div E - Shell and stone jewelry,
including heishi and mosaic style work
Best of Class
Jody Naranjo and Glendora Fragua
Santa Clara Pueblo and Jemez Pueblo
- Walatowa
“Pueblo Luck”
Div A - Traditional - native clay,
hand built, painted
First Place
Jody Naranjo and Glendora Fragua
Santa Clara Pueblo and Jemez Pueblo
- Walatowa
“Pueblo Luck”
Second Place
Karen Abeita
Isleta
“Birds..Birds..Birds”
Honorable Mention
Mark Tahbo
Hopi/Tewa
Div B - Traditional - native clay,
hand built, unpainted, including
ribbed
First Place
Nancy Youngblood
Santa Clara
Black Melon Straight Rib
Second Place
Debra Duwyenie and Preston
Duwyenie
Santa Clara Pueblo
“Turtle Seed Jar”
Div D - Traditional - native clay,
hand built, figurative
Second Place
Victoria McKinney
Echota Cherokee of Alabama
“Never Ending Dance”
Div B - Prints - editions of no more
than 50, each numbered and
signed
First Place
Russell Sanchez
San Ildefonso Pueblo
“Wedding Vase”
First Place
Jason Garcia
Santa Clara Pueblo
“Priest Killer Tewa Tales of Suspense”
Second Place
Jennifer Moquino
Santa Clara Pueblo
“Red Fox”
Second Place
Peter Boome
Upper Skagit
“Persistance”
Div E - Non-traditional design or
form with native materials
Div C - Drawings (pen, pencil,
charcoal, crayons, markers)
First Place
Anderson Peynetsa
Zuni Pueblo
“Zuni Hawiku Design”
First Place
Benjamin Harjo, Jr.
Seminole/Absentee Shawnee
“Life Within the Earth”
Second Place
Russell Sanchez
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Red Lidded Jar
Second Place
Jackie Sevier
Northern Arapaho
“Chokeberries & Cottonwoods”
Div F - Non-traditional design or
form with non-native materials
First Place
Christopher Youngblood Cutler and
Jennifer Moquino
Santa Clara
“Koi & Octopus”
Second Place
Allen Aragon
Diné/Navajo
“The Sacred Dragonfly”
Honorable Mention
Kaa Folwell
Santa Clara
“On the Move”
Div. G - Pottery miniatures not
to exceed three (3) inches at its
greatest dimension
First Place
Jennifer Moquino
Santa Clara
“Birds of Spring”
First Place
Dominique Toya
Jemez Pueblo
“Thinking Outside the Box”
Second Place
Nancy Youngblood
Santa Clara
Miniature Black Melon With Lid
Second Place
Johnathan Naranjo
Santa Clara
“Spring Flower”
III PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS,
GRAPHICS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Div C - Traditional - native clay,
hand built, carved
First Place
Marla Allison
Laguna Pueblo
“Labor of Love”
Best of Class
Marla Allison
Laguna Pueblo
“Labor of Love”
Div A - Paintings
Div D - Mixed Media
First Place
Karen Clarkson
Choctaw
“Uncle Willie’s Birth”
Second Place
Crystal Worl
Tlingit/Athabascan
“Two Frogs”
Honorable Mention
Dallin Maybee
Northern Arapaho/Seneca
“Savage Rumpus”
Honorable Mention
Billy Whitethorne, Sr.
Navajo
“Cut Off N Horse Canyon”
Div E - Photography - editions of no
more than 50, each numbered and
signed
First Place
Cara Romero
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
“Wakeah”
Second Place
Tedra Begay
Navajo
“Harmony”
IV WOODEN CARVINGS
Best of Class
Raymond Chee, Sr.
Navajo
“Blue Jay Song”
JUDGES
BY CATEGORY
Div A - Traditional carved dolls, old
style, revival (Hopi, Zuni)
First Place
Raynard Lalo
Hopi
“Buffalo Pair: Buffalo Maiden and
Buffalo Man”
Second Place
Eric Kayquaptewa
Hopi
“Purity of the First Rain”
Div B - Contemporary carved dolls
(Hopi, Zuni)
First Place
Mavasta Honyouti
Hopi
“Katsina Family”
Second Place
Kevin Sekakuku
Hopi
“Warrior Mouse”
Honorable Mention
Stetson Honyumptewa
Hopi
“Ka-Hopi II”
Honorable Mention
Alexander Youvella, Sr.
Hopi
“The Treck”
Div C - Non-Pueblo wooden
carvings
First Place
Raymond Chee, Sr.
Navajo
“Blue Jay Song”
Second Place
Alex Lewis
Cheyenne River Sioux
“Cheyenne River Sioux”
V SCULPTURE
Best of Class
Robert Dale Tsosie
Navajo/Picuris Pueblo
“Pueblo Starship”
Div A - Stone
First Place
Robert Dale Tsosie
Navajo/Picuris Pueblo
“Pueblo Starship”
Second Place
Cliff Fragua
Jemez Pueblo
“Flying With Our Prayers”
Honorable Mention
Tim Washburn
Navajo
“Granddaughters Memories of Our
Warriors”
Div B - Bronze and other metals
First Place
Autumn Borts-Medlock
Santa Clara Pueblo
“Stellar’s Day”
Second Place
Kathy Whitman-Elk Woman
Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara
“Calling the Sacred Buffalo”
Honorable Mention
Mark Fischer
Oneida Nation of Green Bay
“Ancient Dignity”
Div C - Other media (ceramic, glass,
wood, woven fabric)
First Place
Carol Lujan
Navajo
“Rain Blessings”
Second Place
Nathan Hart
Cheyenne
“Mesquite Nish Ki”
Div D - Fetish Carvings (not to
exceed 12”)
First Place
Loren Tsalabutie
Zuni Pueblo
“The Hunting Lion”
Second Place
Troy Sice
Zuni
“Preyer”
VI TEXTILES, WEAVINGS,
CLOTHING
Best of Class
Berdine Begay
Navajo
“Rez Stratus Rug”
Div A - Regional Style
Weavings/19th c. Revival Style
Weavings
First Place
Geneva Scott Shabi
Navajo
“Wide Ruins Style”
Second Place
Barbara Teller Ornelas
Navajo
“Two Grey Hills”
Honorable Mention
Lillie T. Taylor
Navajo
“Shix Nizhani”
Honorable Mention
Jane Hyden
Navajo
Pictorial Rug
Div B - Non-Regional Style
Weavings/Contemporary Style
Weavings
First Place
Berdine Begay
Navajo
“Rez Stratus Rug”
Second Place
Florence Manygoats
Navajo
“Blue Canyon Design Navajo Rug”
Div C - Quilts, Sheets, Table Linens
First Place
Susan Hudson
Navajo
“The Walk of My Ancestors”
First Place
Orlando Dugi, Benjamin Harjo, Jr.
and Kenneth Williams
Navajo, Absentee Shawnee/Seminole
and Arapaho/Seneca
“She Holds the Stars”
Second Place
Timothy “Coyote” Smith
Laguna Pueblo/Hopi
Dresser Scarf
Second Place
Sandra Okuma
Luiseno/Shoshone-Bannock
Handbag
Div D - Traditional attire (woven or
sewn), belts and sashes when part
of ceremonial clothing sets
Div C - Dolls and figurative objects;
this does not include katsina dolls
or Navajo-style carvings
First Place
Akema Honyumptewa
Hopi
“Kanel Kwasha or Black Maiden Dress”
Second Place
Tahnibaa Naataanii
Navajo
“Early Classic Serape Poncho”
Div E - Non-Traditional attire
(woven or sewn)
First Place
Leah Mata
Northern Chumash
“Blue Bird Girl”
Second Place
Stephanie R. Garcia
Santo Domingo
“Embroidered Vest - Parrot & Corn”
Div F - Belts, pouches, purses,
sashes, leggings, and horse gear.
May be woven, crocheted, or felted.
First Place
ShaaxSaani
Tlingit
Sealskin Disc Purse
Second Place
Chenoa Urness
Tlingit
“Raven Brings the Light”
VII DIVERSE ART FORMS
Best of Class
Orlando Dugi, Benjamin Harjo, Jr.
and Kenneth Williams
Navajo, Absentee Shawnee/Seminole
and Arapaho/Seneca
“She Holds the Stars”
Div A - Personal attire and
accessories without a predominance
of beads or quillwork
First Place
Emil Her Many Horses
Oglala Lakota
“Floral Quilled Purse and Fan”
Second Place
Jamie Okuma
Luiseno/Shoshone/Bannock
“Black Widow Bag”
Div B - Personal attire and
accessories with a predominance
of beads or quillwork
First Place
Karis Jackson
Crow
“My Daughter’s Dollies Cradleboard”
Second Place
Lindsey Shakespeare
Mescalero Apache
“#8 His Holy Arm, Mescalero Blessings”
Div D - Functional objects such
as bows & arrows, cradleboards,
boxes, knives, shields, furniture,
lamps, bull roarers, tomahawks,
beaded bottles
First Place
Ray Skeets and Jennifer Curtis
Diné and Navajo
Leather Business Saddle Bag
Second Place
Nathan Hart
Cheyenne
Translucent Feast Bowl
Honorable Mention
Cristina Danforth
Oneida
“Morning Sky Vase”
Div E - Culturally based work, both
traditional and decorative, inspired
by tradition, e.g. bandolier bags,
pipes, hide paintings, masks,
parfleche items, tabletas
First Place
Karis Jackson
Crow
“Old Coyote”
Second Place
Glenda McKay
Athabascan-Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Ingalik Traditional Shawman Charm
Basket
Div F - Musical instruments, such as
drums, flutes, violins
First Place
Tim Blueflint Ramel
Lake Superior Chippewa
Ancient Redwood Lace Burl Double Flute
Second Place
Tim Blueflint Ramel
Lake Superior Chippewa
“Water Bird Songs at the Morning”
Honorable Mention
Wanesia Spry-Misquadace
Fond Du Lac Band of Ojibway,
Minnesota
“Perception”
VIII BASKETS
Best of Class
Sarah Sockbeson
Penobscot
“Giant Brown & Black Vase”
Div A - Traditional
First Place
Sarah Sockbeson
Penobscot
Giant Brown & Black Vase
Second Place
Diane Douglas-Willard
Haida
“Global Warming”
Honorable Mention
Leona Romero
Tohono O’odham
“Unity”
Div B - Non-Traditional
First Place
George Neptune
Passamaquoddy
“Wild Strawberry Vine”
Second Place
Carol Emarthle-Douglas
Northern Arapaho-Seminole
“Love Story”
Honorable Mention
Terrol Dew Johnson
Gila River Indian Community/Tohono
O’odham
“Twist Vase #1”
JUDGES AWARDS
John Blessington
Karin Walkingstick
Cherokee Nation
“Bountiful Earth”
II Pottery, Div B
Dexter Cirillo
Nelda Schrupp
Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation
“Dance, Dance”
VII Diverse Art Forms, Div A
Jill Giller
Pat Pruit and Christopher Pruitt
Laguna Pueblo
“Untitled”
I Jewelry and Lapidary, Div C
Robert Winfield
Craig Agoodie
Navajo
“Natural Beauty”
I Jewelry and Lapidary, Div B
Patty Haberman
Dawn Dark Mountain
Oneida of Wisconsin
“Treaty Calico Series Corn”
III Paintings, Drawings, Graphics,
Photography, Div D
Jill Ahlberg Yohe, PhD
Sandra Okuma
Luiseno/Shoshone-Bannock
Handbag
VIII Diverse Art Forms, Div B
James Pepper Henry
Robert Dale Tsosie
Navajo/Picuris Pueblo
“Pueblo Starship”
V Sculpture, Div A
John Hill
Edison Cummings
Navajo
“Journey”
I Jewelry and Lapidary, Div C
Bill Howard
Donald Lomawumu Sockyma
Hopi
“Crow Mother Katsina”
IV Wooden Carvings, Div B
Robert Jones
Olin Tsingine
Hopi/Navajo
“Turquoise Ocean”
I Jewelry and Lapidary, Div C
Heather Lineberry
Jody Naranjo
Santa Clara Pueblo
“Landscape”
II Pottery, Div C
Tricia Loscher
Kelly Church
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa &
Chippewa Indians
“Anishnabe Womans Treaty Hat”
VIII Baskets, Div B
Jessica Metcalfe
ShoSho Esquiro
Kaska
“Halcrow”
VI Textiles, Weavings, Clothing, Div E
Kent Morrow
Norbert Peshlakai
Navajo
“Mr & Mrs. Slim Cowboy & Nature”
I Jewelry and Lapidary, Div F
Kevin Coochwytewa
Mavasta Honyouti
Hopi
“Katsina Family”
IV Wooden Carvings, Div B
Kim Roseman
Angela Babby
Oglala Lakota
“Rare Birds”
III Paintings, Drawings, Graphics,
Photography, Div D
Jerry Cowdrey
Cliff Fragua
Jemez Pueblo
“Rainbow Blessing”
V Sculpture, Div A
Christy A. Vezolles
Liz Wallace
Navajo/Washoe/Maidu
“5 Elements”
I Jewelry and Lapidary, Div B
Sam Deen
Shane Hendren
Navajo
“Anvil Ring”
I Jewelry and Lapidary, Div B
Tate’ Walker
Kelly Church
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa &
Chippewa Indians
“Past & Present-Teaching Tools &
Emerald Ash Borer”
VIII Baskets, Div B
ANDY EISENBERG AWARD
CLASS I – JEWELRY/LAPIDARY
DEXTER CIRILLO
SAM DEEN
ROBERT WINFIELD
CLASS II – POTTERY
JILL GILLER
PATTY HABERMAN
ROBERT JONES
First Place
Liz Wallace
Navajo/Washoe/Maidu
“5 Elements”
CLASS III – PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS,
GRAPHICS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
KEVIN COOCHWYTEWA (ISLETA
PUEBLO/HOPI)
Second Place
Victoria Adams
Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho of
Oklahoma
“Dragonfly in our Circle”
TATÉ WALKER (MNICONJOU LAKOTA)
CONRAD HOUSE AWARD
ShoSho Esquiro
Kaska
“Moma yeh estsu yeh Glyets’ edih”
(Remembering our mothers and
grandmothers)
GUILD 60TH ANNIVERSARY
THEME AWARD-CONTEMPORARY POTTERY
Jody Naranjo
Santa Clara Pueblo
“Old & New”
JUNIOR AWARDS
Junior Division Best of Show
Sage Maybee
Northern Arapahoe/Seneca
“Singing in the Grass”
Junior Division-Jewelry and
Lapidary
Best of Class
Albert Leonard Haskie
Navajo
“Life on the Rez”
Junior Division-Pottery
Best of Class
Jordyn “Puweh Tsay” Atencio
Ohkay Owingeh
“Natural Beauty”
Junior Division-Paintings,
Drawings, Graphics, Photography
Best of Class
Suyma Cody Maho
Hopi
“Wakas Kashna-cow Kachina”
Junior Division-Wooden Carvings
Best of Class
Myleka N. John
Dine
“Mother Earth Blessing”
Junior Division-Sculpture
TRICIA LOSCHER
CLASS IV – WOODEN CARVINGS
and CLASS V – SCULPTURE
JOHN BLESSINGTON
JAMES PEPPER HENRY (KAW/
MUSCOGEE CREEK)
THOMAS INGERICK
CLASS VI – TEXTILES, WEAVINGS
AND CLOTHING
JILL AHLBERG YOHE, PH.D.
BILL HOWARD, PH.D.
KENT MORROW
CLASS VII – DIVERSE ART FORMS
JOHN HILL
JESSICA METCALFE, PHD (TURTLE
MOUNTAIN CHIPPEWA)
KIM ROSEMAN
CLASS VIII – BASKETS
JERRY COWDREY
HEATHER LINEBERRY
CHRISTY A. VEZOLLES (SHAWNEE)
Best of Class
Maegan Shetima
Zuni
“Mountain Lion”
Junior Division-Textiles, Weavings,
Clothing
Best of Class
Ian Chopito
Zuni
“Rain Sash”
Junior Division-Diverse Art Forms
Best of Class
Sage Maybee
Northern Arapahoe/Seneca
“Singing in the Grass”
Junior Division-Baskets
Best of Class
Emma Soctomah
Passamaquoddy
Small Barrel Basket