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Indian artists honored for lifetime achievement


Several Indian artists were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts on Wednesday.

Ramoncita Sandoval, an embroiderer from San Juan Pueblo; Ignacia Duran, a potter from Tesuque Pueblo; Dextra Quotskuyva, a Hopi potter; and Clara Sherman, a Navajo weaver were honored for their work. A ceremony took place in Santa Fe.

SWAIA also announced the winners of its Fellowship Award. They are: Jerry Ingram, a Choctaw/Cherokee beadworker and quilter; Carol Emarthle-Douglas, a Seminole/Northern Arapaho basket weaver; Gabriel Paloma, a potter from Zuni Pueblo; Irene Clark, a Navajo weaver, Kevin Pourier, an Oglala Lakota buffalo horn carver; and Olvera Monte, a Tohono O’odham basket weaver.

The fellowship award comes with a $3,000 grant.

Get the Story:
Honored Indian Artists Ponder Future of Their Culture (The Albuquerque Journal 5/20)

Relevant Links:
Southwestern Association for Indian Arts - http://www.swaia.org