AWARDS & PRESS

AWARDS – QUILTS

"The Faces That Are Yet To Come" Quilt

2011
Blue Ribbon, 1st Place for Functional Art Diverse Arts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Heard Museum Indian Art Market

2011
Blue Ribbon, 1st Place for Textiles Quilt Division for the Earth Changing Colors Quilt
Heard Museum Indian Art Market
Phoenix, AZ


Turtle Quilt with Beaded Border

2010
1st Place Funtional Arts category, Diverse Arts
Best in Division Diverse Arts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico


Sky Woman’s Descent size 65″ x 72″

2010
Blue Ribbon 1st Place Textiles
Eiteljorg Museum Indian Art Market
Indianapolis, Indiana

2010
Blue Ribbon 1st Place Textiles
Red Ribbon Judges Choice
Heard Museum Indian Art Market
Phoenix, AZ

2009
Honorable Mention Diverse Arts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

*Sky Woman’s Descent is currently for sale. Purchase of Quilt also receives all of the Award-Winning ribbons.

Turtle Star

2010
Textile Division 2nd Place
Eiteljorg Museum Indian Art Market
Indianapolis, Indiana

*Owned by private collector

Bear Clan

2008
Best in Class Textiles & Weavings
Best in Division
Blue Ribbon 1st Place
Heard Museum Indian Art Market
Phoenix, AZ

*Owned by private collector

Tribute to the Mohawk Iron Workers

2008
Blue Ribbon 1st Place
Diverse Arts / Quilts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

*Purchased by the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC

Beaded Turtle

2008
2nd Place
Diverse Arts / Quilts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

*Owned by private collector

Spirit of Bear Clan

2007
Blue Ribbon 1st Place Textiles
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

*Owned by private collector

Honoring Our Mother Earth

2007
Blue Ribbon 1st Place Textiles and Weavings / Quilts
Heard Museum Indian Art Market
Phoenix, AZ


AWARDS – CRADLEBOARDS

Mini Ironworking Cradleboard

2011
Blue Ribbon, 1st place Non-Functional Art Diverse Arts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

“Northeast meets Southwest” Cradleboard

2011
Red Ribbon, 2nd place Functional Art Diverse Arts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Ironworker
Owned by the NMAI Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

2011
Blue Ribbon, 1st place Functional Objects, Diverse Arts
Heard Museum Indian Art Market
Phoenix, AZ


Turtle Cradleboard

2010
2nd Place Traditional Artform category, Diverse Arts
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico


Turtles with Butterflies

2010
Judges Choice
Heard Museum Indian Art Market
Phoenix, AZ

The Beavers Cradleboard

2008
Best in Division for Diverse Arts
Blue Ribbon 1st Place
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Bears in Falls

2007
Standards Award for Diverse Art
SWAIA, Swouthwestern Association for Indian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico

*Owned by private collector
*Featured in Native Peoples Magazine “The Cradleboard Makers”


PRESS

National Museum of the American Indian Magazine

Fall 2010 Our Native Art Markets
Summer 2009 Indian Art Markets
Winter 2008 Smithsonian Art Market
Summer 2008 The Indian Art Market Trail


Native Peoples Magazine

August 2008 Precious Cargo Cradleboards Then and Now


The Quilter Magazine

May 2008 The Blanket Maker


Catskill Mountain Region Guide

July 2005 Gathering Cloth


APRIL 1st – DEC 31st 2011
Iroquois Indian Museum, Howes Cave NY
Exhibit: Iroquois Artistic Visions: From Sky World to Turtle Island