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2001 SWAIA Indian Market Awards Recipients
Best of Show
Sponsored by: Susan Totty, Blue Sage Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Winner: Lonnie Vigil, Nambe Pueblo
SWAIA Special Awards 2001
Special Award: Jewelry
Sponsored by: Susan Totty, Blue Sage Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Awarded to: Lonnie Vigil, Nambe Pueblo 		Special Award: Pottery
Sponsored by: Brooks and Wanda Price, Tunkhannock, PA
Awarded to: Harrison Begay Jr., Dine'
Special Award: Paintings, Drawings, Graphics and Photography
Sponsored by: Betty V. Wilde, Santa Fe, NM
Awarded to: James King, Navajo 		Special Award: Pueblo Kachina Dolls, Kachina Sculpture and Other Pueblo Carved Dolls
Sponsored by: H.A. Tommy and Lee Thompson, Boulder, CO
Awarded to: Felino Eriacho, Zuni Pueblo
Special Award: Sculpture
Sponsored by: Uschi and William Butler, Virginia Beach, VA
Awarded to: Eddy Shorty, Navajo 		Special Award: Weaving, Baskets, Textiles and Attire
Sponsored by: JK and RL Frenkel, Santa Fe, NM
Awarded to: D.Y. Dorothy Begay, Navajo
Special Award: Diversified Art Forms
Sponsored by: Judith Moir, Inn on The Alameda, Santa Fe, NM
Awarded to: Vanessa Jennings, Pima, Kiowa 		Special Award: Youth
Sponsored by: Kassie Petrick, San Anselmo, CA
Awarded to: Sarena Ebelacker, Santa Clara Pueblo
Artists' Choice Award
Sponsored by: Charles King, King Galleries of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ and Jill Giller, Native American Collections, Denver, CO
Awarded to: Roland Tenorio, Santo Domingo Pueblo 		Indian Arts Fund Award - For Excellence In Any Traditional Art
Awarded to: Sue Dailey, Laguna/Zuni Pueblo
Helen Naha Memorial Award - For Excellence In Traditional Hopi Pottery
Awarded to: Mark Tahbo, Hopi-Tewa 		Judges Smile Award
Sponsored by: SWAIA Standards Committee
Awarded to: Kendrick Rosetta, Santo Domingo Pueblo
Classifications:
(Specific Awards within these categories will be posted to the website soon)
  • Jewelry
  • Pottery
  • Paintings, Drawings & Photography
  • Pueblo Kachina Dolls, Kachina Sculpture, & Other Pueblo Carved Dolls
  • Sculpture
  • Weaving, Baskets, Textiles, & Attire
  • Diverse Art Forms
  • Youth (17 years & under)