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2002 SWAIA Indian Market Awards Recipients

Classification III - Paintings, Drawings, Graphics & Photography
Sponsored By: Leroy Garcia, Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM
Awarded to: Richard Dawavendewa, Hopi

Division A: Paintings, Traditional Native American Style (2-Dimensional)
Sponsored By: Gini C. Inman, Santa Fe, NM
Awarded to: John King, Navajo

Category 1801 - Pueblo Styles (includes Hopi)
Sponsored By: Susan and Bob Scott, Sundance Bear, Mancos, CO
First: Robert Montoya, San Juan Pueblo
Second: Geraldine Gutierrez, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Clara Pue
Third: Michelle Tsosie-Sisneros, Santa Clara Pueblo, Navajo

Category 1802 - Navajo, Apache Styles
Sponsored By: Lumina Greenway, Arroyo Seco, NM
First: John King, Navajo
Second: Anthony Emerson, Navajo

Category 1803 - Styles from Other Tribes
Sponsored By: Terry Pechota, Rapid City, SD
First: Barthell Little Chief, Kiowa, Comanche
Second: Ruthe Blalock-Jones, Delaware, Shawnee
Third: Jesse Hummingbird, Cherokee

Category 1804 - Miniatures (No Larger Than 8x8 Unframed)
Sponsored By: Bill Robertson, Hamilton Hardware CO, New Albany, MS
Not Awarded

Division B: Paintings, Realistic Style (3-Dimensional)
Sponsored By: Eric & Barbara Dobkin, Dobkin Family Foundation, New York, NY
Awarded to: Norma Howard, Choctaw, Chickasaw

Category 1901 - Oils
Sponsored By: Joyce Davis, Dodge City, KS
First: C. Maurus Chino, Acoma Pueblo
Second: Gary Yazzie, Navajo
Third: Nelson Tsosie, Navajo

Category 1902 - Acrylics
Sponsored By: Peter Wright, Wright Publishing Co., Inc., Albuquerque, NM
Not Awarded

Category 1903 - Mixed Media
Sponsored By: Lola Moonfrog, Santa Fe, NM
First: Benjamin Harjo, Jr., Seminole, Shawnee

Category 1904 - Transparent Watercolor
Sponsored By: Larry & Susan Gekiere, Dallas, TX
First: April White, Tlingit Haida
Second: Joe Toledo, Jemez Pueblo

Category 1905 - Opaque Water-based Paint
Sponsored By: Amado M. Pena, Pena Studios, Inc., Santa Fe, NM
First: Norma Howard, Choctaw, Chickasaw
Second: Norma Howard, Choctaw, Chickasaw
Third: Norma Howard, Choctaw, Chickasaw

Category 1906 - Pastels
Sponsored By: Peter Wright, Wright Publishing Co., Inc., Albuquerque, NM
First: Alice Yazzie, Navajo
Second: Alice Yazzie, Navajo
Third: Raymond Nordwall, Pawnee, Chippewa

Category 1907 - Miniatures (Paintings May Be No Longer Than 8" at its Greatest Dimension)
Sponsored By: Albert Wadle, Wadle Galleries Ltd., Santa Fe, NM
First: Clifford Brycelea, Navajo
Second: Gary Yazzie, Navajo
Third: Clifford Brycelea, Navajo

Division C: Paintings, New Directions
Sponsored By: Wendy Kistler, Belmont, MA
Awarded to: Benjamin Harjo, Jr., Seminole, Shawnee

Category 2001 - Oils
Sponsored By: Frank & Gloria Ury, Benicia, CA
Not Awarded

Category 2002 - Acrylics
Sponsored By: Paul & Blanche Postelnek, Santa Fe, NM
First: Shonto Begay, Navajo
Second: Sheryl Susunkewa, Hopi
Third: Douglas Miles, San Carlos Apache

Category 2003 - Mixed media
Sponsored By: Lola Moonfrog, Santa Fe, NM
Third: Baje Whitethorne, Sr., Navajo

Category 2004 - Transparent Watercolor
Sponsored By: Joy and Howard Berlin, Neuberger Berman Inc., Carefree, AZ
Not Awarded

Category 2005 - Opaque Water-based Paint
Sponsored By: Joyce Davis, Dodge City, KS
First: Benjamin Harjo, Jr., Seminole, Shawnee
Second: Anthony Emerson, Navajo

Category 2006 - Pastels
Sponsored By: Ursula Munoz, Wood Ridge, NJ
Not Awarded

Category 2007 - Miniatures
Sponsored By: Judith Moir, Inn on The Alameda, Santa Fe, NM
Not Awarded



Division D: Sandpaintings
Sponsored By: Terry and Renee Kershner, Kershner Associates, Greenville, RI
Not Awarded

Category 2102 - Traditional Navajo Style and Design
Sponsored By: Nancy R. Florsheim, Lake Forest, IL
Second: Willard Price, Navajo
Third: Willard Price, Navajo

Category 2103 - Non-traditional Paintings in Sand
Sponsored By: Lola Moonfrog, Santa Fe, NM
Not Awarded

Category 2104 - Miniatures (No larger Than 8" At its Greatest Dimension)
Sponsored By: Carol V. Bosco, Arlington Heights, IL
Not Awarded

Division E: Drawings
Sponsored By: Gerald Peters, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Awarded to: Terrill Goseyun, San Carlos Apache

Category 2201 - Traditional Native American Style
Sponsored By: Paul & Joanne Marois, New York, NY
First: Tim Audiss, Rosebud Sioux

Category 2202 - Realistic Style
Sponsored By: Beth Extract, Franklin, MI
First: Terrill Goseyun, San Carlos Apache
Second: C. Maurus Chino, Acoma Pueblo

Category 2203 - New Directions
Sponsored By: Marita Hinds, Tesuque, NM
Not Awarded

Category 2204 - Miniatures (No Larger Than 8" At Its Greatest Dimension)
Sponsored By: Jeri & Rob Brooke, Tribal Expressions, Arlington Hts., IL
Not Awarded

Division F: Graphics
Sponsored By: James & Audrey Magee, Bloomsberg, PA
Not Awarded

Category 2301 - Etchings
Sponsored By: Lola Moonfrog, Santa Fe, NM
First: Chessney Sevier, Northern Arapaho
Second: Deborah Jojola, Isleta Pueblo, Jemez Pueblo
Third: Deborah Jojola, Isleta Pueblo, Jemez Pueblo

Category 2302 - Lithographs & woodcuts
Sponsored By: Lola Moonfrog, Santa Fe, NM
First: Chessney Sevier, Northern Arapaho

Category 2303 - Monoprints & monotypes
Sponsored By: Uschi & William Butler, Virginia Beach, VA
First: Deborah Jojola, Isleta Pueblo, Jemez Pueblo
Second: Chessney Sevier, Northern Arapaho

Category 2304 - Serigraph/Silkscreen
Sponsored By: Lola Moonfrog, Santa Fe, NM
Second: April White, Tlingit Haida

Category 2305 - Miscellaneous, Including Embossed Paper, Handcast Paper, Collograph, Etc. Sponsored By:
Not Awarded

Division G: Photography
Sponsored By: Georgia Loloma, Santa Fe, NM
Not Awarded

Category 2401 - Black and White
Sponsored By: Drs.John P. & Helen S. Schaefer, Tucson, AZ
Second: Tom Fields, Muskogee Creek

Category 2402 - Color
Sponsored By: Lumina Greenway, Arroyo Seco, NM
Not Awarded

Category 2403 - Alternative Process
Sponsored By:
Not Awarded
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