Diverse Art Photos

Below are the photos taken at the 2008 Indian Fair & Market Best of Show and Juried Competition events.  This group is the winners of the Diverse Arts Classification. The Best of Classification is followed by the First & Second Place winners in each division.

Best of Classification

Jamie Okuma (Shoshone-Bannock/Luiseno)

"Contemporary Prairie Chicken Dancer" Doll
Division A
Personal Attire and Accessories (without a predominance of beads or quillwork)

Molly Murphy (Oglala/Lakota)

"raspberry Confection" Purse

Second Place Not Specified

Division B
Personal Attire and Accessories (with a predominance of beads or quillwork)

Roger Amerman (Choctow)

"Night Gallery" Dance Bag

Beverly (Bear King) Moran (Standing Rock Sioux)

"Unci Mik Suya Miye" (Grandmother, Remember Me)

Division C
Dolls and Figurative Objects (does not include katsina dolls or Navajo-style carvings)

Jamie Okuma (Shoshone-Bannock/Luiseno)

"Contemporary Prairie Chicken Dancer"

Charlene E. Holy Bear (Byington), (Standing Rock Sioux)

"Toh toh lakota wiya" Doll

Division D
Functional Objects (bows/arrows, furniture, boxes, cradleboards, knives, shields, lamps, bullroarers, tomahawks, beaded bottles)

Dallin Maybee (Northern Arapaho/Seneca)

"His and Hers" Ledger Books

Joyce Growing Thunder (Assiniboine-Sioux)

Toy Cradle Board _Sioux Style

Division E
Traditional, Culturally
Based Work (such as bandolier bags, pipes, hide paintings, parfleche items, tabletas, masks)

Patrick Scott (Navajo)

"Rainy Day Rainbow" Drop Fan

Glenda McKay (Athabascan)

"Athabascan Winter Wind Mask"

Division F
Musical Instruments (such as drums, flutes, violins)

Dallin Maybee (Northern Arapaho/Seneca)

"Love & All That Love Entails" Drum

Mac Lopez (Southern Cherokee)

"Cherokee Water Spider" Flute