Best of Show winner by Don Johnston (Qagan Tayagungin), center. Best of Pottery classification, right, and Best of Sculpture classification, left, by Nathan Hart (Southern Cheyenne). Photos: Melissa Melero-Moose (Paiute-Modoc)
Best of Show Winner
Don Johnston (Qagan Tayagungin) for his baleen basket, Quagaxtag (Love), featuring a walrus ivory finial of two entwined whale tails.
Classifications
- Pottery
Best of Classification: Al Qöyawayma (Hopi)- Division A: Painted, native clay, hand built, fired out-of-doors
- First Place: Rainy Naha (Hopi-Tewa)
- Second Place: Erik Fender (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
- Division B: Unpainted, including ribbed, native clay, hand built, fired out-of-doors
- First Place: Russell Sanchez (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
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Detail of “Axis Radius, “Conrad House Innovation Award Winner by Marlowe Katoney (Navajo)
Second Place: Samuel Manymules (Navajo)
- Division C: Carved, native clay, hand built, fired out-of-doors
- First Place: Daniel T. Begay (Navajo)
- Second Place: Toni Roller (Santa Clara Pueblo)
- Division D: Figurative, native clay, hand built
- First Place: Harlan Reano (Kewa) and Lisa Holt (Cochiti)
- Second Place: Nancy Youngblood (Santa Clara) and Maxine Toya (Jemez)
- Division E: Any design or form with native materials, kiln-fired pottery
- First Place: Al Qöyawayma (Hopi)
- Second Place: Hubert Candelario (San Felipe Pueblo)
- Division F: Any design or form with native materials, kiln-fired pottery
Best of Jewelry Classification, center, by Olin Tsingine (Hopi-Navajo) and Best of Sculpture, right, by Nathan Hart (Southern Cheyenne)
- First Place: Jennifer Moquino (Santa Clara) and Jason Ebelacker (Santa Clara)
- Second Place: Stacey E. Carr (Laguna)
- Division G: Miniatures, Three inches and under
- First Place: Gloria Goldenrod Garcia (Pojoaque Pueblo)
- Second Place: Debra Duwyenia (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Preston Duwyenie (Hopi)
- Honorable Mention: Daryl Whitegeese (Pojoaque-Santa Clara)
- Honorable Mention: Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo)
- Division A: Painted, native clay, hand built, fired out-of-doors
- Jewelry and Lapidary
Best of Classification: Olin Tsingine (Hopi-Navajo)- Division A: Necklaces and Pendants,
- First Place: Keri Ataumbi (Kiowa-Comanche)
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Best of Classification winners for Pueblo Carvings by Mavasta Honyouti (Hopi), Diverse Arts, and Beading and Quillwork
Second Place: Robin Waynee (Saginaw Chippewa)
- Division B: Rings, Earrings, Pins, Hair Ornaments
- First Place: Liz Wallace (Navajo-Washoe-Maidu)
- Second Place: Samuel LaFountain (Turtle Mountain Chippewa-Navajo)
- Division C: Bracelets and Buckles
- First Place: Olin Tsingine (Hopi-Navajo)
- Second Place: Michael Roanhorse (Navajo)
- Division D: Matching Sets (3 or more items)
- First Place: Trent Lee-Anderson (Navajo)
- Division E: Shell and Stone Jewelry, including fetish jewelry, heishi, and mosaic style
- First Place: Deanna Tenorio (Kewa Pueblo)
- Second Place: Richard Aquilar (Kewa-Choctaw)
- Division F: Metal Items (canteens, bowls, boxes, flatware, plates, purses)
- First Place: Jerry Whagado (Yavapai-Apache)
- Second Place: Jacob Morgan (Navajo)
- Division G: Belts
- First Place: Jay Jacob Livingston (Navajo)
- Second Place: Norbert Peshlakai (Navajo)
- Division J: Bolos
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Sculpture, first place stone category, by Cliff Fragua (Jemez Pueblo)
First Place: Vernon Haskie (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Ray Scott Taa’itsohii (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Lyndon Tsosie (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo)
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- Division A: Necklaces and Pendants,
- Paintings, Drawings, Graphics, Photography (2-D Art)
Best of Classification: Zoe Urness (Tlingit-Cherokee)- Division A: Paintings
- First Place: Merlin Little Thunder (Southern Cheyenne)
- Second Place: Mateo Romero (Pojoaque Pueblo)
- Division B: Prints and Mixed Media Prints
- First Place: Dawn Dark Mountain (Oneida Nation)
- Division C: Drawings
- First Place: Sallyann Paschall (Cherokee Nation)
- Division D: Mixed Media
- First Place: Damian Jim (Navajo)
- Second Place: Angela Babby (Oglala Lakota)
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Best of Classification, 2-D, by Zoe Urness (Tlingit)
Division E: Photography
- First Place: Zoe Urness (Tlingit)
- Second Place: Deborah Lujan (Taos Pueblo)
- Honorable Mention: Damian Jim (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Tedra Begay (Navajo)
- Division A: Paintings
- Pueblo Carvings
Best of Classification: Mavasta Honyouti (Hopi)
- Division A: Carved figures, old style, revival
- First Place: Aaron J. Fredericks (Hopi)
- Second Place: Eric Kayquaptewa (Hopi)
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First place print division by Dawn Dark Mountain (Oneida Nation)
Division B: Contemporary carved dolls, including sculpture
- First Place: Mavasta Honyouti (Hopi)
- Second Place: Nuvadi Dawahoya (Hopi)
- Honorable Mention: Aaron J. Fredericks (Hopi)
- Honorable Mention: Wilmer Kaye (Hopi)
- Division A: Carved figures, old style, revival
- Sculpture
Best of Classification: Nathan Hart (Southern Cheyenne)-
2-D Art, mixed media division, first place winner, by Damian Jim (Navajo)
Division A: Stone
- First Place: Cliff Fragua (Jemez Pueblo)
- Second Place: Cliff Fragua (Jemez Pueblo)
- Division B: Bronze
- First Place: Lawrence Ahvakana (Iñupiaq)
- Second Place: Alvin John (Navajo)
- Division C: Other media (ceramic, glass, wood, woven fabric)
- First Place: Nathan Hart (Southern Cheyenne)
- Second Place: Carol Lujan (Navajo)
- Division D: Fetish carvings (12 inches and smaller)
- First Place: Loren Tsalabutie (Zuni)
- Second Place: Loren Tsalabutie (Zuni)
- Honorable Mention: Alvin Marshall (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Loren Tsalabutie (Zuni)
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- Weavings and Textiles
Best of Class: Barbara Teller Ornelas (Navajo)- Division A: Regional-style weavings (19th c. revival styles)
- First Place: Barbara Teller Ornelas (Navajo)
- Second Place: Berdina Y. Charley (Navajo)
- Division B: Non-regional style weavings
- First Place: Phil Singer (Navajo)
- Second Place: Pauline Tsosie (Navajo)
- Division C: Quilts, wall hangings, table linens
- First Place: Marilou Schultz (Navajo)
- Second Place: Susan Hudson (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Jason Harvey (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Venancio Aragon (Navajo)
- Division A: Regional-style weavings (19th c. revival styles)
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Diverse Art, doll division, first place winner, “Athabascan Fiddler,” 2017, by Glenda McKay (Ingalik Athabascan)
Diverse Art Forms
Best of Classification: Glenda McKay (Ingalik Athabascan)- Division A: Dolls and figurative objects (not including katsina figures)
- First Place: Glenda McKay (Ingalik Athabascan)
- Jacinthe Two Bulls (Haida)
- Division B: Functional Objects
- First Place: Glenda McKay (Ingalik Athabascan)
- Second Place: Nathan Hart (Southern Cheyenne)
- Division C: Culturally-based work
- First Place: Lisa LeFlore (Fort Sill Chiricahua Apache) and Leland Michael Darrow (Fort Sill Chiricahua Apache)
- Second Place: Kevin Pourier (Oglala Lakota)
- Honorable Mention: Kevin Pourier (Oglala Lakota)
- Honorable Mention: Kelly Church (Odawa-Ojibwe)
- Division A: Dolls and figurative objects (not including katsina figures)
- Baskets
Best of Classification: Don Johnston (Qagan Tayagungin Aleut)- Division A: Natural fibers and cultural forms
- First Place: Don Johnson (Qagan Tayagungin Aleut)
- Second Place: Annie Antone (Tohono O’odham)
- Division B: Natural or commercial fibers, any form
- First Place: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy)
- Second Place: Sarah Sockbeson (Penobscot)
- Honorable Mention: Loa Bilhamineex Ryan (Tsimshian)
- Honorable Mention: George Neptune (Passamaquoddy)
- Division A: Natural fibers and cultural forms
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Best of Classification Winner, Personal Apparel by Sho Sho Esquiro (Kaska Dena)
Personal Attire
Best of Classification: Sho Sho Esquiro (Kaska Dena)- Division A: Cultural attire, ceremonial clothing sets, including belts and sashes
- First Place: Beverly Bear King Moran (Standing Rock Sioux)
- Second Place: Akema Honyumptewa (Hopi)
- Division B: Fashion (woven or sewn)
- First Place: Sho Sho Esquiro (Kaska Dena)
- Second Place: Leslie Deer (Muscogee Creek)
- Division C: Belts, pouches, purses, sashes, leggings, kilts, cinches and other horse gear
- First Place: Jamie Okuma (Luiseño-Shoshone-Bannock)
- Second Place: Sandra Okuma (Luiseño-Shoshone-Bannock)
- Honorable Mention: Jacinthe Two Bulls (Haida)
- Honorable Mention: Catherine Black Horse (Seminole Nation)
- Division A: Cultural attire, ceremonial clothing sets, including belts and sashes
Beadwork and Quillwork
Best of Classification: Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (Fort Peck Assiniboine-Sioux)- Division A: Personal attire and accessories
- First Place: Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (Fort Peck Assiniboine-Sioux)
- Second Place: Jamie Okuma (Luiseño-Shoshone-Bannock)
- Division B: Cradleboards, beaded dolls, bottles, and all other objects
- First Place: Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (Fort Peck Assiniboine-Sioux)
- Second Place: Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (Fort Peck Assiniboine-Sioux)
- Honorable Mention: Wilma Cook Zumpano (St. Regis Mohawk)
- Honorable Mention: Karen Lyne Hill (Onondaga Nation)
- Division A: Personal attire and accessories
- Conrad House Cutting Edge Award
Best of Classification: Marlowe Katoney (Navajo)- Honorable Mention: Damian Jim (Navajo)
- Honorable Mention: Melissa Talachy (Pojoaque Pueblo)
Andy Eisenberg Award for Contemporary Jewelry
- Michael Roanhorse (Navajo)
Curators: heather ahtone (Chickasaw-Choctaw) of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and Christina Burke of the Philbrook
Judge’s Choice Awards
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- Kathleen Ash-Milby (Navajo) awarded Berdine Begay (Navajo)
- Mark Bahti (Sami-American) awarded Pauline Tsosie (Navajo)
- John Blessington awarded Jordyn Puweh Tsay Atencio (Ohkay Owingeh)
- Nancy J. Blomberg awarded Nathan Hart (Southern Cheyenne)
- Christina Burke awarded Kevin Horace (Navajo-Hopi)
- Jerry Cowdrey awarded Al Qöyawayma (Hopi)
- Larry Dalrymple awarded Diane Douglas-Willard (Haida)
- Jed Foutz awarded Melissa Cody (Navajo)
- Jill Giller awarded Karis Jackson (Crow)
- Bill Howard awarded Don Johnston (Qagan Tayagungin)
- Doug Hyde (Nez Perce-Assibinoine-Ojibwe) awarded George Neptune (Passamaquoddy)
- Garth Johnson awarded Aaron Fredericks (Hopi)
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Fully beaded pouch by Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (Fort Peck Assiniboine-Sioux)
Brian Jennings awarded Etta Claw Peacock (Navajo)
- Karen Kramer awarded Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
- John P. Lukavic, PhD, awarded Sally Black (Navajo)
- Janis Lyon awarded Keri Ataumbi (Kiowa-Comanche)
- Carol Ann Mackay awarded Nicklaus Stanaland (Navajo)
- Jessica Metcalfe, PhD (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) awarded Sho Sho Esquiro (Kaska Dena)
- Marcus Monerkit awarded Melissa Cody (Navajo)
- Norman Sandfield awarded Carol Emarthle-Douglas (Northern Arapaho-Seminole)
- Jim Szabo awarded Julius Keyonnie (Navajo)
- Ellen Taubman awarded Don Johnston (Qagan Tayagungin Aleut)
- Susan Totty awarded Carol Emarthle-Douglas (Northern Arapaho-Seminole)
- Gilbert Vicario awarded Spenser Stanaland (Navajo)
- Kenneth Williams Jr. (Northern Arapaho-Seneca) awarded Delores Juanico (Acoma)
- Steven J. Yazzie (Navajo-Laguna) awarded Julius Badoni (Navajo)
Junior Awards
- Best of Show, Junior: Spenser Stanaland (Navajo)
- Jewelry and Lapidary
- Best of Classification: Temuujin Abeyta (Kewa Pueblo)
- Paintings, Drawings, Graphics, Photography (2-D Art)
- Best of Classification: Spenser Stanaland (Navajo)
- Sculpture
- Best of Classification: Tara Lujan-Baker (Taos Pueblo)
- Baskets
- Best of Classification: Anne Lalo (Hopi)
Award information courtesy of Cesar Chaves, Heard Museum.
Photos by Melissa Melero-Moose (Northern Paiute-Modoc).
